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| Lebron apologizes for sharing rap lyrics on 'Jewish money' |
| 2018-12-25 |
| [Ynet] Basketball champion sorry for posting quote from 21 Savage song: 'We been getting that Jewish money, everything is Kosher'; says he meant it as a compliment. American basketball champion Lebron James apologized Sunday for posting anti-Semitic rap lyrics on his massively popular Instagram account over the weekend. "Apologies, for sure, if I offended anyone," James told ESPN, referring to his post with lyrics including the words "getting that Jewish money" on his account, which has 45.8 million followers. The lyrics are from the song "ASMR" by hip-hop artist 21 Savage. James posted the lyrics, "We been getting that Jewish money, everything is Kosher," onto his Instagram Stories on Saturday, while riding as a passenger in a vehicle clad in a purple sweatshirt of his team the LA Lakers. "That's not why I chose to share that lyric; I always (post lyrics), that's what I do. I ride in my car, I listen to great music and that was the byproduct of it," he said. "So, I actually thought it was a compliment and obviously it wasn't through the lens of a lot of people; my apologies. It definitely was not the intent, obviously, to hurt anybody." After sports business news hound Darren Rovell of The Action Network posted a screen shot of the athlete's Instagram story to Twitter on Sunday, James received some criticism online. But the world-famous player said that he viewed the lyric as complimentary towards Jewish people for their reputed business acumen. However, there's more than one way to stuff a chicken... the historic stereotype linking Jewish people to money makes it understandable that many would find the lyrics offensive. "Historically, Jewish materialism was used by anti-Semites seeking to demean the value of Judaism," Yale professor Eliyahu Stern told the Times of Israel in August 2018. "It's often been used as a way of delegitimizing Judaism's spiritual and religious values by those who depict Judaism as a cover for hoarding, egoism, and an expression of difference." Many of Lebron's fans came to his defense, arguing that he cannot be accused of anti-Semitism for merely sharing somebody else's lyrics. But Rovell asked if "quoting lyrics from a song absolve the person quoting from the responsibility behind the words? I’d argue no, especially with a following of 45 million." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #10 De-hyphenate to taste. |
| Posted by: Throse Speaking for Boskone7312 2018-12-25 23:59 |
| #9 "Yo, Savage, my money ain't Jewish!" "Mine neither. This shit is all newish." "Your daddies is blue-ish!" "Dem bitches was shrewish!" "Our parents were beaucoup cuckoo-ish." |
| Posted by: Wherong Dribble1041 2018-12-25 23:58 |
| #8 Mr. Savage’s Wikipedia page. Single mom from the Dominican Republic, 10 siblings, known wolf who dropped out of school in 9th grade and became a drug dealer for the Bloods gang in Atlanta. Also, he is not Muslim, despite the name, but practices the African religion Ifá — apparently related to voodoo. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-12-25 21:20 |
| #7 Quit diggin' rap assholes |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-12-25 20:44 |
| #6 From The Times of Israel: Rapper sorry for ‘Jewish money’ lyrics that snagged LeBron 21 Savage says the Jews he knows are ‘very wise’ with their finances ‘so that’s why I said we been gettin’ Jewish money’. The tweet by 21 Savage, whose real name is Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, came after James apologized for sharing the video of himself singing the rapper’s song “Asmr” and removed the post from his Instagram account. Mr. Savage hasn’t met me, most assuredly. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-12-25 19:40 |
| #5 This is what happens when you grow up hearing 'you're so freaking wonderful, LeBron' all of your life - eventually you start believing it. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-12-25 11:32 |
| #4 Another empty head that celebrity worshippers mistakenly believe has anything of import to say. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-12-25 08:41 |
| #3 ALSO - Outkick The Coverage report: Last night LeBron James compared NFL owners to slavemasters further cementing his status as the dumbest man in athletics who has ever been taken seriously as smart by woke sports media obsessed with pretending a man with a high school education who has never made an intelligent statement unrelated to basketball is somehow the Albert Einstein of our era. What’s most remarkable about the commentary is that it occurred on a taped television show airing on HBO meaning LeBron and his posse viewed this footage and considered it to be worthy of airing on television. Again, this wasn’t an offhanded comment uttered in jest in a locker room after a game, it was taped footage that was chosen out of hours of commentary to be featured on a television show. Here is exactly what was said: “In the NFL they got a bunch of old white men owning teams, and they got that slave mentality. And it’s like, ‘This is my team. You do what the fuck I tell y’all to do or we get rid of y’all.’ The comments are so dumb and so uneducated it’s amazing that anyone can take them seriously. But many in our modern day WokeCenter media will take them seriously so let’s unpack this stupidity once and for all. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-12-25 06:32 |
| #2 Jews stole 20 IQ points from each and every black person! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-12-25 05:56 |
| #1 Why don't you aspire to be more like the Jews? The most outcast of all? The most successful of all. Reliant on GOD, Family, and Tribe. Who could blame them? The eternal diaspora. Why don't you stop listing to the college toadie trolls and form an original thought in your time when you learn something and have re-proofed and corrected it. |
| Posted by: newc 2018-12-25 00:56 |