Don’t criticize a rapper on Twitter while he’s performing, or he might call you a B#%$& during the show!
CNN contributor and leftist activist Marc Lamont Hill got quite a surprise when he made a seemingly insignificant jab at rapper “Big Boi” during his solo set at a show in Los Angeles. It all started as Hill tweeted happily about going to the concert:
At Staples Center for Outkast show. Haven't seen them in years. I'm hype!
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 29, 2014
Btw, if you're not at the BET Experience, you're missing a dope weekend!
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 29, 2014
This is one if the dopest hip hop sets I've heard in years. Outkast is MURKING this show.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 29, 2014
But then Hill had to make a joke:
So Big Boi is doing his solo set now. This is where the homie @bomani_jones turns up… and I check my email.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 29, 2014
It’s all fun and games until a tweet gets back to the guy on stage and he calls you a “b***h” 39 minutes later to the entire auditorium:
Big Boi just called me a b**** on stage. Wow.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 29, 2014
Uh oh. Someone didn’t quite get the joke. Marc tries to explain:
I'm guessing this is about my tweet. I actually was just clowning my homie bc we had a debate about which Outkast member was better. @bigboi
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 29, 2014
I been an Outkast (both of them) fan since '94. Was teasing my homie and had no disrespect intended for @BigBoi.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 29, 2014
I see how that tweet sounded and I get I was wrong for that. But that stage shit was still OD, my kid there or not. @BigBoi
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 29, 2014
@Burrrittanie I agree. But it was a joke for Bomani. I'm actually a big boi fan. And I obviously wasn't checking my email.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 29, 2014
Anyway, not gonna say anything else about it. Real stuff happening in the world. Mistakes and miscommunications happen. Just surprised me.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/marclamonthill/status/483144411719544832
@THEKEOKAH exactly. of course it was a joke. I get that I need to be more careful on twitter.But I didn't think it would get taken like that
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 29, 2014
@April_Davis @akacharleswade my opinion is my opinion. But I can acknowledge my mistake. There's no value in being stubborn.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 29, 2014
Luckily for Marc, rappers aren’t really known for being violent or anything, right? Uhm.. right?
Update: Outkast fans aren’t very happy with Marc Lamont Hill’s explanation.
