Capitol Records severs ties with ‘virtual rapper’ FN Meka after N-word controversy
nypost.comWHITE MUSIC EXECS LEFT IN A ROOM, UNSUPERVISED:let's create an artificial rapper who says the n word & simulates our deepest fetishes & fantasies about blackness & materialism & he will never get arrested unless we want him to which is a fun storyline let's try that pic.twitter.com/9nDdqXdpbw“We find fault in the lack of awareness in how offensive this caricature is,” music non-profit Industry Blackout wrote on Tuesday. “It is a direct insult to the black community and our culture.
An amalgamation of gross stereotypes, appropriative mannerisms that derive from black artists, complete with slurs infused in lyrics.”A comical “diss track” that circulated on Twitter this week attacked FN Mesa’s use of the N-word. “We cannot let robots say n—-a in any form,” the diss track goes. “If we let robots say n—-a, that’s how robotic racism’s born.” RacistRobotDiss.MP4 pic.twitter.com/IcDeNDGA7qFollowing the backlash, Capitol Records announced Tuesday that it had “severed ties” with FN Meka and wiped its music from streaming platforms. “We offer our deepest apologies to the black community for our insensitivity in signing this project without asking enough questions about equity and the creative process behind it,” the company said in a statement to Rolling Stone.
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