The late John Singleton’s crime drama series Snowfall has become a hit amongst fans. Led by an all-Black cast, the show focuses on Los Angeles’s introduction to crack cocaine in the early ’80s.
Even though Snowfall‘s fanbase continues to grow, not everyone is jumping on the wave, which seems to be the case for Miami native DaniLeigh, one of the very few people who gave Snowfall a shot but couldn’t understand its hype. Leigh took to Twitter to voice her opinion and ask which of her fans sided with her inability to buy into the Emmy-nominated show.
“Am I the only one that can’t get into Snowfall?” Leigh wrote in her since-deleted tweet. It was an innocent question but given the recent drama regarding colorism surrounding Leigh at the moment, it didn’t work out well for the 24-year-old.
Amin Joseph, the Snowfall actor behind the fan-favorite Uncle Jerome, decided to answer her question by referencing the “Lil Bebe” singer’s tone-deaf decision to drop her controversial song “Yellow Bone” in January.
“It’s a black thang you wouldn’t understand #SnowfallFX,” Joseph tweeted in response to Leigh.
The subtle roast comes after she drew fans’ ire when she teased the “Yellow Bone” song on social media in January. In the song, Leigh boasts about her ex DaBaby wanting a light-skinned woman and the internet was quick to assume the song was a direct shot at the skin tone of the mother of the Charlotte rapper’s daughter, MeMe. People didn’t like Leigh was using the term “yellow bone” and the critics were quick to drag her all over social media.
DaniLeigh tried to salvage her mess with an apology, but she dug herself a deeper hole with the mediocre attempt. Even Grammy Award-nominated artist CHIKA eviscerated the singer in a tweet.
DaniLeigh Stirs 'Yellow Bone' Pot Further With DaBaby 'Chocolate Man' Apology
“This is a terrible response to valid criticism,” CHIKA tweeted. “No shade. as a black woman, you should be more than aware of colorism & why this song wouldn’t sit well with a black audience. it doesn’t feel good having a billion people at your neck, but it’s not about being ‘canceled.’ it’s about taking accountability.”
the racist that wrote this article knows that ‘Snowfall’ is not an ‘all-black’ cast. Some of the main characters are white and Mexican
Maybe not racist probably just unprepared and sloppy. Journalistic standards for this website are very low.
Maaaan also, as a proud black man, can we stop with this bs? I been using the term yellow bone my whole life, so has a million rap niggaz and anybody else referring to light skin sisters. So now its suddenly offensive?? FOH with all this sensitive ass shit, say wtf you mean to say and fuck apologizing for it. She never insulted anybody, she said buddy preferred yellow bones. Gosh damn she is black anyway. I hate all of this dumb ass shit we on now
She’s not black lol
Some of these Dark black women are always pressed or bitter about something. insecurities smh
Social biases…. smh….. sad females comments is based on the IQ of there VA J J???♀️?. Human race is one in we all have something we don’t like about ourselves…… the darker the berry the sweeter the juice BABy!!❤️?
Yellow Bone was the title because of her skins tint one would presume. So black women are mad because its dissing them because they dont have yellow tint? She cant be proud of her appearance because you are insecure about yours? What am i missing here?
YOOOOOOO that shit is jokes ?
Why are we shitting on her harder than we did to DojaCat?
You guys do know she’s not black right…
So sick of people with their misunderstanding of what black is. Black is term used to define people who were enslaved or come from enslaved people. If you are mixed or light you are still black according to where the term came from. People who are darker or have a higher percentage of African blood do not have a monopoly on the term. Why would anyone even want to fight to claim the term used to mark you as a slave? We use to be defined by our tribe or country of origin or religion. Irish and Italians use to be defined as black. Its so stupid and divisive to try to tell mixed people they are not black. Nothing progressive about it.