Rapper Doja Cat addresses controversial song
On Sunday night, vocalist and rapper Doja Cat issued a statement addressing a resurfaced 2015 song with an offensive title. After receiving backlash for associating with alt-right internet users, she also defended herself, saying that she never took part in "any racist conversation" in person.
Hashtags like #DojaCatIsOverParty and #OnlyKlans started trending on Twitter late last week, with many social media users calling for their song "Dindu Nuffin" Doja (real name Amalaratna Zandile Dlamini). The title is a racist slur often used against black people who have faced police brutality. The artist was also criticised by people for appearing in past racist video chats.
Doja, 24, apologized for taking part in the chats in the first part of her statement but denied saying anything racist by herself.
Doja, who is half black, said she regretted the release of the old track, saying it was "written in response to people who used that term often to hurt me."
"I’m a black woman. Half of my family is black from South Africa and I’m very proud of where I come from," She kept going, "As for the old song that’s resurfaced, it was in no way tied to anything outside of my own personal experience. It was written in response to people who often used that term to hurt me. I made an attempt to flip its meaning, but recognize that it was a bad decision to use the term in my music."
She concluded her statement by saying she took the situation "very seriously" and promised to do better in the future.
