Cancel Culture

Ben Stein’s Aunt Jemima Comment Receives Backlash: Watch

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Twitter’s cancel culture may be targeting lawyer and comedian Ben Stein next. The 78-year-old shared a video of his secret “breakest-for-dinner” weapon, Aunt Jemima’s syrup, but unknowingly sparked controversy. When speaking on the syrup Stein notes, “now this used to show a large African-American woman chef.” The writer also mentions, “but because of the inherent racism in American’s corporate culture, they decided to make it a white person, or maybe no person at all.” But, what made Twitter users stab at Stein was his following comment on how he preferred when the bottle featured “a black person showing their incredible skill at making pancakes.”

After receiving years of backlash, the Aunt Jemima brand switched its logo and name in 2021. Critics were especially upset with the character logo, which they considered to be racially insensitive. Now going by Pearl Milling Company, parent company PepsiCo had announced that they are working to “ensure the new brand was developed with inclusivity in mind.”

Following in suit of other famous names who’ve been called out for inappropriate remarks, Stein was shut down on Twitter. “He turned out to be such a disappointment. I thought he was smart,” one user tweeted. Another added, “oh but I bet his ass would be screaming antisemitism if you clap back a Jewish trope.” While many threw backlash against the former speechwriter for Nixon, some gave him the benefit of doubt. “The syrup was better then, because it had more real maple syrup in it! I don’t know if he’s unwoke or just making a statement,” said one user.

Another prominent figure currently being called out for vocalizing controversial opinions is Kanye West, whose antisemitic remarks made him a target for Twitter roasts. The Anti-Defamation League recently reported that Ye’s “bigoted rants” were linked to 30 hate crimes across America. With Stein’s video garnering millions of views, it’s easy to see why Twitter users are quick to shame his seemingly racist comments. We’ve added some of the reactions for you to check out down below. As always, keep in touch with HNHH for the hottest news in hip-hop and pop culture.

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Ice-T says he “eats haters for food” as he receives Hollywood Walk of Fame star

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Ice T Accepts Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

As Ice-T accepted his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last Friday, he addressed one aspect of being a star that does not seem to bother him: critics.

The 65-year-old hip-hop artist and actor, who accepted the star alongside his wife Coco and seven-year-old daughter Chanel, discussed cancel culture, addressing how people have been trying to cancel him since the beginning of his career, over four decades ago.

In an interview with Fox News, Ice-T said that people had “been trying to cancel me for 40 years… I’m difficult to cancel,” before continuing to explain that “I’ve already let everybody know all my flaws, all my vices and people rock with it.”

He also addressed online trolls and critics, saying that he turns the negative energy from critics into motivation, sharing his personal philosophy of “when someone tells me you can’t do it, that means I got to do it.” He referred to criticism as fuel, stating that “I eat haters for food.”

In December, the Grammy-winning artist shared an inspirational quote that read: “Everyone is going to hate you anyway…so you might as well give them a reason” with a post that said “Christmas is over.. My advice is you go into 2023 with THIS attitude if you want to WIN.”

Ice-T was joined by several celebrities, including Law and Order: SVU costar Mariska Hargitay, as he accepted his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Lizzo Says That Cancel Culture Is “Appropriation”

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Lizzo says that “cancel culture” is “appropriation,” citing outrage from marginalized people in society. The Special singer explained her position in a tweet that she posted on Sunday night.

Lizzo says that outrage has become “trendy, misused and misdirected,” and wants the focus to shift back to “real problems.”

She elaborated: “This may be a random time to say this but it’s on my heart.. cancel culture is appropriation. There was real outrage from truly marginalized people and now it’s become trendy, misused and misdirected. I hope we can phase out of this & focus our outrage on the real problems.”

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 14: Lizzo attends the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Los Angeles Convention Center on March 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy )

The tweet arrives after Lizzo previously criticized people’s social media literacy, earlier in the week. “We need to talk about the epidemic of believing any and everything y’all see on social media…,” she wrote in a post.

As for music, Lizzo is expected to be making an appearance on the deluxe version of SZA’s newest album, SOS. The TDE singer detailed her experience working with Lizzo during a recent interview with Rolling Stone.

“We just have so much fun together,” she told the outlet at the time. “And I feel like she gets me. She’s another person who has hella music tastes and doesn’t fit in anybody’s box of anything. She makes it seem like she doesn’t even care like she just does whatever she wants. And I just love being with her, just as a friend and hanging out. So whenever she comes to a studio, I just feel like, ‘Let’s drop into some bullshit.’”

Check out Lizzo’s recent post on Twitter below.

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The “Cancel Culture” Officially Forgives DaBaby

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DaBaby Dropped From Governors Ball Lineup Following Homophobic Remarks

DaBaby is back on the “cancel culture” good said obviously. The Rolling Loud Music Festivals just revealed its Miami line up and guess who’s on there? If you didn’t guess DaBaby, you guess wrong. The very same music festival, Rolling Loud, that tried to end DaBaby’s career just added him to the line up.

The headliners of this year’s festival will be Kanye West, Future and Kendrick Lamar. Ye will kick things off on Friday. Future will back door on Saturday, and K.Dot will shut it down on Sunday. DaBaby is set to perform on Saturday. The two day festival is set to being on July 22-24 at the the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

Along with the headliners and DaBaby, there will be over 100 act at the festival. There will also be sets from Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Carti, Baby Keem, Lil Baby, Gunna, Lil Durk, Saweetie, City Girls, Gucci Mane, Three 6 Mafia, Flo Milli, A$AP Ferg, and more.

If you aren’t aware what happened last year at Rolling Loud: Miami, DeBaby made controversial remarks towards LGBT and HIV community. As a result, he received immediate backlash and it took a negative impact on his music career. Since the, he apologized, and made progressive steps in being an advocate for both communities respectively.

Beside being performing at Rolling Loud, the Charlotte rapper has been working on music. Lately, the working relationship between him and NBA Youngboy has been on full display. The duo is set to drop a joint project Better Than You on March 4.

These two collaborated before. They dropped “Bestie” and “HIT,” earlier this year. DaBaby has also gone on record praising the Baton Rouge rapper. He told the Rap Podcast,  “I know he don’t get the credit he deserves for his music because of the stigma that’s around him,” he said. “I just listened to his last project and he’s like crazy talented.”

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