Kreayshawn & V-Nasty (White Girl Mob): Hip-Hop Sensation or Hip-Hop Gimmick?

There’s a group out of Oakland California by the name of White Girl Mob getting a lot of attention for using the N word, but how much of this is our fault?

The group consists of rappers Kreayshawn, V-Nasty, and DJ Lil Debbie.

Kreayshawn born Natassia Gail Zolot is the offspring of Elka Zolot who was a member of the San Francisco punk band The Trashwomen and ‘trashy’ may be the word used to describe the things that comes out of this young girl’s mouth.

Zolot surprisingly started out directing numerous underground music videos. After ‘Mobbing Up’ with V-Nasty, she began rapping and struck gold with her hit single Gucci Gucci which has over 13 million views on YouTube. After going viral, Columbia Records snatched up Zolot and she’s been nominated for Best New Artist at this year’s MTV Music Awards.

A viral hit and a diss is a familiar recipe for success in the rap game and Kreayshawn did both. Kreayshawn had a few choice words for Nicki Minaj in an interview with Complex Magazine:

“No disrespect to [Nicki Minaj] because she’s got talent. But when it comes to inspiring young women, her message is to be a Barbie to be plastic, to be fake, to all have blonde hair.”

Despite the disses directed at Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, and her use of the N word, Zolot has proven that a gimmick and a little bit of controversy is all you need to succeed in the world of Hip-Hop.

Exhausted about questions of the N word, Zolot deflected it at her partner in crime V-Nasty saying that she uses the word. She also cited that she doesn’t use it in any of her songs:

“Personally in my songs I don’t use it at all. If I’m freestyling and I said it, that’s just for that point in time.”

V-Nasty, also part of the White Girl Mob movement addressed the use of the N word. She clearly uses it in her everyday language, so it should come as no surprise that she uses it when rapping. V-Nasty is a certified trouble maker and speaks on getting arrested numerous times and spending time in jail.

So if she’s a product of her environment and rapping about the lifestyle she’s accustomed to, does it make a difference that she’s white? Are we this upset when rappers such as Waka Flocka, Young Jeezy, and Lil Wayne uses the N word or do we embrace them?

From a Hip-Hop standpoint, I’m less upset at the use of the N word and more upset that these girls CAN’T RAP! They’re getting by off gimmicks and controversy and personally that bothers me more than ‘White girls using the N word.’

Eminem who is one of the few white rappers who can rap stated that he would never use the N word in any of his records. Kudos to him, but I’m not checking for Em because he refuses to use the N word, I’m checking for him because he’s a wordsmith and a solidified emcee in the rap game.

Before we get up in arms about people outside of our race using the N word, we must take ownership. We must decide as a majority is this word beneficial to our culture?

Three of our generation’s most intellectual minds (Tavis Smiley, Michael Dyson, Dr. Cornel West) got together for a discussion of the N word that’s worth checking out.

If we want to change the perception of our culture, we have to start with ourselves!

“Each One, Teach One”

Written By: Jay Denson

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