Posts with tag "blackface"

Will.i.am Criticized for 'Blackface' VMA Performance

Posted Sep 13th 2010 at 02:30 PM by Steven Avalos

Between Kanye's uncensored A-bombs and Taylor Swift's awkward moment reflecting on her lost innocence at last year's show, everyone is taking about the VMAs. But there's one performance you may have missed: will.i.am's adventures in "blackface." Yes, will.i.am joined ubiquitous up-and-coming rap star Nicki Minaj for a pre-show performance of their new single, 'Check It Out,' and the Internet ...

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Blackface Jackson Skit Stuns Connick Jr.; Others Call Him a Hypocrite

Posted Oct 8th 2009 at 06:46 AM by PopEater Staff

An Australian variety show featuring performers parodying the Jackson Five while in blackface so outraged its American judge, that the program's host immediately apologized. New Orleans native Harry Connick Jr. was serving as a guest judge on Wednesday night's 'Hey Hey It's Saturday' when he became visibly shocked by the skit, in which four men with afro wigs and dark make-up calling ...