Famed Hot 97 DJ Ebro Darden is in the hot seat after a resurfaced clip of him criticizing singer-songwriter Tinashe‘s name went viral recently.
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As seen above (in footage shared by our friends at TSR), Tinashe was a guest on Hot 97 in December 2013 when Darden stated she was “light-skinned…with a ghetto ass name.” His co-host, Peter Rosenberg, corrected him by stating her name was African (Tinashe – born Tinashe Kachingwe – is of Zimbabwean heritage).
While the clip didn’t spark much outrage at the time it was originally uploaded, fans of the singer recently drew attention to it – so much so it was among the top trending topics on Twitter on Thanksgiving weekend.
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Once word got to Ebro’s desk, he responded with:
“Yea this was a terrible joke, we were using the name skit for people to learn her origins… love Tinashe thats my homey still.”
This was news in 2013 so…….
They hate us light-skinned b******! Then cry like babies when we say we ain’t like they ass either.
Yessss they are so f u c k I n g jealous of light skinned women like us 💅🏿 U know just let them haters hate, let them stare, let them stay mad, let them cry about it 😂🤣😂 we smile back and kill them ashy h o e s with kindness 💋👠👑
Ebro is similarly light skinned. No reason to hate on her for that lol.
Rhymes w Beyoncé low key. Stop punchin down coward
Isn’t his name shirt for Embryo? B**** ass
The bigger issue here is he’s profiting off of Black culture while disrespecting a Woman for having an ethnic name… AND he probably has a following among Black/African people??
What happened to Nick Cannon when publically disrespected the Jews??
Everyone coming for Ebro is simply wasting their time since he’s still getting coins.