I saw him trending last night and I thought people were watching the BET awards Prince tributes and decided to get at him for these old Prince comments. It turns out he had put his foot in his mouth on the Jesse Williams speech. People bring up him throwing Janet Jackson under the bus more than his Prince coments because the nipplegate got more coverage and almost ended Janet's career.
Justin Timberlake Blasted For Stealing Black Culture After Praising Jesse Williams’ BET Awards Speech
Is
Justin Timberlake guilty of “borrowing” from Black culture?
Justin took to his Twitter after
Jesse Williams’ powerfully moving BET Awards speech. The former NYSYNC singer posted this message on social media following Jesse’s remarks on racism and the abuse of power by whites in America:
But what exactly is JT inspired by? Twitter users blasted the singer for being a prime example of what Jesse discussed in his speech:
Justin even fired back at a user for slamming his tweet:
Huge mistake Mr. Timberlake!
#BlackTwitter dragged JT for his own use of “cultural appropriation” and hyprocisy by praising the speech when many feel he is guilty of the same actions.