Vince Staples found himself playing defense on Twitter this week after comments he made about Eminem’s BET Hip Hop Awards freestyle went viral. The Long Beach rapper, who was speaking at Pitchfork’s In Sight Out Series in Chicago on Friday (October 13), called Shady’s nearly five-minute tirade against Donald Trump “trash” and said he believed Em “could do better.”
Following Pitchfork’s account of the event, the Big Fish TheoryMC took to Twitter to call out the media outlet for being “thirsty.”
“The mnm statement was all in good fun I like him & Kim,” he tweeted Friday. “@Pitchfork took it out of context because they thirsty. Lemme get these jokes off.”
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He added, “How we gonna clown Xtentacion for rapping like a sorcerer on XXL but let M go full assassins creed & then deny me the right my jokes. Me not being able to make jokes about mnm is white supremacy @pitchfork don’t make me call Cornell West.”
The mnm statement was all in good fun I like him & Kim. @Pitchfork took it out of context because they thirsty. Lemme get these jokes off.
— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 14, 2017
How we gonna clown Xtentacion for rapping like a sorcerer on XXL but let M go full assasins creed & then deny me the right to my jokes.
— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 14, 2017
Me not being able to make jokes about mnm is white supremacy @pitchfork don’t make me call Cornell West.
— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 14, 2017
Subsequently, his Twitter account blew up with comments and soon turned into a conversation about white privilege. As of Saturday morning (October 14), Staples was still engaged with Twitter users, attempting to explain his position.
I think it’s white privilege. https://t.co/L9hL7DRQtQ
— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 14, 2017
Staples reiterated that he wasn’t referring to Eminem as “trash,” he was simply addressing the bars. He also recognized the importance of Em’s message.
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“I didn’t call HIM trash I said I didn’t care for the freestyle but I appreciate the support in the message,” he wrote Saturday morning.
I didn’t call HIM trash I said I didn’t care for the freestyle but I appreciate the support in the message. https://t.co/S7leoDG6JI
— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 14, 2017
Staples did take a jab at what some believed was Em’s worst line. Shady opened his freestyle with, “It’s the calm before the storm right here/ Wait, how was I going to start this off?/ I forgot … oh yeah/ That’s an awfully hot coffee pot/ Should I drop it on Donald Trump?/ Probably not.”
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After a Twitter user told Staples that Em still did something Staples is “lyrically unable to do,” he replied, “If I’m unable to say awfully hot coffee pot I’m ok with that.”
If I’m unable to say awfully hot coffee pot I’m ok with that. https://t.co/JOYEPIxpG7
— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 14, 2017
He did make it abundantly clear that his issue wasn’t with Eminem — it was with his bars.
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“I hold Eminem in the highest regards I wanted him to go harder than that. That’s all,” he wrote.
1. No we are not. 2. I hold Eminem in the highest regards I wanted him to go harder than that. That’s all. https://t.co/k9v6tnoqRY
— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 14, 2017
I do. I just didn’t like some of the bars. I said that as well but bitchfork tried to assasinate the black man. https://t.co/Q7fobpEEWj
— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 14, 2017
Before he wrapped up his Twitter tirade, he touched on the NFL/National Anthem controversy, again reaffirmed his “quarrel” isn’t with Eminem and explained his stance on white privilege.
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“White privilege. Ignore what blacks say & go through until it’s convenient for you,” he wrote. “They brushed off [police] killings until it disrupted football.”
He added, “Eminem received white privilege whether he likes it or not which I believe is the latter which I believe is why he chose to speak out.”
White privilege. Ignore what blacks say & go through until it’s convenient for you. They brushed off ? killings until it disrupted football. https://t.co/BbJQsjAShU
— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 14, 2017
& again my quarrel isn’t with Shady it’s with YOU MUTHAFUCKAS
— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 14, 2017
real nigga alert ! White privilege lets you complain about a nigga complaining and then change what he complaining about. Fuck that flag. https://t.co/67DNBN6rEt
— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 14, 2017
1. Eminem received white privilege whether he likes it or not which I believe is the latter which I believe is why he chose to speak out. https://t.co/T4HOrVnseJ
— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 14, 2017
If Eminem was black he would be Redman. I love them both very much. https://t.co/hAIN89JVBe
— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 14, 2017
Because they don’t really listen to him they champion him because he’s white. He’s also said that on record. https://t.co/8IIDXY6qkI
— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 14, 2017
Staples appears to have had enough and offered up one last plea, “Look man just admit that some of y’all champion him because he looks like you,” he wrote. “it’s okay everybody does it Idk why y’all try to hide it lol.
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“My point is I didn’t like it as a fan and expected more,” he concluded. “Then I was told ‘be happy he spoke up for you’ like I’m some sorta citch ass nigga.”
Look man just admit that some of y’all champion him because he looks like you it’s okay everybody does it Idk why y’all try to hide it lol
— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 14, 2017
My point is I didnt like it as a fan and expected more. Then I was told “be happy he spoke up for you” like I’m some sorta citch ass nigga. https://t.co/fvxHJ7QGb2
— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 14, 2017