Jack Harlow is quickly becoming a bonafide star in the music industry, and his status as a white rapper naturally unlocks a series of different questions surrounding race, cultural appropriation, and the N-word.
In a recent appearance on the 85 South Comedy Show, Harlow recalled some of his earliest memories in terms of his introduction to hip-hop and how his mother schooled him on the politics of the N-word.
"My earliest memory is my mom buying Late Registration and playing it in the car and telling me I can't say the n-word and just me getting introduced to Hip Hop," said Harlow. "That was it right there."
He continued, "She was just about to play—this was the first album I remember hearing with that word. [She said,] 'Hey, you're about to hear a word on here. You can never say it in your life.'" The hosts joked about what it was like for a young Harlow to ask his mother which word she was referring to. "She's like, 'You'll know it when you hear it.'"
"I don't even say in my room, under my breath, never," said Harlow. He was told, "Don't even think it."
When asked if he's ever used it before, Jack answered emphatically, "Never."
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