Comments on: Girls, Girls, Girls

By: Gurly

Gurly — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:23:51 +0000

Jay Z pronounced the African girl’s name “Mfufu,” alluding to a stand-up comedy skit by Eddie Murphy, which was also a diss to African girls (calling them butt naked women all of a sudden wanting half of their estranged American husbands’ money). Jay Z’s lyrics were a total nod to the skit if my memory serves me right. I think you can find the Eddie Murphy clip on Youtube.

This does not detract anything from your message, nonetheless. I hate it when people assume crap about Africans, and this blog entry is a sad reminder of the misconceptions that have lasted for decades, courtesy of Murphy and his ilk.

Funny, I used to love Eddie Murphy’s stand-up work until that joke. Ugh.

By: Rooble

Rooble — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:32:13 +0000

Nice Read ………………..

By: Oluwadee

Oluwadee — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:41:55 +0000

U have spoken well.
I personally refuse to listen to songs with such lyrics.

9ce blog.

By: Nkem

Nkem — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:05:22 +0000

Very well put. Informative and enlightening.

By: sleekie

sleekie — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:05:31 +0000

its degrading how hip hop portrays women, and i agree with Solomonsydelle, we need a united front, and to reply to C comment Luda did say the “Best women all live in africa”….dunno what u hearing

By: Oren

Oren — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:41:15 +0000

Some see entertainment, some see insult.
I seriously doubt they mean to degrade - such music, like all music, is art. Everyone gets something different out of it.

The (i-forget-who) have a saying, “if somebody throws salt at you, it only hurts if there is a sore”

By: solomonsydelle

solomonsydelle — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:15:52 +0000

NIGERIAN CURIOSITY
IT WAS SO MUCH EASIER WHEN I ONLY HAD ONE…

By: solomonsydelle

solomonsydelle — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:15:25 +0000

Te way Africans are portrayed in Western media, and particularly black Africans, can sometimes be abhorrent. The fact that African Americans and the African brethren do not have closer, more amicable ties, means that Africans cannot take advantage of the vast media presence and influence that many black groups habve on changing/amending the image/portrayal of Black people from around the world.

Nice post, nonetheless.

By: C

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:16:08 +0000

Yeah I hate that song too. and what about Ludacris who bragged about making history being the first af-am rapper to shoot a video in ‘the motherland’ and the song,’Pimpin all over the world’ had the line–*the best hoes all reside in Africaaaa*
the sad part is he really felt proud of what he was doing and couldn’t/wouldn’t understand why black women were upset with him. *sigh*

By: Jamerican Muslimah

Jamerican Muslimah — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:13:49 +0000

How about the pre-colonial representations of Africa as well?