Fat Joe will be hosting this year's BET Awards.
There was pushback to that because Joe is not Black, but rather a light-skinned Latino.
Additionally, Joey Crack made comments earlier this summer about the Latino contribution to the creation of Hip Hop that rubbed some Black Hip Hop fans the wrong way.
Here is some of the Twitter reaction to his hosting.
I've been watching ppl arguing back and forth for the past month about who created hip-hop. After supposedly checking Fat Joe, BET came through and hired this guy to be the host. wow.-- if we actually OWNED the art we created, this wouldn't happen.https://t.co/fJmRhxJ1SC
— The Black Narrative (@blacknarrative_) September 6, 2022
I've been watching ppl arguing back and forth for the past month about who created hip-hop. After supposedly checking Fat Joe, BET came through and hired this guy to be the host. wow.-- if we actually OWNED the art we created, this wouldn't happen.https://t.co/fJmRhxJ1SC
— The Black Narrative (@blacknarrative_) September 6, 2022
There are Hip Hop fans who support artists talking about Drugs, Violence & all types of dysfunction but Fat Joe hosting the BET Awards is the last straw.. 😂😂😂😂
— TONYDaDome (@EnterDaDome) September 11, 2022
Fat Joe is going to use this BET hosting job as a trick to rewrite History. I’m totally against him hosting
— Hip Hop Liberation (@HHLiberation) September 8, 2022
Joe addressed the racial pushback during a chat with iheartradio's Jazmyn Summers:
“It finally happened and I am so honored and excited. As far as me, it’s always been about Black and Brown unity. As soon as we realize that we all are one, that’s when we’ll become stronger in numbers. So when you hear Big Pun‘s first single 'Boricua Morena,' we been steady preaching this Black and Brown unity. Support Black-owned businesses, and Brown-owned businesses. Support your kids. Support your people out there," Joe said. “Go out there and influence them. Go out there and inspire them because our people – Black and Brown together – need that little push.”
Should Fat Joe be doing the BET Awards?