Is Yelawolf offensive?

[Brooklyn Zoo]

http://www.thisis50.com/profiles/blogs/yelawolf-puts-his-confederate-flag-collection-on-display

Yelawolf a.k.a. Catfish Billy is an Alabama native and very proud of it. The rapper has been posting photos that feature the Confederate flag on his Instagram account.

 

[909]

He took the pictures down. Sporting Confederate wear is ignorant.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Not cool but your article http://culturecrossfire.com/music/but-why-male-models-yelawolf/ (PLUG) has gotten another 100+ views in the last couple days... Almost makes me want to let it slide. I have been corrupted.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

The most important thing about this thread is that it taught me that CWM will sell out his morals for pageviews.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

I said almost!

 

[Incandenza]

His being a rapper is basically his "but I have black friends at work" excuse smh

 

[Edwin]

ALABAMA MAN

 

[Precious Roy]

 

[tekcop]

Taking down pictures because people on the internet don't like them isn't very gangsta.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

Nah, he doesn't claim to be a gangster. In the song "Gangster" it's his friend who is a gangster.

http://youtu.be/kPLSlbDTd7Q

 

[NoCalMike]

What's interesting is that there's a video of him being "outraged" at V Nasty for using the "N" Word and talking about how "I'm from the south, and we have grand-parents' parents who aren't far removed from when that word was offensive, we don't play that shit 'round here"

So I guess the confederate flag doesn't bring back any of those horrible thoughts?

 

[tekcop]

What's interesting is that there's a video of him being "outraged" at V Nasty for using the "N" Word and talking about how "I'm from the south, and we have grand-parents' parents who aren't far removed from when that word was offensive, we don't play that shit 'round here"

Grandparent's parents? I know 30 year olds whose school buses used to get pelted with rocks when they came to play basketball at certain schools.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

 

[KOAB]

what a white guilt little bitch

oh look at me in this black and white artistic photo reflecting on MLK to show I'm not racist.

gtfo with this insincerity

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]