MC Lyte has come to the defense of President Joe Biden after he referred to LL COOL J as “boy,” a term which has racial connotations.
Biden honored LL and Lyte at the Congressional Black Caucus Phoenix Awards on Saturday (September 23), but the sitting U.S. president caught heat for comments made during his speech and getting LL’s name wrong.
“Two of the greatest artist of our time, representing the groundbreaking legacy of Hip Hop in America,” he said. “LL Jay Cool J…uh…by the way, that boy, uh, that man’s got bigger biceps than my thighs. And MC Lyte. Both of you, thank you.”
MC Lyte took to Instagram on Monday (September 25) to address Joe Biden’s comments, saying she believes he made an honest “mistake” and that they weren’t said with any malicious intent.
“Thank you to all of my brothers and sisters for your love and your warm embrace as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop,” she wrote. “First, I want to say that I have nothing but respect, love, and admiration for my big brother LL COOL J.
“For being a pioneer in this business, for helping me write some of my iconic rhymes and for inviting me to be a part of his tribute during the Kennedy Center Honors, a high ranking achievement which has only been bestowed to one Hip Hop artist to date: to the G.O.A.T. LL Cool J. I will forever thank, honor and love him.”
She continued: “In regard to the recent occurrence during the Congressional Black Caucus Phoenix Awards, while I do not condone any disrespect of any kind, especially to a Black man we all love and hold in high regard, I must say, I was actually there and I do not believe President Biden’s comments were mal- intended, he made a mistake. A mistake I’m sure he regrets.
“One of my most fond memories is that of being in the presence of my elders when they make a mistake with a name, sometimes even my own. I pray that we will pay more attention to the historic importance of this moment than the errors that were made in it.”
Instead, MC Lyte suggested people should focus on the fact that the U.S. President and Vice President are showing love to Hip Hop for the first time.
“What we should all spend time focusing on is this: for the first time in history, both the President and Vice President of the United States, together, have acknowledged, embraced and publicly shown their love and appreciation for a monumental achievement in Hip Hop,” she continued.
“Let’s try to keep showing each other love and grace . . . Long live Hip Hop!”
LL COOL J previously lit the National Christmas Tree alongside President Joe Biden and his wife, First Lady Jill Biden, at the White House in November 2022.
“The most epic selfie you’ll see today,” he captioned one of his Instagram posts documenting the occasion. “Such an honor to be lighting the National Christmas Tree with The President of The United States.”
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No way..what a sad racist supporting weirdo. He’s a racist, he always has been. He literally pushed the war on drugs? Just cause he’s not a Republican doesn’t mean he’s not as racist or as evil as Trump. I think he’s more evil than Trump personally.
Yawn…
I’m no fan of Biden, but that was definitely not racist. Just an old man who cant speak without making a mistake every second word..
He makes dozens of errors in every speech he makes. Still the best President of this century.
You’re smoking those good rocks today, huh?
Ur crazy
#Trump2024MAGA🇺🇸
If Biden were black and called LL “boy”, would anybody be batting an eye? Hell nah. Context people, context. With that said, I’m not a Biden apologist and don’t care for the man.
Wasn’t Biden first time calling a black man boy. Biden’s mentor was Strom Thurman, a proud Democrat KKK racist. Any black person who is defending Biden is a sellout
Saying “any person who believes such-n-such is a racist”, or “if you believe this, you’re evil”, those kind of broad-stroking responses to people’s opinions are toxic and are really ruining the ability to have any kind of productive dialogue in this country. I am NOT a racist. I have been an LL fan since 1987, and I think it was a very minor mistake that Biden made. So, to you I’m just a racist no matter what, because I believe the man made a mistake? I know you don’t want to consider this, but I think you’ve lost your ability to be reasonable bro. We all have to reel ourselves in some time. It sounds like it’s time for you to re-examine your state of mind with respect to race-relations. You’ve gotten extreme.
Stormcloack, again, Biden’s mentor was Strom Thurman, a proud KKK member, and a hardcore racist. Biden delivered his eulogy; that’s how much he influenced Biden. That wasn’t the first time Biden called a black man boy. Furthermore, Biden stated that he didn’t want his children being raised in a racial jungle. Also, he said Barack Obama is a clean black man. Joe Biden is a racist.
Only retards took that as a racial slur.
Honest mistake I Agree with lyte
Someone’s always defending Joe biden. People really need to research his past comments.
For example, he said he didn’t want his children going to school in a racial jungle
I will no longer support MC Lyte.
She’s proven once again that these wealthy black celebrities are democratic shills and we should not be listening to them!
This war mongering, racist person she’s speaking up for has destroyed not only American black people but our entire democracy!!
Do you. Few, if any, care.
MC Lyte must be getting paid to say this. These Rappers are lost.
The only person that should be defending Joe Biden’s comments is Joe Biden.
MC Lyte sold out the entire culture.
Fight for yo hood. Fight for your LIVES. Vote Donald Trump, 2024!
For me and my house, we WILL vote Donald Trump.
At this point my people, it’s not about voting for the righteousness of republicans, but against the evil of democrats. The democrat party were the original KkK members and enslavers of ancestors.
The democrats stood against us having civil/voting rights until we turned up the heat against the nation after Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination. Even then, racist president Lindon B. Johnson said “I’ll have these n words voting democrat for the next 200 years.”
Is he right, or are you going to finally stand up and vote against all of the disrespect the democrats have done to our people? By the way my fellow black people, if you didn’t know, in 2023 we still don’t have PERMANENT voting status or permanent civil rights as our fellow white brothers and sisters. It has to be renewed every 25 years, meaning it can be taken away at any moment.
And let’s not forget, slavery never ended in America. It was merely reworded to allow to allow continued mistreatment of our people if we’re imprisoned.
In 2019, Biden said if you don’t vote for him then you ain’t black. And since then he and the democrat party have done repeated evil against us black folks by spreading these racist disrespectful sayings “people of color… black and brown… minorities” to eradicate our uniqueness as BLACK PEOPLE, passed a hate crime bill for Asian Americans when our people have suffered the most and deserve a hate crime bill, gave billions away to Ukraine including social security of your tax dollars and haven’t given our people a penny yet of reparations, open the borders for illegal immigrants to enter and flood our communities, and continue every election year pandering to us to come out and vote for them when they’ve done everything for lgbt-asians-immigrants but absolutely NOTHING specifically for us black people. It’s funny how in 1994 Joe Biden wanted us black folk to rot in jail if we were caught with crack cocaine but for white folks caught with meth, it’s only a medical issue and not a crime. And the black caucus aided Joe Biden with the 1994 crime bill in destroying our people because they themselves, are of the Devil.
During 2019, Vice President Kamala Harris said she would never do anything specifically for black people. It’s time we return the favor and do absolutely NOTHING for democrats. You don’t have to vote for Donald Trump or republicans but DO NOT vote democrat.
At this point, any person in our community that votes democrat after knowing the evil they’ve done to us, is an enemy to the black community.
May the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob curse any of our people who willingly vote democrat, with leprosy. If you vote democrat, you are condoning and supporting wickedness, sin, destruction of traditional families, perversion of children, Sodom and Gomorrah Satanic lifestyles, anti black policies, anti business, high taxes, slavery, lies, communism, socialism, and destruction of the black community.
Let your minds awaken and see the truth, my people. We are the sons and daughters of an ancient people who’ve spent 200+ years in the house in bondage… in Egypt, ages ago.
Research everything for yourself and see the truth. Our brother, Dante Fortson has been blessed with wisdom from the Lord to show us who we really are.
We are the Israelites, my fellow black people.
Be free of sin, and be free of the democrat party! https://youtube.com/@DanteFortson?si=j70BNRzi6fu_cNXd
The 1964 Civil Rights Act and ’65 Voting Rights Act were passed in large part due to Lyndon Johnson – a Democrat – and this was 3 years before Dr. King was murdered. Northern Democrats and Republicans voted for these bills, Southern Democrats and Republicans opposed it. There has been no policy by either party since that has helped Black people more than these laws – especially by anyone in the Republican Party. Also, every time voting Rights for Blacks come up for approval every 25 years, it passes with nearly 100% support from Democrats and 100% opposition from Republicans – including Trump himself. Never forget that the failed policy War on Drugs was started by Republican Richard Nixon to target Black communities in 1969 to undo the gains made by the Civil Rights movement. This policy was intensified in the 1980’s by racist President Ronald Reagan – long before Clinton became President and the 1994 Crime Bill was passed. The Congressional Black Caucus opposed the actions of both Nixon and Reagan but to no avail – it passed anyway. Now, let’s get to the 1994 Crime Bill. The Bill was drafted by Biden/Clinton but with the help and advice not only from the Black Caucus but also from Mayors of major US cities elected by Black majorities – this was the major difference between Clinton/Biden and the Republican Presidents Nixon and Reagan who did the opposite of what these mayors suggested. Finally, the 1994 Crime Bill was supported not only by the Black Caucus but also by the majority of Black voters at the time. The reason for this was that too many Black youth at the time were turning to drugs and violent crime and were a danger to their families and communities. Therefore, Biden should not be held responsible for the ’94 Crime Bill and certainly deserves out support today. The only way to insure Civil Rights, Voting Rights, and protect the Middle Class is for the Democratic Party to control at the same time the White House, Both Houses of Congress, the Supreme Court, and state/local governments. The last time this happened (1969), we got passed both Civil Rights Acts – the greatest legislation for Black people in the 20th century.