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Miley Cyrus is facing major backlash this week for comments she made about hip-hop in a recent profile for Billboard.
While discussing why she decided to change her sound for her upcoming album -- which she says will be more countrified and less "Bangerz" -- she lobbed a few generalizing bombs towards the hip-hop community.
Here's the exchange from the interview:
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Unsurprisingly, that didn't sit too well with many who read it. Twitter was flooded with comments from many who believed she appropriated black culture, only to diss it when it was no longer profitable for her.
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View StoryMiley herself has not yet responded to the criticism.
See some of the harshest tweets directed Cyrus' way below:
Miley Cyrus back to trashing hip-hop again like Nicki didn't gather her on national television for trying it.
@CraigSJ
Miley Cyrus' take on hip-hop (via .@Billboard) is why the entire premise of giving white folks a 'black card,' invite to cookout is a no-go. pic.twitter.com/jQ00r57xbO
@bellexcrowned
Miley Cyrus profited off of Hip-Hop culture/music for 4 years straight and now she all of a sudden has a problem with it.
@MJStarLover
Miley got everything to say about hip-hop but nothing about country music. Hmm. Ain't that just convenient. pic.twitter.com/daGVsbgCsr
@melaninbarbie
Miley Cyrus says she won't listen to hip-hop because it's misogynistic. And she's gone country again.
@ChocnessMonsta
Translation:Peace out, black culture. pic.twitter.com/O1EvVOmVMt
Miley bashing Hip-Hop to be white again. Katy being exposed as a racists. Wow, Trump been in office a few months and ya'll showing off pic.twitter.com/Z4Rd46nhXG
@Bowtobee
Miley Cyrus moving away from hip-hop is a nice example cultural appropriation...black culture is used when its convenient
@deeruns_
Hip-Hop is misogynistic "now" but Hip-Hop wasn't misogynistic when you was tryna make a "Trap" album Miley Cyrus lol
@RealJohnLove
Ironically, Miley Cyrus is pulling a "that's why you ugly, anyway!" on hip-hop after spending years trying to get its approval.
@kreid_c
Miley exploited Hip-Hop, made twerking mainstream, weird, and corny, and now she's wiping her hands of it bc she profited off of it.
@booksandbighair
Same girl who was appropriating hip-hop culture is now going back to country because hip-hop is "too misogyne"…
@ItsAndySama
We won't miss u Miley 😔😔 pic.twitter.com/f75h58CbIe
Miley Cyrus went from working with Juicy J and Wiz Khalifa to "I don't like Hip-Hop anymore" real quick. pic.twitter.com/n7ZXGvsimG
@MrFilmkritik
Miley used hip-hop/blk people to distance herself from her Hanna Montana image. Her proximity to black people was a marketing gimmick.
@bringouttheweed
well i for one am shocked and/or interested in miley expressing her views on hip-hop pic.twitter.com/NUxOrttEC4
@itsthereal
Um. Why did Miley Cyrus think that anyone wanted her to comment on hip-hop? ESPECIALLY after she spent 2 years appropriating it. PLEASE. pic.twitter.com/E8NQDBgg4g
@rizzlekicksz
Miley Cyrus is over hip-hop because Kylie Jenner stole her wave. Don't @ me
@SowmyaK
Folks are rightfully pissed at Miley cause she literally used hip-hop to further her own agenda and now is throwing it under the bus. https://t.co/r0htdZMfnA
@3BlackGeeks
