As a close friend of Beyonce and Jay-Z, Gwyneth Paltrow was amongst many celebs who attended the Watch The Throne concert in Paris recently. After tweeting a picture of herself, The-Dream and Jay’s right-hand man Ty Ty on stage with the caption “Ni**as in paris for real,” the actress finds herself embroiled in a heated race debate questioning her use of the racial epithet.
Ni**as in paris for real @mrteriusnash (the dream) tyty, beehigh say.ly/ySc3rTP
— Gwyneth Paltrow (@GwynethPaltrow) June 1, 2012
Her use of the word was the spark that set many people off, including internet personality B Scott.
When Scott asked his 100,000-plus Twitter followers whether it was ok that she used the word, Paltrow replied to defend herself:
Hold up. It’s the title of the song! RT@lovebscott Okay or Not? @GwynethPaltrow Tweets The N-Word: buzzlov3.com/okay-or-not-gw… say.ly/IIs3rY4
— Gwyneth Paltrow (@GwynethPaltrow) June 3, 2012
Paris was, of course, the show everyone was waiting for to see how many times Jay-Z and Kanye would perform “Ni**as In Paris,” arguably the most-known song from their Watch The Throne collaborative album, and, as expected, the pair did the song a record 11 times in total.
With this in mind, do you think it was OK that Paltrow used the word as it was a reference to the song title, or should she have refrained from doing so?
But she’s right though.. What if she was to tweet that the song was her favorite? How would she go about doing that? “Oh, I like track #3 the best”, instead of calling it what they named the song??
How about some white/asian/hispanic kid loves a G-Unit/Wu Tang/Dre song that has “n***a” in it 27 times. If they sing along to the song are they supposed to omit the word all 27 times?
Why aren’t folks “offended” that they named the song that in the first place?