Open Post: Culture Vultures Are Winning

You don't like her, mute her. She's trash, you ain't missing nothing. This is what they are promoting. Just ignore her.

How many did Nicki get this year? Asking for a friend

Michael actually grew up in a era where there was actual competition like Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie etc. Hell, even Miss Diana Ross didn't win a Grammy Award until 2012 which I found long overdue and absurd. Nowadays music is sh*t and everyone knows it, it's like going to assembly and watching the school give away awards to the students just for showing up. These award shows lost their status just as much good music did.

An old coworker of mine went into hysterics congratulating Cardi B on Instagram last night. Mind you, we are almost 40 years old. I will never look at him the same again.

I'm not going to blame culture vulture....why, because we have done it to ourselves. We stopped demanding quality music. We stopped demanded good writers. We stopped demanding that if you stand in the spotlight that you hold a responsibility to the rest of the community. We stopped telling radio stations that we didn't like certain songs. We make excuses for culture vultures everyday. There was a time when R+B groups couldn't be the same, Whitney, Mariah, Janet, and Madonna HAD to be different and was appreciated because they were. ALL rappers had to bring something NEW and ORIGINAL to the format. We didn't let just any rapper, singer, etc., represent us. WE as a black community had standards. Now we don't. Our kids don't. Every little creature that has an ounce of rebellion in them we glorify. We say they're keeping it real, when really they aren't. We don't have black pride anymore. We're happy with strippers, fake reality tv, and mumble music. So basically nothing is sacred to us anymore. Like I said earlier, DRAKE ALWAYS when at award shows. Even Mike, Prince, and Janet didn't when ALL the damn time. Cardi is celebrated regardless of her lack of class and respect for the black community, black men, and black women. But black women defend her when she doesn't defend the black woman. If we didn't play Cardi's music, then she wouldn't have a platform. To me, it's not about the culture vultures, it's about us, the black community having low morals, principles, integrity, standards, and pride. The only way the culture vulture can exist is if we give them life, and unfortunately we as the black community do just that. We are the ones that are breathing life into their careers.

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Well I love the album ... and her cuts she won awards for .... got nothing else ... can't hate on that ????

By the way felt like this when I got over that virus diss week aye .... this still cut https://youtu.be/lr9aI9pN7_c

When I started a new job I was being trained by a 43 year old, overweight virgin who was a Trey Songz stan. She would buy the VIP package for any concert he gave in GA, TX and LA. I was looking like ? when she wore her 2 new bracelets that were designed with those block letters. Her left arm bracelet spelled Tremaine so I asked oh that’s your husband? Then she pointed to her right arm that spelled Trigga. I was looking crazy then she told me about her obsession. ? She was a good trainer though. ?

This is AMERIKKKA

I will keep listening to X-Clan, Public Enemy, Some old school Gucci Mane and Jeezy…..So Icy was my jam...….So icy, So icy, So icy....LOL

You broke that shyt down ???????? great analysis. I totally agree.????????

Define black music...

Define culture vulture

Define music connoisseurs

Define zero fukks given...oh that's me

Unfortunately they do ?????

Yes true artist who had many talents! & didnt have to sell sexualized music... but see that music is everlasting... this new music will be forgotten

If only the sheeple realized what they call mainstream music entertainment is in actuality social engineering.

Tell ur friend use google

? old school!!

Thats what this article is saying.

Add Bruno Mars to this list

Big Punisher, The Beatnuts, Chino XL, NORE, Carlos Santana.. not saying I condone or support what Cardi B is offering up to us as a society, but I completely agree as far as Latinos in hip hop!

Even though her social antics may be a lil too much I love her drive & work ethic. She shows up & shows out & performs well. Her music has good beats & is entertaining. She can be a tad too vulgar at times & certainly needs to stop addressing every freakin thing because that will be her downfall. Time to fall back & leave a lil mystery. I don't even care for Beyoncé much, but she & her team knew that she shouldn't be talking much publically because she was not the best speaker (she has gotten better) but she knows to shut her mouth & keep the hater's guessing.

Eres Latino/Latina?

I am a mutt lol pero si yo soy latina

Because she downed black people until the culture benefited her. Like a vulture... swooping down on what's believed to be decay to feast on it. That's how.

I blame corporate for this shit, most underrated artists have more talent in their pinky toe than infectious B. And at the rate that she and Offset keep getting in trouble with the law, you have to wonder do they really want their bought for careers or nah?????

I read it like it's more of a popularity contest than talent

Ok ok

Most artist do not write their own material. Not sure why people keep pointing that out, it means nothing. Some people are meant to write, some to entertain.

She’s black herself.. just Lightskin and of Dominican ethnicity

Yo tambien

Because hip hop was born on writing your own lyrics that is why big bank hank had bad karma sadly.

Same here!

The Grammy's have never really recognized real hiphop talent, they typically just recognized the most popular hiphop acts. They probably don't even really consider hiphop to be real music.

As for Cardi, she's a product of the evolution of hiphop. Hiphop is a global phenomenon that has touched almost every culture on the planet. It's impossible to claim exclusivity to it anymore. It's not like country music that's limited to a niche crowd or rock and pop music that requires a little more effort, a bigger budget, and a bit more talent.

Hiphop is relatively easy to get into: a catchy beat, some charisma, a few clever lines, a ton of marketing and BOOM! you're a star!! How many mumbling and fumbling rap idiots are on the radio right now not saying a damn thing, but making money hand over fist? How many rappers, in general have 3 or more Grammy's and multi platinum hits, where as real talented singers and musicians have struggled to get one hit that barely goes gold to earn at least 1 Grammy?

Hiphop is sexy because it provides the very REAL hope of a better life to a LOT of otherwise hopeless and talentless people. Let's just keep it 100!

"This generation deserves an artist like Cardi B," wrote one disgusted social media user.
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I agree, a bunch of darn ignorant junkies. At least my generation of junkies had class and talent?

The music industry took advantage of us for years. When we got smarter about distribution and rights to our own music, they took it here. They punish us for not playing their game and reward those like this one you noted here. I don't watch those shows so I only know her when you all post things like this. She's very difficult to digest for me, but to each his own. I understand to some extent that ppl like her for simply shock value, which is really profitable these days. I just know that if a woman that was black said the things she says that woman would never have endorsement deals, etc. It would simply not be ok.

No one has a better work ethic than a prostitute working for their next hit (of dope).
Cardi just wanted a reason to cock up her leg like a dog in heat and show her cooter because that was really unnessecary.

When women behave like that make the think of the line ole Mr, said from The Color Purple:

"Old Mr.:
She black as tar, nappy-headed, got legs like baseball bats, and I hear she got that nasty women's disease."

Damn lol

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Okay, coming from that point of view I understand, but again, most artist don't write their own music. Hip Hop included. It isn't right, but it is where we are. Trust me I miss the strength of the lyrics that were out back in the day that were really talking about something & made you feel some real s***

U rite, i agree

That's what I was going to point out. These people all come from us anyway. Their culture may be different in ways, but they black too.

Ya'll do know Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Panamanians, etc. they all are black, just different cultures

Yall remember Roscoe Dash. When I was a senior he was the most popping guy in music for us. Everyone was blasting his mixtapes. Literally 10 years later he drives for Lyft. I agree once the youngins get older they'll move on to something else. I'm almost thirty and could care less about music like I did when I was 17.

Rite, i nvr watched the grammys

Yea but some dont wanna hear that

She’s Dominican by ethnicity... of African, Spanish, and Taino descent.

No different than an African American being African, Cherokee, and Irish such as myself. Same boat different rock.

Favorite movie of all time ??

I don't engage in electronic arguments lmao. I said what I said... As did you. So enjoy ????

Yes they're not black Americans. We need to be more tribal like the rest of these black folks.

DEFINITELY NOT DOMINICANS. It was the Puerto Ricans..

Did Nicki just give up? Where is she?

Lol...maybe she recognized that the industry can choose u and loose u for another...esp if that other is younger and more of what they want ?. Nicki is gettin too old for the gimmicks..now, she needs to reinvent her approach before she look up n be 40 still rappin about being a barbie girl n sht.

Cardi can be annoying but she did have one of the best selling albums of 2018. I believe that's how Billboard bases it's awards right? Album sales etc.

Black people don't own their image and that's why it her races have full carte blanche to walk through and takeover. If we weren't so willing to invite everyone through then we wouldn't be discussing culture vulture issues. Other races believe in self preservation meaning they preserve and preside over their culture, they're neighborhoods but when it comes to us our shit is all over the place.

She just hasn’t had any new music out. Doesn’t mean she gave up. Rihanna the same they still making moves

All throughout south and Central America!

Idc what ethnicity group folks belong to... to me a Black is black and damn sure beautiful!

Aye!!!!!!!

Girl!! This is the jam! Still today ?

We're talking about culture vultures

She won a Grammy for an album full of lyrics she recited but did not write.
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And while I'm at it...so did Whitney Houston. She didn't write nary a song til the END of her run. Not til Your Love Is My Love. Which was 98-99. All them blockbuster songs in her heyday? She did not write not one of them.

Well let's see...

Nicki Minaj never won a Grammy.
Bob Marley never got a Grammy.
Jimi Hendrix never got a Grammy.
Guns and Roses never won.
The Who never won.
Nas never won.
Run DMC never won.
Biggie never won.
Busta Rhymes never won.
Public Enemy never won.
Chuck Berry never won .
KiSS never won a Grammy.
Diana Ross never won a Grammy.

Criteria not my business...no sir!

This

Talent doesn't always win. I watched a Spinners concert last week and it's a shame no Grammy they aren't in the hall of fame. Award shows used to mean something when I was a kid, not so much now.

I don't think she is a culture vulture. Hispanics have always been a part of New York Hip Hop. I actually like her playing up her Hispanic side, she is playing the HOT LATINA and I don't hear Jennifer Lopez or Gloria Esteban complaining because they did it too. The world has changed, Whitney Houston was a creation- she was totally opposite of what she portrayed and I think that act likely was the reason behind her addiction. Be yourself, ratchet and all- Teyana Taylor went the sex kitten route and she is beyond talented, sex sells.

Speak!!
Shocked the hell-o out of me when I found out that you could buy your way onto the Forbes list.
You can also buy a star on the Hollywood walk of fame..
And your "team" can buy you Oscars, Grammys, etc.
It's all just a game.

Oh yes huni just like they buy them plays on the radio

If you look the part and can whisper or mumble tag you're it. I don't care about that label either lol more importantly my bucks don't either.

drake is the biggest culture vulture but its ok cause hes a dude?

‘Heed the word of the brotha’??

True but many well known songwriters pay to make claim to lyrics and/or music they merely paid for. That's hypocrisy at its finest.

I admit I don't like her. Historically "black music" has.borrowed from the African diaspora. Whether hot polyrhythms or from "toasting". Music is fluid and global. I love Motown but where would they've been without congueros in the 60s?

So hate on. I breathe music and prefer musical talent period.?

Her stomach looks like a slab of uncooked pork.

That's how a person with some self respect would feel. To her this was a 25 cent peep show. She was a stripper that did totally nude dancing. She's used to spreading eagle v formation in the buff nightly to pay her bills.

No it don't! I agree with you.

Cardi...is just a disgrace to life. Everything about her is a no...just everything. Those wigs and make up really help her out. She is everything that young girls should be opposed to. No class, no education, talentless, profane language all of the time, naked all of the time, and just a loud mouth stank azz hoe. Her stomach...omg. What is it? What happened? Did the surgery not go right? Her stomach is a whole other shade of something. She actually was the worse looking and the worse dressed. She just gives me a headache. Uggghhh.

Word. Social media is to blame, as well.

if i were nicki, i'd try to reinvent myself. it's really cardi's time right now. she's like trump; she ain't going away no matter what. if nicki comes out, she's got to come out 200%, but she can't really fight the machine.

I still like Cardi. She needs a Life Coach/Mentor/Therapist/Spiritual Mother because she is so super sensitive.

a trace? just go to Cuba... i've been... lots of beautiful chocolate people that look like me... at the same time there are white and mixed race Cubans, some who live in the exact same environment, eat the same type of food, listen to the same type of music etc. and you want them somehow to act different because they are a different colour? I think we need to take in context when we speak about our Latin American brothers and sisters.

Okay!

its a little Cardi in everybody, what people fell to realize is she had a mass following before love and hip hop. Thats how Mon Scott found her, she has never pretended to be nothing but herself which happens to be gutter, ratchet, loud sometimes to much. But idk where you from but that same bitch live next door to me and on the corner she just older, ran thru and got 5 kids with 4 different daddies. That why she sell.

I didn't like it. But it was pointed out she has used the band concept previously. Still don't like it

If she did it in a different form it would have been different but it was definately a rip off sparkly tassles and all soo whoeveryouare https://media3.giphy.com/media/QqostCXAat440/giphy.gif

I don't get the separation. You are aware the 'black Americans' are African right?

But notice who he was targeting in his video and song for "Beautiful". Black and brown women which there isn't anything wrong with it all but if the others don't see visuals of themselves in songs and videos praising their standard of beauty than songs and videos like "Beautiful" won't get recognized at the Grammys.

I see he has settled into his role as her nasty, cringy ACCESSORY. No one mentions him at award shows unless their mentioning him being her accessory in outlandish behavior. Now that the dust has settled in his cheating scandal, he has willingly cranked up his public display of affection and has become this overly obsessed, infatuated, sex crazed husband. Before.. he sat at her award's performance looking unimpressed and unfazed.... now.. it's tongue hanging, tongue licking, booty grabbing, and pu$$y showing.

It irks my nerves that folks dont know that Latinos been in hip hop since inception

Wow sounds like a sociopath in the making. Me personally i don't find it wrong to hate children. Every now and then ill read a story of child abuse/harm and sympathize with the abuser because i know the hell some kids can stir up. Society still views kids as always faultless and innocent, for the most part. So just keep it to urself but try to minimize contact with the kid for ur own sanity

The deterioration of black music didn't start with cardi, and it won't end with her. As with all things that exist to turn a profit, dollars and cents will determine what is allowed to exist in the space of black culture. You can complain about Cardi, but if you aren't financially supporting the artist who you think belong in this space, then ur opinion is just hot air

Duh. Who doesn't know that times change. And the world that we live in now on some instances isn't changing for the better. All over the world. She isn't the only one in the culture that is a mess. Let that lady make her bread take care of her child and stop hating. Why does it bother y'all so much about the artist. It is what it is. Back in the day the were all drug addicts and pedophiles . How bout this. Post everyday about the real injustices of what is going on in the black community. Police shootings, gun violence, bullying, black on black crime, etc. Oh I forgot, we don't care about that. That's not interesting enough. God bless black America.
We are some hating, jealous, coveting people. Leave that lady alone.

Hispanic isn’t a race. Hip hop is an African American art form created within the black community. We aren’t allowed or welcomed into other music or culture spaces that “reinvent” and have down right stolen from us but it's expected for us to welcome everyone else. These same people have laughed at us and made a mockery out of our music, hair, bodies, complexions, food, our history, the way we speak etc. We have a culture that everyone latches on to and we have every right to have expectations and not want people like her in. Our African American culture is constantly disrespected but is the most copied. Not even just us but everywhere. Hispanics laughed at reggae and dancehall, thought it was trash then they came out with reggaeton...something they think they’ve created. Or the Ghana must go bags that sell for hundreds of dollars at high end good stores that white people laughed at for decades. Those are on two of the millions of things that have been rebranded by culture vultures. She’s not black. She’s Asian / Indian at most. You can look at her parents and see that they don’t have high African admixture. All over Brooklyn you see women that are Caribbean Trini or Guyanese that look just like her that aren’t black.

Drake seems like a genuine person and I like his songs but I do agree with most of what you said. You made some great points. Thanks for that.

I don’t understand the women that go without panties to events..I can understand being at home or whatever but don’t yall have discharge? Are y’all just draining on yourselves? Like I need details from those that know ?

You forgot about her Pornhub award- 2

black folks let it happen. we continue to invite folks to the cookout that shouldn't be there. We don't preserve our culture like other races, shrug. and the grammys and all these award shows aren't even what they used to be anymore so whatever. Anyway cardi is trash, PERIOD.

Exactly, the women that are being looked down upon are the ones that are praising her, because in their world thats whats praised. Loud weaves, stripping, rachetness, drugs, guns. Somebody made it, that sounds like them, that looks like them, that strips to pay bills, that may take a man to a hotel and her tranny homegirl come out and they robbed him. This is LIFE for people in the hood and sometimes (ALOT of the time) they dont have a choice. This is why she and the things she does is praised, Just my opinion though. Im telling you I know alot of Cardi's that are just living, she just happen to make it big.

lmao. why am i laughing so hard at this

Those of us who are music connoisseurs remember when it took years for truly talented magicians like Michael Jackson or Madonna to win a single Grammy. Cardi accomplished this feat in one year.

THIS! I'm wit it 1000!

lmao

thank you. speak the truth.

Exactly

Black ppl don't control the music industry let alone the award shows

No argument there. Just don't like how they are seen as the impostors of the genre

Those of us who are music connoisseurs remember when it took years for truly talented magicians like Michael Jackson or Madonna to win a single Grammy. Cardi accomplished this feat in one year.

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It’s because one company rules the industry— Sony. There isn’t any true competition anymore because Sony purchases awards and numbers.

i'm talking about our genre of music/etc

not sure if you mean all or if that was a given. yes there def are blacks in all nationalities including being blacktino but cardi is not apart of the race. she is not a blacktina

cardi is no where near black. her parents aren't black at all.

Decline in artistry definitely, sampling and lack of TRUE musical instrument skills, decline of bands , the end of ROCK all add to the lower artistic standards ........HOWEVER..."Culture Vulture" is NOT a term for Cardi....Hip Hop/RAP started in NY with Puerto Rican/Latinos and Black Americans...they can ALL claim Hip Hop.

Pretty soon, we won't even be able to get into our own cookout!!

I feel like cardi gets a lot of hate for unnecessary reasons. Cardi worked hard to get to where she is. She deserves all the success & blessings coming her way.

Is this a joke?

She looks so nasty and stank in these pictures. The wig, her saggy ass, ugly feet and caked up makeup. Ugh. Shut up Cardi. And she is NOT black. She’s a hood ass Mexican. Neither are those two mixed chicks who won those pageants. They are biracial. I’m sick of black people (especially women) claiming everyone with a drop of AA in them as black. WRONG.

Who is Mexican???? And for the record 1 ounce of AA blood as YOU CALL IT makes you Black according to Anglos. Thought you were addressing cardi (Ho Ass) b. What is your comment about?

She is a culture vulture. She may be from the bronx with some latino blood but she's not part of the culture. She talks bad about black women but keep black dick in her pussy and her mouth?.... she is a JOKE.

I like Cardi but these videos she puts out, ranting, are crass.

I’m not saying she is the best rapper by any means. I’m just saying the girl has come a long way & made something of herself so instead of hating let’s congratulate.

Right!!

I agree with you , she is a joke. I'm not convinced the vulture label. tho... Latin women and Black women have always equally beefed with each other.

Damn, what that girl did to yall?
Maybe after the second album she will bow out. I remember seeing her on Being Mary Jane, she is a good actor. Maybe that's the next move.