Bernice King reacted to Jonathan Majors after describing her mom, Coretta-Scott King. Majors’ words contribute to a continuous style of civil liberties leaders’ names being wrongly discussed.
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‘My Mother Wasn’t A Prop’
On Jan. 9, Bernice King, the child of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., shared a post on Twitter (X) including an image of her mom, Coretta Scott King. She accompanied the image with the following caption:
“My mom wasn’t a prop. She was a peace supporter before she fulfilled my daddy and contributed in him speaking up versus the Vietnam War. Please comprehend … my mom was a force.”
The post was a subliminal reaction to star Jonathan Majors, who had voicemails exposed in court throughout his domestic attack trial that he desired his ex-girlfriend to “be more like Coretta Scott-King or Michelle Obama,” although she is a white lady.
Rap Songs That Reference Civil Rights Leaders
Reviewing the criticism Jonathan Majors dealt with for making a comparable recommendation evokes circumstances when other hip-hop artists made the exact same error. Here are leading 5 highlights where rap artists referenced Civil Rights icons wrongly in their lyrics:
Kanye West/Emmett Till– ‘Through The Wire’
Kanye West has actually pointed out Emmett Till numerous times throughout his profession. Till was a 14-year-old young boy who was abducted and completely killed for presumably flirting with a white female in 1955. In Ye’s 2004 hit “Through The Wire,” he rapped:
“How do you console my mommy or provide her light assistance? Informing her, her kid’s on life support/And simply think of how my woman feel/On the aircraft frightened as hell that her guy appear like Emmett Till,” describing Till’s mutilated face in his open coffin.
Lil Wayne/Emmett Till– ‘Karate Chop (Remix)’
In 2013, rap legend Lil Wayne was under fire for likewise referencing Till. The questionable lyrics remained in the “Karate Chop (Remix)” with Atlanta rap artist Future. In the tune, Lil Wayne rapped:
“Pop a great deal of pain killer/ Bout to put rims on my skateboard wheels/ Beat that p * ssy up like Emmett Till.” In an open letter, Lil Wayne consented to stop utilizing Till’s name, pledging “to boost instead of deteriorate our neighborhood.”
In February 2013, Till’s cousin Airickca Gordon-Taylor was amongst those who condemned the lyric:
[It is] offending not just to us, however to our forefathers and to ladies and to [the artists] themselves as young, black guys,” “Our household was really upset, really harmed … [and] disrupted by [the line]”
OutKast/Rosa Parks– ‘Rosa Parks’
Famous Atlanta rap duo OutKast’s 1998 struck “Rosa Parks” consisted of a line that referenced the act that Rosa Parks performed in 1955 by not quiting her seat to a white guy on a segregated bus. In the chorus,
