After they go low, Robert Glasper goes viral. The Grammy-winning pianist and producer/songwriter may have stewed in regards to the static he obtained from Chris Brown after he bested the “Iffy” singer for this 12 months’s greatest R&B golden gramophone and Brown griped, “Y’all taking part in. Who da f— is that this?”
As a substitute of getting right into a social media showdown with Brown, Glasper did one thing approach higher: he took the insult and printed it on a t-shirt whereas promising to donate the proceeds to a charity. On Tuesday (Feb. 14) Glasper introduced that after simply 4 days these shirts had bought out already.
“Thanks for the assist. A portion of the proceeds from this shirt can be donated to the Neighborhood Music Middle of New Orleans,” Glasper mentioned in an Instagram put up that includes a picture of the black shirt emblazoned with Brown’s insult. “A nonprofit created to share the music tradition and music training in New Orleans, offering free music classes to underserved youth. I can’t thank y’all sufficient for supporting this trigger.”
At press time Glasper had not introduced how a lot was raised by the limited-edition shirts.
After an avalanche of social media critique for his match of pique, Brown posted an apology 24 hours later, DMing Glasper to specific remorse for his feedback. ““Congratulations my brother.. I want to apologize if you happen to took offense to my response on the Grammys,” Brown wrote. “You weren’t the supposed goal and I do know I got here off actually impolite and imply. After doing my analysis I truly assume your superb…THE ORGANIZATION ISN’T DOING US BLACKS OUR DUE DILIGENCE. YOU AND I SHOULD by no means be in the identical [category].. two completely totally different vibes and genres. So from one black man to a different.. CONGRATULATIONS. HOPE YOU ARE ABLE TO FEED YOUR FAMILY FOR LIFE. God bless my G.”
Glasper’s righteous dunk on Brown is simply the most recent instance of a musician turning hate into scrumptious haterade. It got here six months after Maren Morris flipped her feud with Jason Alden’s spouse, Brittany, over the latter’s transphobic joke right into a “Lunatic Nation Music Individual” t-shirt that raised cash for LGBTQ proper group GLAAD; the trouble raised greater than $100,000 for GLAAD’s Transgender Media Program and Trans Life.
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