"This is 2015 and I focus on more bringing people together than holding them apart...I want everybody to be one."
Rapper Trinidad James says "there's no racial barrier" for him when it comes to the people he surrounds himself with, as he has friends of various races. So when his comrades and fans that are non-Black use the n-word in a positive context, he sees no problem with it. "I have tons of White friends who say the n-word," he admits to us during this clip. "As a human, you say whatever you feel comfortable saying. And you say whatever people make comfortable for you to say."
The "All Gold Everything" musician grew up in Trinidad, where he claims they don't focus on their slavery as much as people do in the United States. "We didn't dwell on it," he states, whereas in America it's considered "it's an old curse." "It's a big deal [in the U.S.]. You'll get killed over the n-word here."
Watch as he discusses the "very prejudice" ways of some South Carolina residents and what has happened when White strangers approach him using the n-word in this VladTV exclusive.
