A YouTube video posted in October 2023 accurately reported that Grammy Award-winning singer Justin Timberlake had responded to fellow Grammy Award-winning singer Britney Spears’ “blaccent and culture vulture allegations."

Rating: False

About this rating

On Oct. 26, 2023, the purported celebrity gossip YouTube channel This Happened published a video that scurrilously claimed Grammy Award-winning singer Justin Timberlake had responded to what were described as fellow Grammy-Award winning singer Britney Spears’ “blaccent and culture vulture allegations.” The claim was false, as we will explain below.

Advertisement:

The claim spread after Spears’ memoir “The Woman In Me” was released on Oct. 24, 2023. In the memoir, Spears wrote about her relationship with Timberlake, whom she dated from 1999 to 2002, according to news sources. Spears wrote that one time when Timberlake had seen R&B singer Ginuwine in New York City, he had said, “‘Oh yeah, fo’ shiz, fo’ shiz. Ginuwine! What’s up, homie?’”

A sound bite of actress Michelle Williams, who narrated the audiobook version of Spears’ memoir, reading the excerpt went viral following its release. Some social media users posted about Timberlake using a “blaccent” as the clip went viral, which Dictionary.com defines as the imitation of Black English by non-Black people. Timberlake has previously been accused of cultural appropriation as well as being a “culture vulture," which Salon wrote about in the wake of the memoir's release.

...

Read Full Story: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiQ2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnNub3Blcy5jb20vZmFj...