THE DREAM & RUSSEL SIMMONS DEFEND GWYNETH PALTROW OVER NIGGA TWEET

Days after Gwyneth Paltrow came under fire for tweeting "Niggas In Paris...For Real!" while in Paris watching Kanye and Jay Z performing the song a whopping 11 times in Paris, The Dream and Russell Simmons immediately came ot her defense:

Says The Dream:

[unedited] Yall still on that shit! Yall Give “Nigga To Much power” somewhere the actual racist People are Laughing there asses off, so much energy. Let that Word hold power over me but yet use it as Power. Those same slaves Great,Great grands are Wiser now and Free! I’m not Saying don’t forget but be logical and use common sense. If it meant the Same as it Did then WE wouldn’t use it, that would make us ignorant We USE IT because Evidently it doesn’t mean the same if u really give a s–t u stop using it. Sure Attack her you know she’s not going to do anything, you know in your heart she didn’t mean it in anyway. The world is just full of Bull s–tters who act like they give a s–t haven’t did one righteous act in there lives. Its a Hot Topic because people aint got s–t To Do! Period. Say what u want. No one called Trayvon N—a before he shot him it was an action. Racism is an Action! What! WE GIVE THE WORD TO MUCH POWER! Any way Niggaz! What’s GOOD


Here's what Russell had to say in a recent blog post via Global Grind:

In the case of “Niggas in Paris,” it is clear that these two poets are celebrating the fact that they now travel the world and are literally ballin’ in Paris … it started as a badge of honor, something to be proud of, something to poke their chests out at. Because for them, when they were kids, Paris was a million miles away and now it’s a private jet ride. The idea of being in Paris with a movie star, whether she’s black or white, is incredible!

There is something truly inspiring about black culture and black music, hip-hop culture and hip-hop music. No matter what color skin you might have, there is an overriding good effect that this music has on you. It is contagious. It was this explosive expression that spread out of the inner cities of America into the walkmans of kids like Gwyneth Paltrow during their childhoods in 1980s and 1990s. It allowed white kids to begin to sympathize with the plight of many in black America. Having any Hollywood starlet at your concert was unimaginable, and having her quote your lyrics as a badge of honor that she was hanging out with you, you never would have dreamed of that – until your poetry hit the market and changed the world.

So, for Gwyneth to tweet out her excitement about hip-hop taking over the planet is a good thing. She didn’t mean any harm, she just was trying to ball so hard, and like Jay-Z says, “motherf*ckers can’t fine” her.

Gwyneth is not just any Hollywood starlet. She's been friends with Jay for years, so I don't understand what hip hop music transcending color lines has to do with her use of Nigga in a tweet. I understand that the new generation of kids have taken the word, like bitch and have given it a new kind of power. But like I said about white on black crime, we can't only get mad when white folk uses nigga/nigger. If it's a problem for whites to use it, then black people shouldn't use it either. It just makes me angry that so many black people (and my father is black so I can speak on this) will use the word freely, but will get pissed when A) older black folk confront them in public over the use of the word, and B) people outside their inner circle get confused and up in arms over the use of the word.


I don't care how many black people you hang out with. If the use of the word makes you cringe in public, like when I hear it used as every third word that comes out of some of these teeenagers mouth, then it needs to not be used.