Hip-hop artist, poet and activist Noname, bit more than she can chew when she found herself the target of the Beyhive fans of Beyonce.
In what can only be described as an innocent tweet, Noname spoke about political activist Angela Davis and how she wished that Davis had received as much love as Beyonce.
This did not sit well with the Beyhive as they are always looking for someone to be mad at. Noname deleted the tweets after Beyoncé fans came after her. The tweet which reads, “I wish angela got the love beyonce gets,” was accompanied a retweet of a photo showing activist and former Black Panther Angela Davis speaking at Madison Square Garden behind a bullet-proof glass enclosure in 1972.
According to moguldom.com, Noname seems to be calling out Black celebrities exploiting the Black struggle with capitalism — celebrities who have been quiet about the Black struggle but are now gaining attention for speaking out. She also seems to point to the public who follow such celebrities blindly, without being aware of what she considers “true” activism, like that of Davis in the 1960s.
Among the online responses she got were these: “Beyoncé’s name should not have been a part of this, instead of bashing on this Black woman so much can people just let her live,” from Kara @KaraDitsie.
Swavey @Ojswavey tweeted: “The way she communicates and try to provide information is just poor!” But others seem to understand where Noname was coming from and tweeted in her support, like deenaan @dinanigans, “…I’m saying NoName has objectively done more for the community and has always been outspoken and is being constantly vilified when her mates who are men are being shown love. Relax.”
Noname, born Fatimah Nyeema Warner, who is known for such mixtapes as “Telefone” and her self-funded debut CD, “Room 25,” also had an online run-in with J. Cole fans when she criticized his song, “Snow On Tha Bluff,” on which he raps about how the tone of a young woman activist comments bothers him.
The song came after Noname’s tweets called out “top-selling rappers” for their silence on the ongoing protests against police brutality. She tweeted, “Poor Black folks all over the country are putting their bodies on the line in protest for our collective safety and y’all favorite top selling rappers not even willing to put a tweet up. N****s whole discographies be about Black plight and they no where to be found.”
J. Cole also went to Twitter. “Morning. I stand behind every word of the song that dropped last night,” he began. “Right or wrong I can’t say, but I can say it was honest. Some assume to know who the song is about. That’s fine with me, it’s not my job to tell anybody what to think or feel about the work.
I accept all conversation and criticisms. But Let me use this moment to say this Follow @noname. I love and honor her as a leader in these times. She has done and is doing the reading and the listening and the learning on the path that she truly believes is the correct one for our people. Meanwhile a n—a like me just be rapping.”
