User94♟️🖤🇺🇲 :
I think critique is fair. If somebody sees a pattern with Jay-Z, Beyoncé, or anybody else and decides they don’t want to support them, that’s fine. But I do think there’s a difference between saying “I’m not supporting this person anymore” and “nobody else should support them either.” My issue is that sometimes it feels like certain Black artists have to be morally, politically, and commercially perfect in order for people to simply enjoy their work. Every business move, partnership, ad, lyric, performance, or even spouse connection becomes proof that they’re either “good” or “bad.” And I’m not saying accountability doesn’t matter. It does. But if the standard is perfection or complete ideological purity, then almost nobody is going to pass that test. So to me, the better question is: what’s the actual pattern, what harm is being done, where is my personal line, and am I expecting everyone else to draw that line in the exact same place?
2026-07-05 19:10:08