Dr. Umar Johnson hopped on Instagram Live to respond to the backlash he’s received for saying that Eminem cannot be a G.O.A.T. rapper because he is white.
“When I look at the responses from America’s Caucasian community over this issue of Eminem being the G.O.A.T. of Hip Hop…and let me say this: I have nothing personal against Eminem. My comments had nothing to do with Mr. Marshall Mathers personally. And I want Mr. Marshall Mathers to understand that Dr. Umar Ifatunde harbors no personal ill will towards you. You are a talented musician, lyricist, producer. You seem like you are an OK guy,” he said.
Dr. Umar made the comments on The Joe Budden podcast and said many of his white followers have been upset by his remarks…but he is doubling down.
“From a cultural integrity perspective, haven’t they [white people] stolen enough from us? Haven’t they appropriated enough from us? Haven’t they robbed, stole, killed, enslaved, lynched, miseducated, mass incarcerated, politically dominated us enough? The fact that you got Black people arguing for a white man to be considered the greatest of all time in an African artform speaks to how psychologically ill we are as a race of people.”
Watch the livestream above.
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