Singer Gwen Stefani accused of 'cultural appropriation' with latest music video
dailystar.co.ukGwen Stefani has been accused of "cultural appropriation" again with her latest music video appearance. The No Doubt vocalist, 52, has prompted a backlash due to her sporting dreadlocks in the music video for her new single, Light My Fire.
Gwen's new single is a collaboration with Jamaican rapper Sean Paul and singer Shenseea, and sees The Voice judge wearing her hair in dreadlocks and a dress made up of the colours of the Jamaican flag.
After the video appeared on YouTube earlier this week, social media users slammed California-born Gwen for her styling choices. READ MORE: Gwen Stefani's hottest ever looks - tiny hotpants, skimpy bikinis and 'naked' outfit One Twitter commentator said: "I see gwen stefani back to her cultural appropriation roots," with another adding: "in 2022 now...
that cultural appropriation ain’t gone fly like it did back in the day." Another of the many criticisms read: "Gwen Stefani said screw your discourse, I’m gonna appropriate like it’s 2004."Gwen has previously accused of been accused of 'appropriating' black, Asian, and African cultures - particularly during the 2000s when she included Japanese culture in her music and business ventures.Cultural appropriation is a term used by online activists to describe the inappropriate or unacknowledged adoption of an element or elements of another culture.Gwen told Paper magazine last year: "I had this idea that I would have a posse of girls - because I never got to hang with girls - and they would be Japanese, Harajuku girls, because those are the girls that I love.
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