Kendrick Lamar halts show after white fan drops N-bomb onstage. / Twitter / @madstervape
Kendrick Lamar has a message for non African-American fans ahead of his upcoming New Zealand shows: whatever you do, don't rap the n-word.
It should go without saying, but the rap superstar was forced to halt a recent show in Alabama when a white female fan he invited onstage torap with him, repeatedly - and unapologetically - rapped the n-word in one of Lamar's tracks.
The fan was performing Lamar's 2012 hit M.A.A.D. City but used the highly offensive racial slur too many times, prompting audible shock from the crowd and forcing Lamar to stop the music and cut her off.
The bemused fan asked: "Am I not cool enough for you? What's up, bro? You gotta work with me."
Lamar explained: "You got to bleep one single word, though."
She replied: "Oh, I'm sorry. Did I do it? I'm so sorry. I'm used to singing it like you wrote it."
Lamar gave her a second chance to rap, but the crowd was less forgiving - and so was Twitter:
OMG Kendrick Lamar stopping his concert to call out a white fan for rapping the n-word in Alabama is everything I've ever dreamed of pic.twitter.com/E4ZVMiClGl
Nah, people are gonna rag on him for missing the point. The n-word is an in-group-dynamic. You can’t say it if you ain’t squad (black) point, blank & period. Y’all look for every excuse to feel included huh? 😂
