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Do NOT come for Bruno Mars, you will regret it!
On Sunday, one Twitter user accused the That’s What I Like singer of cultural appropriation ahead of the A-lister’s show stopping performance at the BET Awards. Unsurprisingly, fans did not take too kindly to this person’s unwarranted shade towards the hitmaker.
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The Mars hater, named Jenn M. Jackson, voiced her disdain for the artist as she wrote on the social media site:
I really need y’all to stop with this Bruno Mars praise and be more critical about the ways we understand appropriation.
— Jenn M. Jackson (@JennMJack) June 25, 2017
He is a non-Black person of color (POC) who has recently decided that singing Funk music is economically productive.
— Jenn M. Jackson (@JennMJack) June 25, 2017
While Miz Jackson acknowledges that Bruno gives some “credit” to funk artists of the past, she accuses the songwriter of doing little to educate his white fan base about these particular musicians. Be sure to ch-ch-check out Jenn’s savage criticism of Bruno in its entirety HERE.
Anywho, it didn’t take long for Mars fans to flock to Twitter to defend the 31-year-old. Specifically, one stan in particular offered up quite the clap back as they had a retort for almost every single one of Jackson’s claims. However, @hypebruno may’ve put it best when they noted:
“Jenn M. Jackson this whole thread is false. let me tell you why… are we really going to blame Bruno because his audience demographic? he just wants to make music. my god ├óΓé¼┬ª he didn’t repackage [sic] anything. he’s stated that he’d be nothing without black artists he’s appreciating not appropriating ├óΓé¼┬ª Bruno Mars is a woke legend that understands that American music is black. find another artists to fit your agenda.”
Snap! Snap! Again, you can read the ENTIRE back-and-forth HERE.
Of course, @hypebruno wasn’t the only fan to defend Bruno as others weighed in:
Random chick: “black twitter, let’s be mad at Bruno mars!”
Black twitter: pic.twitter.com/NXn1nxz2mK
— mark. (@Mark_Jayy) June 25, 2017
Y’all out here slandering Bruno Mars when that man minds his business and make bomb music. pic.twitter.com/NJ5ik0o4su
— 🍦 (@bouttheboy) June 25, 2017
Bruno Mars gave respect to Black Culture for influencing his music, unlike some other non-black, mainstream artists. pic.twitter.com/fB2wjVnOtQ
— July 1st. 🎉 (@_KaylaBayla) June 25, 2017
Y’all better stop with trying to cancel Bruno Mars. It’s just not gonna happen ├░┼╕ΓäóΓÇ₧├░┼╕╦£┬í worry about other people who are WAY more problematic pic.twitter.com/49PXuEBae4
— ♡ (@DaydreamSlays) June 25, 2017
How that lady thought her Bruno Mars cultural appropriation thread was gonna vs how it went pic.twitter.com/aZtAlcLxzA
— rosechocglam (@rosechocglam) June 25, 2017
In a world where Justin Bieber exists u choose to use Bruno Mars as ur example of “cultural appropriation”. Ignorance fam.
— Mozo✊🏾🇩🇴 (@famzmozo) June 25, 2017
Accusing Bruno Mars of cultural appropriation is very very mad. Some of you need to take a day off and recollect your brains.
— Bri (@Xhakaed) June 25, 2017
Whoa. Remind us to never piss off Bruno fans — but way to defend your boy, y’all!
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