Freddie Gibbs Defends Joe Rogan Over N-Word Controversy
Freddie Gibbs told Joe Rogan can not use the n-word during his recent appearance on the podcast The Joe Rogan Experience.
Although the rapper thought Rogan usage of the N-word was funny, the Ohio native warned Rogan that he made a mistake and the word is not meant for white people to say.
“You can’t say that shit, Joe,” Freddie said during the episode. “’Cause you pissed niggas off when you did that compilation. It was funny as fuck, though. I can’t even lie.”
The Grammy-nominated rapper does not think Rogan, who has since deleted the podcast episodes in question and apologized, is racist, according to Okay Playa.
“I don’t think you’re racist, my nigga,” Gibbs continued. “You my nigga, I fuck with you. I never thought you was a racist. I just thought you was saying some shit you shouldn’t have said and a lot of us niggas say some shit we shouldn’t say sometimes. It is what it is … That’s the thing, I wanna tell white people right now, y’all just gotta let us have that. Like, just let us have ‘nigga.’ We got it. It’s one thing, y’all already human trafficked us over here. Let us have that.”
As previously reported on BET, Rogan's past use of the N-word, a compilation that surfaced of the popular comedian using the N-word.
In his defense, Rogan said on Instagram that the clips were taken out of context.
“Whenever you’re in a situation where you have to say, ‘I’m not racist,’ you fucked up, and I clearly have fucked up,” he said.
The incident coincides with Rogan questioning treatment and leaders within COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
The host has been criticized by opponents who are against anti-vaccination, stating the JRE, which is exclusive on Spotify, is spreading COVID-19 misinformation.
Several artists like Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and David Crosby, and Young's other former bandmates have publicly denounced Rogan and pulled their music off the streaming app in February.
The CEO of Spotify, Daniel Ek, disclaims in a townhall that the platform is not responsible regarding what is being said or done on the JRE, The Verge reported.
