Trick Daddy Under Fire for Saying He Doesn’t Identify As “African American”: “I’ve Never Been to Africa…I Was Born & Raised in Florida!”

Published: Sunday 10th Nov 2024 by Rashad

Rapper-turned-reality star and celebrity chef Trick Daddy whipped up quite the controversy on social media over the weekend thanks to his hot take on racial identity.

At a time where conversations around culture and social politics are boiling (due in great part to the results of last week’s U.S. presidential election that saw the first woman of color candidate Kamala Harris defeated by political polarizer Donald Trump), the emcee’s comments struck a sour note with many.

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Taking to social media, Daddy (born Maurice Young) may have kept it a little too real when he spoke openly about his racial identity.

“I’m trying to figure out how ‘Afro’ get in front of my motherf***ing race,” he relayed (as seen in the video above). “I ain’t never been to Afro-ca. I have never been to Africa. Afro or Africa. Never been there. I’m not from Africa. I was born and raised in Goulds, Florida. I was born in Goulds, raised in Liberty City in the Pork-N-Beans projects. Ain’t never went to Africa, ain’t thinking about going there. And I heard it’s a beautiful place, yes. And I know it’s the motherland, yes. But not my mother, not her mother, and not her mother’s mother, that ain’t their land. Americans’ real true land is right here, on U.S. soils.”

Despite garnering mixed reviews from commenters, Young doubled down on his stance which marks the latest in a string of race-related statements he’s rendered over the years including suffering backlash for once claiming Black women were “useless” compared to their Latina counterparts.

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  1. eric November 10, 2024

    Somebody get this man on the next season of Finding Your Roots. Make him the premiere episode.

    • THE TRUTH 🧨🧨🧨🧨🧨🧨🧨 November 10, 2024

      YOU are dmb as a rock. the roots of white americans are not america. why only black people been refered to by their roots?

      • eric November 10, 2024

        You just acknowledged that he is a black man who is being referred to by his roots, thereby affirming that he is African American, but I’m the dumb one?

      • DaAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaa November 10, 2024

        No he was referring to his skin color. You are really dumb.

    • What Would Lil Wayne Do November 10, 2024

      He don’t know if he from Africa or Jamaica unless he traced his roots.

  2. THE TRUTH 🧨🧨🧨🧨🧨🧨🧨 November 10, 2024

    Do you call white americans british americans? NO

    so he is f right

    dmb fkrrrs

  3. #TheTruth November 11, 2024

    America is stupid. All this nonsense African American, Latin American… why does it need to be underlined ? Everyone is a certain nationality with origins.
    How would you describe someone from Morocco with pale skin or a white person whose parents migrated from South Africa ? African American then, but people in administration for paperwork would be like “but you ain’t black”.
    This is stupid, he has a point.

  4. Sweden November 11, 2024

    He didn’t say anything wrong

  5. D112 November 11, 2024

    I get what he’s saying and I while I don’t agree with his choice of words I do agree with the overall sentiment. I am a Black American before I am an African American. My roots are here in America and can be traced back decades upon decades.

  6. Bobby L Washington November 11, 2024

    Trick daddy needs to called dump daddy, because every black American has ancestors that were brought over here as slaves.

    • DaAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaa November 11, 2024

      So ? That’s not his point.

    • Inez November 11, 2024

      I can trace 5 generations that were born in America. No connection to Africa whatsoever. I agree with trick daddy.

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