How is it black media when all their content is hosted on YouTube?
Black artists ignoring black media on the red carpet
- Thread starter Booker T Garvey
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dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
Looks more like a big vs small thing as opposed to white vs black...breh had a bunch of “other” unknown media folks around him in the kiddie corner. They was walking past everyone
Him calling out like some random fan instead of calling their name and maybe trying to ask an interview question probably didn’t help either
Him calling out like some random fan instead of calling their name and maybe trying to ask an interview question probably didn’t help either
Mindfield333
Superstar
Unfortunately this is true
LennoxWine
All Star
Gucci walks by: c'mon bruh holla at me!He ain’t call for Lil Nas X
Quavo walks by: Do it for the hood cuh!
Lil nas walks by: ...
But on a serious note, you can't complain about black artists ignoring you, while ignoring black artists. Beggars can't be choosers.
Y’all dudes gotta stop saying this, you do realize that damn near everybody on the planet uses YouTube right?
and you would be incorrect.
The black media can never grow if they arent allow to. so yes it will always LOOK or SEEM as if its big vs small. its never let the black media get to large vs the big white media that will do any and everything to stay that way even if that means disenfranchise black media.
They intentionally place them towards the end of the carpet a lot of times because everyone knows by that point the celebs will get pulled away by their publicists/pr people about having to go inside for the event/running late etc.
its a big setup to fail.
lets watch Roland martin talk about it. Watch the entire video. Its this guys video an interview with him. rolands panel discussing it and another video of Roland and Kerri Washington talking about it. Do you believe the original video now?
Tribal Outkast
Veteran
You have to talk to anybody you can no matter if you like them or not. Sometimes that helps with traffic to your site too.Gucci walks by: c'mon bruh holla at me!
Quavo walks by: Do it for the hood cuh!
Lil nas walks by: ...
But on a serious note, you can't complain about black artists ignoring you, while ignoring black artists. Beggars can't be choosers.
get these nets
Veteran
Roland's comments didn't directly refute what Dora wrote or what others have expressed. Larger Black media outlets had better access to those stars.
There is no bigger advocate for Black media than Roland Martin, BUT he discusses and calls out the micro and macro issues. Here is an old post with a video of Roland talking about the miststeps and mistakes Black media heads have made. Inability to adapt to realities and limitations.
https://www.thecoli.com/posts/34372858/
If the head of Blacktree media privately consults with RM, I'd bet he'd make suggestions that go beyond the public callout of Black celebs who gave him the stiffarm
get these nets
Veteran
DC just commemorated 50 years of Go-Go at the 2026 Go-Go Music Awards
Ceremony celebrating the longevity of a homegrown Black genre of music,
local legends and current stars, and figures from HipHop who helped expand the genre.
These "Black" enterainment platforms sent no reporters, and didnt even report that it took place.
Consistent pattern of them ignoring important events in Black entertainment and having the nerve to complain about being ignored by Black entertainers.
CodeKansas
Superstar
That fat mf failed the swirl test years ago, so I'm not surprised he snubs black interviewers.Not Quest love
murksiderock
Superstar
Bruh go-go is an insular and virtually entirely local product, it isn't heard beyond the Greater DC area. It's just like New Orleans bounce, why would you be upset that the faux black media platforms aren't covering it? It's irrelevant outside of DC.