This is why Black people suffer from untreated mental health issues. Sorry, but I’m not feeling this article.

How hard is it for white people to mind their own business?

Uhmmmmmmmm... No one has a problem with the lyrics “Get paid, young nigga.” in that space? In one’s own home - even the dorms, that’s fine, but a campus restaurant? He’s a school official who will absolutely hear of complaints about that song. The lyrics *are* offensive in that context. I can’t fault him for holding…

Or the alternate reality where people realize something’s not appropriate for a place of work and turn it off. Or maybe they make a point not to pick the explicit version for their playlist. I might listen to Bodak Yellow on the headphones but on the loudspeaker? Nah.

Well, they both got fired so it’s irrelevant who’s playlist it was. A written reprimand would have been sufficient but as store manager she should have realized that song was inappropriate and not waited til somebody complained. Getting fired over it is a bit much.

I hate the Trumps as much as anyone, but maybe we could all just avoid sexualizing a toddler and ignore goofy family videos. Poor girl is in for a lifetime of body shame being a female in America, let the poor kid be a little no-shame kid for five minutes.

because its not the best song on the album. i actually think its “ready or not”

Genius and Hero get tossed around very casually. I make a point to use neither.

Saying Donald Glover is a genius does not diminish anyone else. He’s earned the label by being very good at doing several things and his best work being multi-dimensional and entirely essential to the current cultural discourse. Beyonce is above her peers because she’s a visionary in a similar vein to Michael Jackson.…

Nah son.

The word “genius” is overused. I tend to object more often when someone is called a genius, than when someone isn’t.

Nah. Let’s not let others decide who our heroes and geniuses are. I grew up in a house were Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells and Sojourner Truth were celebrated. I make sure my children know who they are along with Baldwin, Rustin, Strayhorn, Shuttlesworth and Colvin.

Wait, are people NOT saying Beyonce is a genius? I am a dumpy middle-aged white dude, I am essentially an anthropomorphic pair of Dockers, and even I think Beyonce is a genius.

what kind of arrogant, self involved person do you have to be to say you cancelled someone.

And yet, no one in here can provide a link. Hmmm......

I disagree. It makes complete sense to me that an artist who gives up a lot of themselves to the public in that manner would want to keep a shred of their life private and just for themselves. I mean.. look at how people in this thread are freaking out and speculating wildly about the race of his partner and making…

I don’t know, man. I kind of appreciate that he’s not putting his infant and toddler in a spotlight, thereby making them a target of racist hatred. Can’t really fault any famous person for giving their kids the privacy they don’t have themselves, to be honest.

IDK, I am of two minds about it: it’s weird af to seem like you’re hiding your wife/kids/life and while no one should give a rat about them/theirs it kind of has a future murder mystery thing to it. But: I remember Mike Coulter rising up with Luke Cage walking around with his wife and folks in their feelings because…