The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards went down in Los Angeles on Sunday night (September 19), but the ceremony has left a bitter taste in a lot of people’s mouths. Despite a record-breaking 49 non-white creatives being nominated, not a single one took home an award in any of the major categories.
Needless to say, the outcome has caused quite the outrage — and not just among the acting community. Following the awards show on Sunday night, 50 Cent took to Instagram to put the Emmys on blast for the lack of Black winners.
“Listen the Emmy’s still has a separate bathroom for colored folks,” he wrote in a since-deleted post. “I’m gonna put The NAACP awards on the air at the same time and fuck up there numbers. No they really should be afraid of me i’m different.”
50 Cent Joins #EmmySoWhite Outrage: '[They] Still Have A Separate Bathroom For Colored Folks'
Now, Snoop Dogg has poured fuel onto the #EmmysSoWhite fire with a scathing reaction of his own.
On Tuesday (September 21), Uncle Snoop shared a photo collage on Instagram showing 38 Black creatives who were nominated (and ultimately lost out) at the 2021 Emmys, including A-listers such as Morgan Freeman, Kevin Hart, Tracee Ellis Ross, Daniel Kaluuya and the late Michael K. Williams.
He accompanied the photo with a caption that read, “Then U wonder why I say fuckall these bullshit ass award shows they not for us Emmy these nuts in ya mouth.”
Snoop Dogg also re-posted a comment from director Deon Taylor to his Instagram Story calling for a team to be assembled to “sit and strategize how to build things differently for our entertainment community.” Taylor has directed movies such as Meet The Blacks, The Intruder and Fatale and worked with an array of prominent Black actors including Jamie Foxx, Mike Epps and Danny Glover.
Despite the record number of non-white nominees at the 2021 Emmys — with Bridgerton actor Regé-Jean Page and the cast of Hamilton touted as favorites to take home an award — white nominees swept all 12 lead and supporting categories across comedy, drama and limited series.
Disappointingly, the only Black creative to be properly recognized at the Emmys is no longer here. The late Hip Hop legend Biz Markie, who passed away in July, was honored by LL COOL J, Cedric The Entertainer, Lil Dickey and Tom Hanks’ wife Rita Wilson, who performed a rendition of his 1989 mega-hit “Just A Friend.”
I thought BET was there for that? Stop begging to be invited to the table and build your own table. If they ‘gave’ all the Emmys to the Blacks, then what?
tired of watching black people whine about not being included by white people. So what. Let them have their emmy’s it don’t mean anything without us anyway. Watch something else.
Watch my nuts in yo mouth. Both of yall
Identify politics. They want color to become a qualification.
identity politics is the worst thing to happen to Black people since religion.
No, not religion, you mean welfare.
What if the white actors happened to be better this year? I mean next year you might get a majority of black actors winning because they were legitimately better. Its subjective anyway, but if the awards were just based on filling a quota, why even bother having them in the first place?
Why so few white players in the NBA, F the NBA….maaaaan black ppl corny!
Ha ha. And the logo is a white man tho
Just stop watching altogether then. Seem like every year these awards shows pop up, in comes the constant complaining. First I swore it was “fuck these awards shows”, so why the change of heart every time they announced the winners? Lmao Come on fam, looking like some suckas outchea.
Ahhh, butt hurt because white people won’t accept black people. Still trying trying to receive white people’s approval
It is strangely curious why so many individuals who may be white based on their comments continually impose themselves on a “hip-hop” website that is primarily geared toward people of color?
@ Appropriation? / Why is it “primarily geared toward people of color?” You can’t be serious man. Certain people respect real shit and knock the dumb shit but muthafukers like you support the dumb shit even when it’s black stupidity! You find it curious? Pull that curiously long chip outta your ass and live a little bro bro
Don’t worry. The 2022 and 2024 Emmys will have many Black winners before tge midterm and presidential elections.
I mean…. Maybe they weren’t the best? Ever reconsider that? I would find it more racist if they included African-American winners solely because of the fact that they were black and not because of their accomplishments on screen..*shrugs*
Take Michael k Williams for example, although he was a fantastic performer, these people think that a guy that is dead deserves it more just because he’s black instead of someone that’s alive and can actually enjoy it? Like… Come on… If he did win, most would look at it as a pity award because he just passed away. Stop this shit, man.
Wtf are they talkiing about. Michala Coel won a damn emmy this year.
Yeah fuck the emmys for making the best win and not caring about race!
Apparently minorities should win even if they didn’t do the best work, crazy! Only americans can find racism where there isnt any, smh
Who the hell in that picture he posted deserves an Emmy award for recent work???
Amerikkka…same rope….different year.??
FACTS.
They want an award for just being black?