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Fat Joe Responds to Critics Of His Hosting The BET Awards

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Fat Joe will be hosting this year's BET Awards.

There was pushback to that because Joe is not Black, but rather a light-skinned Latino.

Additionally, Joey Crack made comments earlier this summer about the Latino contribution to the creation of Hip Hop that rubbed some Black Hip Hop fans the wrong way.

Here is some of the Twitter reaction to his hosting.





 

Joe addressed the racial pushback during a chat with iheartradio's  Jazmyn Summers:

“It finally happened and I am so honored and excited.  As far as me, it’s always been about Black and Brown unity. As soon as we realize that we all are one, that’s when we’ll become stronger in numbers. So when you hear Big Pun‘s first single 'Boricua Morena,' we been steady preaching this Black and Brown unity. Support Black-owned businesses, and Brown-owned businesses. Support your kids. Support your people out there," Joe said.  “Go out there and influence them. Go out there and inspire them because our people – Black and Brown together – need that little push.”

Should Fat Joe be doing the BET Awards?

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