Caesium 6,022 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Racism yet 3/5 of the VOTY nominees are black Sexism yet 2/5 of the VOTY nominees are women At the end of the day the VMAs are a popularity contest. She hasn't been relevant since Bad Girls (which scored a tonne of VMA nominations). Sucks for her, but don't blame it on institutionalised discrimination Put your white tennis shoes on and follow me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fucbjk 631 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 /nkd;|n Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddMeOnMYSPACE 1,815 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 ugh i hate these indie artist who act like they're the second coming of music. Its the VMAs, Relax. I still love M.I.AÂ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerrenceV2 2,001 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Slam 'em queen playground love - josef salvat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas P 18,377 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 She can shut up. BeyoncĂ© is the most nominated person, and her most nominated video is one that's deals with racial issues. Iâm a simple guy to please, if you like Melodrama, we chill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusel 1,085 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 you can think of this specific case what you want but at least M.I.A. is one of the only artists who dared to speak out on a humanitarian yet unpopular issue and openly mention the hypocrisy of our civilization. she delivered one of the best tracks and videos in popular culture this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lum 312 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 51 minutes ago, myCD said: M.I.A. is boring me the f* out with all these politics stuff of hers... She's literally always been involved in bridging art and politics together, even pre-Arular. Pull Up the People? Paper Planes? Born Free? Borders? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lum 312 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 5 minutes ago, Thomas P said: She can shut up. Beyoncé is the most nominated person, and her most nominated video is one that's deals with racial issues. Are we only allowed to showcase one social/political video per year? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas P 18,377 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 2 minutes ago, Lum said: Are we only allowed to showcase one social/political video per year? But she said the show was racist and sexist. It's neither of those things considering a lot of its nominees. Iâm a simple guy to please, if you like Melodrama, we chill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewYorkCity 10,462 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 lmao I can't when they do this ****. Stop. Racism? When most of the nominations are for black people? Drake, rihanna, beyonce (the most nominated of the night and lmao that video is literally about racism and defending black people ). Sexism when they are mostly women? wtf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher 2,406 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Wasn't Rihanna's American Oxygen nominatied in 2015 which was political and racial? And isn't BeyoncĂ©'s Lemonade nominated as well? I don't see the big deal is. It's just the VMAs Finally feeling free for the night, I got no worries. Finally got a claim on my life, baby, c'est la vie. âïž Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlond 13,287 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Her outrage is so predictable, it almost looks like a parody, like she had a bet to see how many "ism's" she could accuse them of. Her song is nothing special, just repetitive and mostly lyrics that don't consist of much thought (saying a list of cultural phrases of the moment followed by "what's up with that?" can be done by anyone). The video is controversial but not amazing. Even in a more alternative awards show, I don't think it should expect nominations. She's lucky she got noms for Bad Girls but the attention clearly went to her head and she expects something every time now. Most of the nominees are black, so there's no racism. Most of the nominees are women, so there's no sexism. Is it classist and elite? Well, it does tend to support very privileged artists and the biggest names, so maybe, but then, MTV's been about that for years. Someone gets pissed every year about the lack of diversity but nothing changes. People need to stop thinking failing to get a nomination automatically equals a personal knockback to them, a purposely mean snub and even based in prejudice. The panel involved just didn't like your work. Stop thinking your s**t don't stink and just focus on making good music. If you truly are all about the music and getting people to listen to your political messages, commercial success and awards shouldn't concern you. I'm always suspicious when lesser successful (especially ones who make political music) speak out like this. It screams "I'm desperate for attention" and just makes their reasons for making music with a message not as genuine as they claim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan Heart 7,382 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Well, they did snub her. I don't think it was because of racism though. But it's the VMA's after all. They are a joke. No one should take them seriously. They say it's the last song. They don't know us, you see. It's only the last song if we let it be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxi 4,999 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 VMAs are a popularity contest, nothing more. Its not based on quality. She should be proud to not be nominated and not being apart of this crowd who are only in it for fame & money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterOfSpain 8,275 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 She's right but at the same time she's sounding very pretentious and selfish, I wasn't expecting this kind of comments from her tbh  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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