Lol, nobody said anybody is in a conspiracy. And if you think calling for Black women to be treated better “devalues the lives” of Black men, I feel very sorry for you. I can’t imagine how it feels to believe that equality and safety for the women who look just like your mother, your sister, etc. is that dangerous for…

I’m a Black woman. This article is on point, and the reasons why have nothing to do with white people. You are concerned with them; I am not.

Its just a dumb troll, or some masquerading as someone knowing something, but missing it entirely.

Let me find my seat real quick because the umar stans are coming.

Uhhh, black women are told they are not welcome constantly, from all different sources in all corners of American society. Including in hip hop.

I don’t know how people are missing this...Eminem...the answer is Eminem. No one gave a shit he was white after he proved he had the talent

There will always be people on Jezebel who will defend any white woman over anything it seems.

Um, men who were/wanted to fuck her literally looked at her and said “She is white and “exotic” looking. She should have a career.” That’s not how it works for other artists. She had a bunch of Black men kissing her ass, teaching her, and pushing her simply because they were infatuated with the idea of a white female…

“Would a black woman who wanted to rap have been told to do pop instead?”

...and she was still bad at it. That’s what you seem to be missing.

Well researched and written. The biggest takeaway is that she should have listened to the people around her. Even the song you posted in the article, had she dropped the blaccent and gone with Valley girl ala kesha in the first part of her career that would have been a cute little underground sleeper hit.

Nobody is crying any tears for this poor, beleaguered white girl who was handed a music career based on her whiteness, while a few people tried to steer her away from the cultural appropriation she so needed to commit. Fuck her.

I’m a millennial who grew up with real hip hop and I still love this song. I hate Mask Off and all other blubber rapsinging, but Bodak Yellow is awesome.

Nah, that lady has been through hell and back. So forgive her for not being a more vivacious and bubbly interviewee and or unwilling to well up every excruciating detail of hr ordeal for ratings.

The decent thing to do in this situation is to look for people who are already “settled” to ask questions. This woman stated she was wet and shivering so to me this would be OBVIOUS this is NOT the person to ask as it would have been clear she just got there. Seeing as how she was still wet, she hasn’t even had to…

“Which network would have done better?”

Kind of off topic, but one of those “if you don’t laugh you’ll cry” moments:

Well, even tough, she is doing her job very poorly, before being a reporter she is a person and she clearly demonstrated lack of empathy.

How could it have gone better? When the mom started breaking down after the very first question the interviewer should have said “it sounds like you and your family have been through a terrible ordeal - we’re so glad you made it here safely and I’m sure you’d like to get your kids dry and fed. Thank you so much for…

Except it doesn’t matter if she initially agreed to be asked a question or two... the reporter clearly just wanted some “real talk” about “what it’s like for a mother fighting the rushing waters with her children”... seriously? Fuck that shit. Sure, her questions weren’t outright racist or dogwhistles, but she clearly…