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    YG's 'Meet the Flockers' Makes a Return to Streaming Services With Censored Version

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    The song, featured on the rapper’s 2014 release ‘My Krazy Life’, has been riddled with scrutiny in the midst of the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes across the country.

    Apr 7, 2021

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    Rapper YG’s debut album has been restored to streaming services with a censored version of the song “Meet the Flockers” following a backlash over the track’s controversial lyrics.

    Critics have long claimed the song, which is featured on the 2014 release “My Krazy Life”, encourages wannabe burglars to target the homes of Chinese-Americans as YG recounts his criminal past and gives listeners a tutorial on how to score big in a break-in.

    The tune opens with the lines, “First, you find a house and scope it out/ Find a Chinese neighborhood, cause they don’t believe in bank accounts.”

    “Meet the Flockers” has faced further scrutiny in recent months amid the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes across the U.S., and last week (ends April 2), reports emerged suggesting YouTube employees had urged bosses to remove the video from the streaming platform, citing violations of the company’s hate speech policy.

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    The request to YouTube’s Trust & Safety team, however, was denied in an email from executives to the staff on March 22. The email noted that the song’s lyrics violated the company’s hate speech policy, but said “Meet the Flockers” would stay up because of an Educational, Documentary, Scientific or Artistic exception, citing the its “artistic context” and noting concern about setting a precedent that would lead to the removal of more music videos.
    But days after the news hit headlines, “My Krazy Life” disappeared from music services such as Spotify and Apple Music.

    It wasn’t gone for long, though – it was re-uploaded hours later with the words “Chinese neighborhoods” censored, a move apparently taken by officials at YG’s record label, Def Jam, and its parent company, UMG (Universal Music Group), according to Genius.com.

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      YG's 'My Krazy Life' Removed From Streaming Platforms Amid Backlash Over Anti-Asian Lyrics

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      While YouTube took almost a week before removing ‘Meet the Flockers’ music video, Spotify, Apple Music and more have removed the rapper’s debut album which contains the controversial song.

      Apr 6, 2021

      AceShowbiz –
      YG’s album “My Krazy Life” has disappeared from digital streaming platforms amid criticism over his song “Meet the Flockers” anti-Asian lyrics. The whole record, which includes the controversial song, can no longer be found on major platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, the iTunes Store and YouTube, so Genius notes.

      The standard edition and several deluxe editions of “My Krazy Life”, however, are still available to stream on TIDAL as of press time. All of the editions include “Meet the Flockers”.

      “My Krazy Life” is YG’s debut studio album which was released in 2014. Aside from the controversial song, it spawned four singles, “My N***a”, “Left, Right”, “Who Do You Love?” and “Do It to Ya”. “My N***a” peaked at number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

      “Meet the Flockers” itself has faced criticism in the past for its lyrics about targeting “Chinese neighborhoods” during burglary attempts. The backlash was recently reignited following the rise of anti-Asian violence.

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      Last week, it was reported that employees at YouTube called for the song’s removal from the site. The request to YouTube’s Trust & Safety team, however, was denied in an email from executives to the staff on March 22.

      “We’ll start by saying we find this video to be highly offensive and understand it is painful for many to watch, including many in Trust & Safety and especially given the ongoing violence against the Asian community,” read the email. “One of the biggest challenges of working in Trust & Safety is that sometimes we have to leave up content we disagree with or find offensive.”

      The email noted that the song’s lyrics violated the company’s hate speech policy, but said “Meet the Flockers” would stay up because of an Educational, Documentary, Scientific or Artistic exception, citing the its “artistic context” and noting concern about setting a precedent that would lead to the removal of more music videos.

      It’s not until almost a week later that YouTube decided to remove the music video for “Meet the Flockers” from its site.

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      Faux Donald Trump Indulges in Women in YG's 'Jealous' Music Video

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      The rapper also slams POTUS over his infamous tax scandal through the music video, displaying the words, ‘I don’t pay taxes,’ while the faux Trump mouths the lyrics to his song.
      Oct 9, 2020
      AceShowbiz – It’s a known fact that YG hates Donald Trump to the core. Reminding his fans how much he dislikes POTUS, the hip-hop star released a music video for “Jealous” on Thursday, October 8 that features a faux Trump performing un-presidential activities in the Oval Office.
      It opens with the faux Trump playing the piano before the scene then changes to show him mouthing the lyrics of the song in front of Air Force One. “They jealous, they envious of me/ I’m rich as f**k, I’m poppin’ got it poppin’ off a beat,” he raps. “I’m f**kin’ on they b***hes they payin’ out here for free (Free)/ I’m stylin’ with no stylist, stay clean, I got OCD (Stylin’).”

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      Later scenes show faux Trump inviting scantily-clad women to the Oval Office as the ladies begin performing their sexy dance moves as one girl twerks in front of his face. He’s clearly liking the view as he sticks his tongue out when she is busy busting her body. YG also slams Trump by displaying the words, “I don’t pay taxes,” while the faux president continues rapping to his song. It’s a clear reference to reports that he only paid $750 in federal income taxes.
      “Jealous” is one of the songs off his latest album, “My Life 4Hunnid”, which was released last week. Speaking of the album in an interview with Zane Lowe, YG explained that the effort was highly influenced by Tupac Shakur. “This is as far as the space I’m in and what I’m dealing with in life. He went through a lot of the stuff that I’m dealing with right now, and he was making records about it, and just the tone and the cadence of how he was coming up. I was playing with a lot of that type of sway of Tupac,” he said at the time.

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      YG Vows Not to Work With Nicki Minaj Again Because of Her 6ix9ine Collab: I'm Hurt

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      During a radio interview, the ‘Go Loko’ rapper is asked whether or not he will release another collaboration with the ‘Bang Bang’ rapper, to which he answers, ‘I’m cool.’
      Jul 10, 2020
      AceShowbiz – YG and Nicki Minaj have worked on several projects together in the past, including his hit “Big Bank”. However, their fans are most likely not getting any future collaborations ever since the female rapper decided to work with his nemesis 6ix9ine on “TROLLZ”, prompting YG to swear off collaborating with her again.
      He revealed his decision during a recent radio interview, in which the host told him about her joint song with the rainbow-haired rapper. In response to that, YG simply shook his head before saying, “My feeling’s hurt. I’m a real street, n***a.” When asked whether there will be no more Nicki’s features in the future, the “Go Loko” spitter said, “Yeah, I’m cool.”
      It’s worth noting that YG and 6ix9ine have been feuding for a long time, with the two firing shots at each other whenever they have the chance. For instance, when YG was asked about his feud with 6ix9ine during an interview on “The Breakfast Club”, he said, “I ain’t come to the ‘The Breakfast Club’ to talk about this n***a. It is in ‘Su Whoop’ and yeah, that’s how I feel — so what? The little n***a was playing with too much of the real s**t and I had to say something. It is what it is. n***s know what’s up, but I don’t like all that s**t.”
      Once 6ix9ine got wind of YG’s words, the “FEFE” rapper wasted no time to hit back. “YG, suck my f**kin’ d**k, stupid. Your last single before your album came out had four major artists on there. You had 2 Chainz, you had Nicki Minaj and you had Big Sean,” he said. “How’s my record doing better than your s**t? You a whole bum out here. Stop going on radio stations tryna promote your album mentioning my name.”

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      YG Drops Anti-Police Song on Blackout Tuesday After Canceling Protest Appearance

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      The ‘Toot It and Boot It’ rapper pulls the plug on a planned rally appearance for fears of the safety of the participants and releases an anti-police song instead.
      Jun 3, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Rapper YG pulled out of a planned rally appearance to protest the death of George Floyd in Hollywood, California on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, just before releasing his new track, “F**k the Police”.
      Hundreds of fans still showed up to the event, which the “Big Bank” hitmaker, real name Keenon Daequan Ray Jackson, promoted on Twitter and Instagram on Monday, writing, “LA meet me. Hollywood Blvd & Vine tomorrow Tuesday 12 noon.”
      He later added, “All positive vibes tomorrow. No looting!” But minutes before the rally’s planned start time, YG shared a video on both social media sites, announcing he was cancelling his appearance at the event because he feared for the safety of participants. He added a caption on Instagram, “#F**KTHEPOLICE link in bio, they kant censor me (sic)!”
      “So I got bad news,” he said in the footage. “I was told today that my protest is not safe and that people could get hurt or shot and I’m not trying to get none of my people hurt or shot, so I’m going to cancel the date.”
      “It’s f**ked up but I’m going to come back bigger and better. I’m a part of the Black Lives Matter and we’re going to do this s**t the right way for the people, the city and for all the artists that want to pop out and participate. But that being said, F**k The Police is out right now, it’s in my bio, I couldn’t wait for the label, so yeah, I’ll see you outside.”
      Despite the fact that June 2 had been designated #BlackoutTuesday by entertainment industry chiefs, who agreed to refrain from all promotional activity on the date to support the Black Lives Matter movement, he then dropped the new song on YouTube, apparently without the participation of bosses at Epic Records, with whom YG signed a distribution deal in February 2020.
      The track amassed more than 100,000 views in its first hour on the site.
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      It’s not the 30 year old’s first protest anthem – ahead of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, YG teamed up with the late Nipsey Hussle for the protest anthem “FDT (F**k Donald Trump)”. The song has allegedly been played at many of the U.S. demonstrations in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in the days following the death of 46-year-old African-American man George Floyd, who died at the hands of Minneapolis, Minnesota police officers last week, May 25, 2020.

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