Recently this artist has been caught up in drama with another artist signed to his label.
The Basics
Jay Park is a Korean-American entertainer. He was once a member in a group called 2 PM under JYP Entertainment in 2008. He later left in 2010 after controversial comments about Korea surfaced. A while later, he got signed onto Sidus HQ and debuted as a solo artist.
In 2013 he became the CEO/founder of AOMG, an independent Korean label that specialized in hip-hop. He released many singles as a solo artist, sometimes collaborating with his artists at his company. He was also the first Korean-American to get signed onto Jay Z’s label, Roc Nation. In 2017, he co-created another label H1GHR Music Records, with the producer Cha Cha Malone. (He’s black.) Because he does hip-hop and R&B (which is a “black genre”) he works with, of course, black people.
Now I know y’all might be like… “What?? This guy is amazing, how can you not like him? Why aren’t you a J-Walker anymore?” (The name of his fandom.) When you’re not black and you work with black people… Here’s where the downside, disadvantage and drama creeps in…
The Controversy
Recently, he had an interview with another artist. A white, hip-hop artist named Avatar Darko. This is him.
Now, I’m supposed to give you the facts, but— culture vulture alert. sips tea Anyways. This interview talked about, you know hip-hop, music… But it quickly veered into… Uncomfortable territory. They began to talk about cultural appropriation. May I remind you that neither of them are black? And that there was no black person present? And that Jay Park, himself, works with a black man. sips on a caramel latte Yup, yup.
The video is here.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2EmVZ7HsI35yoluygbvC_DKMKWPw1Tag90RRw0/?igshid=1l4m3s0xje2ip
Let’s start a discussion here, and tell me what you think!
