The internet lives for a clapback and that’s just what they got yesterday from rapper French Montana.
It all started when a young lady tweeted this.
The fact that French Montana thinks anyone cares about him.. 😫
— chill bill (@artdecoxxx) April 6, 2017
Personally, I didn’t think it was all that bad. It’s clearly hyperbole. There are tons of people who think about French Montana. And one could even argue that this tweeter is one of them since she spent seconds typing his name. But be that as it may, as a celebrity or hell, just a regular person, you can’t expect everyone to be pressed about your every move. Apparently, French Montana didn’t get that message. And after that tweet he went extremely left with his response.
U musty crusty dusty rusty ass hoe
With them nappy ass poetic justice braids take your cum drinking Dick banging ass somewhere n be humble🙏 https://t.co/yBHeZCKDCz— French Montana (@FrencHMonTanA) April 6, 2017
I really don’t know how we got here. What she said was a jab but the fact his default response was to insult this young Black girl based on her Black looks and attempt to shame her for her presumed sexuality is a problem. Immediately, people started suggesting that French Montana, from Morocco, is anti-Black.
Everyone defending French Montana is showing 1) they don’t know the differences between race, ethnicity & nationality 2) they’re anti black
— Gloria (@hereweGLOagain) April 6, 2017
@FrencHMonTanA This does not excuse anti-blackness. You used nappy as an insult. You did the exact same thing Bill O’Reily did a few days ago.
— Rosã Sparks✨ (@MzYummyDread) April 6, 2017
@FrencHMonTanA SO you’re still an Arab man & Arabs are known for their anti-blackness, you having a black child doesn’t escape you from responsibility
— 💎 (@yxngforever) April 6, 2017
You lot claiming French Montana’s blackness havent met Moroccans who WILL CURSE YOU OUT for calling them ‘African’ like its a dirty word🙃🙃
— Wendy Whaleiams (@aesthethink) April 6, 2017
Well.
In his defense, French Montana tweeted this:
How people get mad at u for draging somebody that tried to drag u 😩
— French Montana (@FrencHMonTanA) April 6, 2017
My son is black, and I was born in africa I lived there for 13 years
I ain’t no punching bag, and I don’t discriminate !don’t come for me 🙏 https://t.co/qnnfcCRhCQ— French Montana (@FrencHMonTanA) April 6, 2017
My mother is african queen and I was married to a beautiful black queen
All I did was defend myself if I affended anybody I apologize— French Montana (@FrencHMonTanA) April 6, 2017
But this is a perfect example of even when u defending yourself and minding your Business social media would drag your name thru the mud ‼️
— French Montana (@FrencHMonTanA) April 6, 2017
Chile. I know French Montana doesn’t think of himself as anti-Black. But you can marry a Black woman, have a Black child, make music for Black people and use the n-word and still be anti-Black. Honestly, if we think about it long and hard enough we know some Black people who are anti-Black. Y’all know Uncle Ruckus. Or Ben Carson, Omarosa Manigault, Clarence Thomas. You are not excluded from the sentiment because you were born in a certain place or identify with a certain race. The conditioning of European colonizers is real, across every continent.
And to the point of one of these tweets, I just interviewed a Black woman who was called a n*gger by a Morrocan man.
While French Montana can argue that he was defending himself, I would have to ask him from what exactly? From the fact that she said people don’t think about him? I guarantee there are millions of people who don’t. Obviously, French Montana is not one of them as he was searching his own name on Twitter. Because as much as he claims this girl was trying to drag him, she didn’t mention him in the tweet. She was venting. She didn’t make any character or physical assassinations. She said she and others don’t think about him. And the fact that he came back with an assault on her Black features and sexuality was uncalled for and speak more clearly and deeply to his own thoughts than any of his songs ever could.
Veronica Wells is the culture editor at MadameNoire.com. She is also the author of “Bettah Days.” You can follow her on Facebook and Twitter @VDubShrug.
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