Listen Live
93.9 WKYS Featured Video
CLOSE

 

Ever since the George Zimmerman ruling in the death of Trayvon Martin, race has made its way back into the forefront. Even though people try to say it doesn’t exist, it is clear and present. In the past, J. Cole have spoken out about using dark-skin women in his music videos versus lightskin women. In an recent interview with BET.com, the Cole opens up about  if racism exist for men in Hip Hop.

“I can’t say it for sure but I just think we’re still in America. We’re still Black Americans. Those mental chains are still in us. That brainwashing that tells us that light skin is better, it’s subconsciously in us, whether we know it or not… still pursuing light skin women. There are some women out there that are like, “I don’t even like light skin men” and that’s fine. But Barack Obama would not be President if he were dark skin. You know what I mean? That’s just the truth. I might not be as successful as I am now if I was dark skin. I’m not saying that for sure, I’m still as talented as I am and Obama is still as smart as he is, but it’s just a sad truth… I don’t even know if this is going to translate well into text and people not hearing what I’m saying, but it’s a sad reality. So I can only naturally assume it’s probably easier for a light skin male rapper than it might be for a dark skin male rapper. It’s all subconscious s***, nobody’s aware — I think that s*** still subconsciously affects us. ”

Read more, here.