After V-Nasty caught flack for casually flinging around the N-word, Yelawolf recently spoke on white rappers’ use of the epithet and how it embarrasses white people in general. Speaking with Vlad TV, the Alabama native said that he was raised not to use the word and that those who employ it are only making themselves out to be fools.
“I’m from the South. That shit don’t fly. And in Alabama, put it this way. There are grandparents alive today whose parents went through a war. We’re just out of the slave trade. It’s very real situation,” he said. “You don’t take that shit lightly, especially Hip Hop and American music culture is black culture. Don’t ever get it fucked up. Know your roots, know where the fuck you’re getting this music from and respect it. And don’t embarrass white people and white rappers by doing that dumb shit, by dropping the N-bomb and thinking you’re all cool and shit. You’re going to find yourself slapped up and it might be by a white boy. Because you ain’t gonna embarrass me around my people like that.”
He continued by explaining that there are still racial tensions in the United States and that the use of the word goes deeper than rap. “We’re not very far away from real-life problems. Obama is the president, but it doesn’t mean that less than 50 years ago, people were getting… People are still getting mobbed. It ain’t no joke, man. Certain people have the birthright to use that word. I don’t know. As a white rapper, it’s always been a big no-no, but as a human being, it’s been an even bigger no-no.”
Another stupid article to try to make Yelawolf relevent… Biggest pozer in HipHop… Now he’s saying he’s gonna start slapping people…lol… this cat is so lame… bet he flops
how is he a poser?
isnt rick ross the biggest poser in hiphop??
Atleast Ross looks like he can actually slap some one!! What the hell does Ross have todo with Yelawolf…? Yes he is a pozer too, but my nigga look at this dude Yela.. if you saw him when he 1st came up.. no tats, rappin cool… Now this dude tatted all over, talking about being gangsta and slapping people… LMAO
you dont have to be a gangster to slap a bitch
who cares if he has tattoos now? everyone has tattoos now
When did Hip Hop become slapping people?
Is this WWE or some shit? This is one of the reasons Hip Hop is at an all time low. People tend to care waaaayyy more about image and the roles rappers are playing than about the music itself.
^ It’s not actual rap fans that type most of the shit on here. It’s suburban/upper class racist white kids that type dumb shit just to get a reaction from people. If you just ignore them they’ll go away over time.
haha, his reaction to hearing V NASTY/Kreayshawns names was hilarious..
REAL TALK.
Yelawolf=whigger, pozer, all thats wrong in hiphop
^ your all thats wrong in hip hop
well said, mr yelawolf. cant wait to see your show in boston.
Yo this shit was settle time ago. He’s just trying to sell his shit.
He is a signed musician in the business of selling his music. All artists are “trying” to sell their shit at all times genius.
HE A REAL DUDE THAT’S WHY I FUCK WITH HIM
Man! dont know the real reason he is saying what he is saying,could be for record sale, but one thing i do know the white boy is kicking the true, and one fact and one fact remain,there are still a lot of hate toward black people when white people use that word toward black.
yela about to drop the album of the year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hell yeah
Sadly enough we are still at a point where we give people credit for doing what they are suppose to do. I applaud Yela in a very subtle way, but respect generally isnt dished out for things that you are “supposed to do.” Obviously the old throwback is the Chris Rock “‘I take care of my kids’ ‘well, you are SUPPOSED TO'” I guess the newest one I am getting sick of is “Im a non-violent Muslim.” Lol, oh, congrats on that one, quite the accomplishment….Look, I cant blame Yela if some reporter asked him the question. At the same time, Im from Maryland where the white people I know would not even think to say the N-bomb. Might be a different story in Alabama though….
this shouldnt even be a subject of conversation anymore. Saying things like this is feeding people like V nasty or whatever to be “controversal”. This is exactly what they want..if she didnt say the N word, she wouldnt be talked about…
Much more respect for him now.
don’t like yelawolf much but after reading this i respect him now. all of what he said was very wise. im white n i can’t stand it when white rappers do that. it’s wrong.
smh at dudes commenting on how other dudes look. hip hop and its fans are full of homos lol
Exactly!!!
That last sentence was some real shit. Respect to him for that.
thats real talk! listen up folks!
what hes saying is treal, but id like to see him come to parts of the bay and try to slap some of the samoans and latinos who still use that word even though they arent black…
Yelawolf has a new fan. He is speaking more real than alot of black celebs like charlamagne tha god lil duval angela yee and dj envy all said they dont care about whites using the n-word. Angela Yee gets mad when someone talks about asian people and she calls that racist but when they talk about whites using the n-word they dont care. The argument was what is worse for the black community whites using the n-word or other things but how does Donkey of the Day help the black community if you want to dance around the topic actually nothing that morning show does outside of charity work actually helps the black community. The rest of the show is just celebrating ignorance. I hope Yelawolf goes platinum when his album drops.
Amen
Anonymous:
^ It’s not actual rap fans that type most of the shit on here. It’s suburban/upper class racist white kids that type dumb shit just to get a reaction from people.
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I’m glad people are noticing!
He just earned my respect.
That’s the damn truth
He just earned a fan here
Yup
co-signed
Action Bronson says it multiple times in almost every song.
“you ain’t gonna embarrass me around my people like that”
Ummmm, “My people” I hope somehow he means his trailer park crack fiend pals becasue he must have forgot that “his people” are fucking white.
His people could be anybody he fucks with, meaning his friends
Is Fat Joe black? Nope! Does he use the word? Yep!
Fat Joe is puerto rican dumbass, puertorican have black blood, plus why should blacks feel offended when ptricans say it? it was not puertoricans that slaved blacks, it was the whites
White people who talk like that just look dumb as fuck, I’m white and when I see another white kid acting like that I put them on the “I aint fuckin wit this kid” list, because there annoying
So do black people look intelligent for using the word?
folks complaining bout her using n**** wen blacks use it way mo than wites & do u no wat kinda content eminem had n his career? mane kill dat s*** & its freedom of speech n dis country 4 EVERYBODY!!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/user/Darealkingrichard?feature=mhee
hey now im white and i embrace PLIES and he says cracker all the time. it doesnt affect us bcuz there isnt a deep struggle behind the word like the n word which is y no white should say it period.
^^^for 1 look at plies now nobody talks about him he’s irrelevant how long u expect him to stay in the game screamin cracka on every album.. 1 more thing I’m from floridA we are the only people excused from saying cracka PEOPLE FROM FLORIDA CAN SAY CRACKA plies can say dat shit look up the term “Florida cracker” a group of white folks that attack blacks till this day after that look up rosewood.. The Florida crackers has a high population in Florida prison system til dis day there gang population spreads from north and south Florida and some parts in Georgia.. And they are proud to call themselves crackers.
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folks complaining bout her using n**** wen blacks use it way mo than wites & do u no wat kinda content eminem had n his career? mane kill dat s*** & its freedom of speech n dis country 4 EVERYBODY!!!!!!!
!! http://www.youtube.com/user/Darealkingrichard?feature=mhee
You do not get it. It doesnt fuckin matter if blacks use the word more. If you arn’t black you shouldnt say it reguardless…It’s like if you get a whuppin from ya moms for doing some bad shit, it’s alright, but if you got whupped by a random fuckin stranger for doing the same, it would piss your mom the fuck off. She’d be like aint nobody gon touch my child but me. Same goes for the N-word. If you aint black, it isn’t cool. Don’t say that shit.
haha prez man that is the best description ever and I agree 100%. Glad yela made some sense on this though.. Us white people usually just sputter and say something stupid as fuck when asked about it.
I like this guy, no homo. Everything he says is down to earth and REAL.
This guy is genuine and REAL
I hate his music. But he hit this shit on the fucking dot.
For someone who grew up in the south its fine to feel that way, and I respect it 100% but growing up in cities like NYC, OAKLAND, LA etc the words gets throw around like nothing becuase big cities are diverse and they moved on from that. Places in the south are still racist in some areas so its different for them. I mean if you hang out around black people and u all use the word then I think u just stick to using that around urpeople but dont go using it in songs or on interviews when u talking because some people are sensitive to that and it def has affected some peoples lives or parents and grand parents of those kids etc
the funny part about this is that yela wolf or this dumb ass reporter just kinda started a beef between this white chick and all her black friends who support her in rap from oakland and the bay and this dude whos just keeping it real based on where he GREW UP
Don’t ever mention OAKLAND in the same sentence as LA or NY. oakland is l.a’s crackhead couzin were ashamed of
lmao
At last! A white person chatting sense for once and not a douche or some idiotic black person thinking he is smart but chatting pure BS.
Idiotic black person reffered to: Mistah Fab
or Monche sometimes. Jay Electronica as well. I lolled.
I don’t know, man, I don’t use the word because I don’t want to step on any toes, but honestly the whole N-word controversy in 2011 is kind of a joke to me. There’s no magical color line that makes a word cool for one person to say and racist for another person. It’s all about context and this dynamic where white people can own every hip-hop album ever made but people act all shocked if they accurately quote the lyrics makes no damn sense.
Yeah, I know the word has a history, but we’re not living in history and the word is used way different now than it was even a few decades ago. I don’t buy that anyone has a “birthright” to use it, people just flipped it to casual usage. You can’t use a word all the time knowing millions of people will hear it, and expect it to still have shock value. Not to mention saying the word has a history doesn’t explain why non-black minorities who weren’t part of that history use it and seem to get a pass. Nobody ever wants to talk about that.
So I guess Yelawolf’s point was well-said but it’s not anything revolutionary and really doesn’t clear anything up for me.
Exactly!! As big has hip-hop has become & how often people hear this word, some people still act like it’s all shocking when another race uses it. People need to understand that these artist are using this word all the time, & making money from these white people (as well other races)& they expect them not to quote them. If these artist don’t want another race to using it, then they need to take action & be responsible for what they say. Don’t yell this word out on all your records & then not expect the people buying your music, being influenced by your music, to not quote you. Some of these artist need to realize that they become role models in people’s life.
Yelawolf is dead on wit that shit. 4 the people who think that just because black people use the word excessivly, or that they can use it while quoting rap lyrics, You do not get it. It doesnt fuckin matter if blacks use the word more. If you arn’t black you shouldnt say it reguardless…It’s like if you get a whuppin from ya moms for doing some bad shit, it’s alright, but if you got whupped by a random fuckin stranger for doing the same, it would piss your mom the fuck off. She’d be like aint nobody gon touch my child but me. Same goes for the N-word. If you aint black, it isn’t cool. Don’t say that shit
Im with yela but bitch please ur not slappin anyone up..
yo yelas right 100percent, just can sumone explain to me why the fuck mexicans nd puerto ricans always say yo u my nigga nd shit… they aint fuckin black, what jus cuz they aint white they can say it
i have that same exact jacket
hispanic people shouldn’t say it either i saw this fight at Mario’s subs and pizza break out over some Hispanic guy sayin my bad N**** that to a black guy
yo listen, im a white dude from queens, and not just me, but white ppl shuldnt say the word, period. yeah sure i got plenty of my boys r black they call me their nigga or whatever… aint nothin wrong wit it, and have i before called em my nigga yeah maybe a couple times…but its my best boys u feel me….. theres no fuckin reason and no excuse for a white person, or anybody that isnt black latinos whatever, to use the n word at all talkin to each other or even in music… its unacceptable nd u look like a fuckin idiot real talk
Yet you just admitted you use the word with your best boys, so what makes you so damn special? Everybody wants to draw this line but nobody wants to explain it, it’s kind of an arbitary rule in this cultural climate. And if you want to talk about looking like an idiot, watch a white person (or anybody for that matter) try to rap along to DMX WITHOUT using the n-word. I’m not really trying to use the word so hip-hop songs are only time it affects me personally, but that shit is annoying as hell. It’s like a big red button with a “DO NOT PUSH” sign by it, except if you push it nothing happens. Except, apparently, a beatdown if you’re in Yelawolf’s vicinity.
Assassin hit the nail on the head. and I’m still rofl from that Yelawolf beatdown line hahaha. ‘Nigga’ isn’t a problem for anyone unless some black person dislikes whoever is saying it. Its a fuckin’ word. What is this grade school? Don’t say it in a racist manner and don’t get offended by it if its clearly being brought up in a non-discriminating way. Racism is Schism motherfuckers. Martin Luther King Jr. would be rolling in his grave to see how far we, as a society, have come just to watch us flip everything around and start hating again. People need to grow up and shut up.
…nigga
Go outside…test that theory repeatedly
So African American’s were discriminated against for their skin. They couldn’t do such things like use certain bathrooms, water fountains, etc. etc. Now they want to claim a word & call it racist if another person’s ethnicity is not theirs & they use it?? Sounds familiar doesn’t it. When will we grow from this bullshit? I guess never.
Moron…simply
*drink from water fountains
Question#1 do any of u people out ther see blacks, Latinos, arbian,etc call eachother crAcker? No. The only time you use that word is when ur disrespecting someone. Please jus kill the n-word
“…Hip Hop and American music culture is black culture. Don’t ever get it fucked up. Know your roots, know where the fuck you’re getting this music from and respect it.”
– Yelawolf
i’m white as a ghost but u still my nigga yelawolf
u ol cracka ass craka
nigga and niger are different words right
nuff said nigga
so i love rap music and when jay z or whoever plays at my home town and i got all his discs and i pay for a ticket to the show
i got all the lines memorized and when everyone is singing along i supposed to mute when he says nigga what nigga who
hell no
don’t write it and don’t say it if you don’t want others to do the same
claiming a word is practically racism.
Also in the store i can see crackers real big on a box and buy it. That doesn’t bother me.
Maybe some one should start packaging niger toes and put them on them shelf niggy.
hahaha
why can’t a black person be my nigga
or any person for that matter
it is not in a racist sense
it’s brotherly
If i called him my brotha would he get mad
What sounds better
Yo this is my nigga
or
yo this is one of my bestest buddies
you will eventually get your teeth knocked the fuck out….guaranteed. Keep trying your luck…..all you fools. 🙂
Real Talk, I have no problem with my white friends (Im black) using the n-word if we are singing along to Hip-hop songs. I even say it if I am reciting the lines to a hip-hop song. But it ends right there. I don’t use the word in a casual manner and I damn sure am not going to let my white (latinio/asian) whatever friends use it in some casual manner. But if they are just quoting a song, that is not a personal display of tryin’ to use the word. Matter fact when I hear white people tryin to use it in personal ways. They sound stupid, cuz they surbanites that don’t understand the “struggle” of the hood and real nigga shit. They sound lame, phony, and like others have said like idiots. They can say whatever, cuz Im not gon’ fuck with them types at all. My fam don’t fault to hard for me to be treated like a human being.
nigga
NEGRO!
i like yelawolf a lil more for this video. seems like a cool dude
Lima bean head ass nigga
@dezprez dat example waz lame as hell lol but like i said if blacks can do it so can wites,wat if da government or god said cuz u wite & black u got different rules n life? im black & da word means shyt!!!!! it jus a fukn word,itz hw u carry yoself & wat u answer 2 dat defines u….http://www.youtube.com/user/Darealkingrichard?feature=mhee
Go to Idaho or Montana thinking it’s just a word! We can see the snowbunnies on your youtube! Ol’ I don’t wanna mess up the puss so I’ms let them call me a n***er! LOL! And step your bars up! You ain’t nowhere close to being a god of rap! You altar boy status! LOL!
Fuckin idiots…hip hop is a black and Puerto Rican culture!!! Do you fuckin research…the graf and b-boys were Puerto Rican! Dumb fucks…Fuck Yelawolf dumbass white boy…str8 boycottin this fucktard
you named two puerto rican groups so by your manner of thinking then hip hop must be white culture too since vanilla ice did it big….fucktard…
oh and snow did it big too
hiphop originated from Jamaica u do ur research u would find out it’s roots came from reggae Look up the first guy to bring hiphop to America and Jamaican born dj named kool herc and he wasn’t the first just the notable one..
Not discrediting puerto ricans for there input in calypso and reggaeton tho!
But everything Americans do in hiphop the jamaicans been doin for decades like beef with other dj’s freestylin makin beats, talkin bout shootin people all the to BMW’s and gators.. Drake stay biting mavado lyrics that’s why he had to put him in the video biggie even stole lyrics from bounty killer( Jamaican dj)
cunt
hiphop originated from Jamaica u do ur research u would find out it’s roots came from reggae Look up the first guy to bring hiphop to America and Jamaican born dj named kool herc and he wasn’t the first just the notable one
this cat is so WACK… who wants to bet his album FLOPs
stfu i’m buying it
Wack? you read this and say wack? Bet your a white boy who say’s nigga with his white boy friends, but not all the time, huh? lol
… im white. my mom would have slapped the shit out of me if i used that word. and even black friends of mine dont use that word around me because its a respect thing. i know where that word comes from and respect that the past should be the past. so because he doesnt use that word and spoke his mind he is suddenly wack? wtf? i hope he has great album sales because he is original and fresh and can actually rap. fuck the haters. and give me all the hate you want. idc. i agree with him.
IVENTED BY THE BLACKS, MASTERED BY THE WHITES!
Fuck etnicity and owning a word and all that shit, but I think Richard Pryor was on to something. PZ.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AltWj4iAmno
Everyone’s lying here. Yelawolf nees to shut up. Dude used to smoke meth and hsit, so he’s already an embarrassment to white people.
stfu dude, no he only did weed like everyone else
Good shit flops these days, if he flops bad then he’s probably great.
Lets get this clear. Whites used the word and STILL use it to slander and demeanor Blacks. They will NEVER be able to say it BECAUSE of the past and WHAT THEY USED TO DO TO BLACKS WHILE THEY USED THE WORD. No matter how HIP or COOL you think you are because you listen to rap music, Whites KNOW if they use it around the wrong crowd there will be problems, just like Yelawolf said. How am I right? Look at the COMMENTS brothers. We don’t say cunt or fucktard, those are WHITES. And the brothers saying it’s OK, just know your ancestors are turning in their graves because THEY went thru it. YOU CAN STILL GET RESPECT FROM YOUR PEERS WITHOUT YOU ALLOWING THEM TO USE A WELL KNOWN RACIAL SLUR IN YOUR FACE. They would probably respect you MORE if you stood up and said don’t use it. Props to Yelawolf for seeing REAL LIFE and not falling for the nonsense. Again, to you whites sitting on here asking why can’t you use the word? YOUR ANCESTORS AND MOST LIKELY YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR CENTURIES IN A F****D UP WAY, THAT’S WHY YOU CAN’T SAY IT. And you KIDS stop giving them passes, no matter how LONG ago segregation was, even though it wasn’t that LONG AGO that things changed, that the HISTORY should be forgotten. We see you white boys playing around on here. GO THRU the pages of comments and see the subliminal racism and ASK YOURSELF AGAIN WHY OR WHY NOT IT CAN’T BE USED.
He is right
I am ready for Radioactive
I’m a new fan
lol at 0:20
ok
Yela!!
I actually agree with him here
@LOL @ these comments step my bars up? lmao u listen 2 one song probably,dat stuff on my mixtape 2 & a half yrs old,im 10x betta now,trust me i wouldnt say im da G.O.R 4 nuthn,u dnt no watz on deck & da n word is jus a word,my own people r hypocrites cuz dey use it & complain wen sum1 else do,daz nt equality n dis country,GOD aint create no rule seperation based on color….http://www.youtube.com/user/Darealkingrichard?feature=mhee
@LOL @ these comments step my bars up? lmao u listen 2 one song probably,dat stuff on my mixtape 2 & a half yrs old,im 10x betta now,trust me i wouldnt say im da G.O.R 4 nuthn,u dnt no watz on deck & da n word is jus a word,my own people r hypocrites cuz dey use it & complain wen sum1 else do,daz nt equality n dis country,GOD aint create no rule seperation based on color……http://www.youtube.com/user/Darealkingrichard?feature=mhee
Thank God and Thank you Yellawolf. Will somebody please put that V=nasty bitch in her damn place, please! Her nasty, ignorant little friend too. Please!
These people and most recently these two little transvestites, are a embarrassment to the human race and of course all white people with even a thread of common sense. If they say the word, they lose those teeth …rite away
“Certain people have the birthright to use that word.” Yelawolf is wrong, nobody has a birth right to use that word. His message is adequate but it shouldn’t only apply to white people/white rappers. it should apply to all people, period. if we going by birth rights i’m a descendant of Irish slaves that were brought to the US in part of the slave trade, my ancestors were called “white n*ggers* so by birth right its okay for me to use it because I’m a descendant of a people enslaved by the slave trade, wrong. its a word of belittlement and insulting I don’t like its use by anybody, period.
I feel u
cosign
Vlad tv always slices the interview to make the artist look weak