Pipe Down: Celebrities Who Hate Black Media
Stacey Dash, Raven-Symonè, Janet Hubert and more.
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No Shade Zone - Black media is the life blood of many celebrities of color, putting a spotlight on them when the mainstream media does not. But some stars don't think they get a fair shake from the blogs, Twitter handles and websites that cater to the community and would prefer to stay away from the side eyes and shade-throwing that some say characterizes the no-nonsense entity called Black Media. Here are a few who just want to be left alone.(Photo by Dominique Charriau/Getty Images/Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank)
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Janet Hubert - Janet Hubert has been feuding with Will Smith for nearly 20 years but she recently had some words for Black media. The actress said about TV One and even BET, "I’m calling you n***a networks because that is what you are." She continued, referencing coverage of her son’s health and continued attacks on the Smith family, "BET, TV One and man-b***hes like Perez Hilton. And what you did is take my personal post and you put it on blast and you put what you thought I meant. You put your own seasoning on this so-called steak. Not caring what was happening in my life and not calling me to ask me if I was okay. No concern, no compassion for my situation whatsoever. I’ve realized something about the Black media…when you start questioning my mental ability TV One, Kathy Hughes, we have a problem.”Well, we still wish Ms. Hubert the best.(Photo: Chris Haston/NBCU ...
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Azealia Banks - The femcee clearly doesn't GAF about what anyone thinks of her, and while her opinions are frequently the subject of headlines on Black media, she's saying thanks but no thanks. Blaming Black publications for the damaging of her brand, Banks has repeatedly to asked Black media stay out of her business, also declaring she wants to detach herself from “Black Christian social beliefs.” Girl, ypu put yourself in the media. (Photo: Cassandra Hannagan/Getty Images)
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Raven-Symonè - Few have angered Black Twitter as much as Raven-Symoné. After dropping the bomb that she doesn't consider herself African-American on Oprah: Where Are They Now. The former co-host of The View fanned the flames even further when she said in 2015 that "Black Lives Matter" should be "All Lives Matter." Raven also made it clear at the 2015 Latex Ball that she "doesn't care" what Black Twitter has to say about her. (Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
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K. Michelle - The R&B singer has turned up on Black media several times for degrading Black women as a means of entertainment. But she famously tweeted in 2015, "Yep, I'm anger [sic] as s**t at the way my own people treat me, and how Black media has done everything in their power to destroy me 4 no reason. And Black media stop posting me on these blogs, stop asking 4 interviews unless it's something positive, something 2 move the culture forward!" (Photo: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)
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Stacey Dash - In 2014, the actress-turned-conservative commentator blasted off on Black media for calling her "clueless" because of her beliefs. She summed up her thoughts on the consistent beating she gets from the media in two words: "Bring it." In 2016, she also said there should be no BET or even Black History Month. (Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
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NeNe Leakes - After she faced backlash over her 2015 Ebony magazine cover, the Real Housewives of Atlanta star was quick to point out the double standard in Black media. "[African-Americans] just don’t support one another," she said. "It’s OK for you to go pick up a magazine cover with Kim Kardashian. But her story ain’t no different than mine. I might’ve worked at the strip club, but she made a sex tape." (Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images For Fashion For Relief)