Dappy Sparks Outrage After Using ‘N’ Word In New Song

Former N-Dubz man Dappy has been MIA since he got that stupid tattoo on his face, but this week he dropped a new EP called ‘Eros Apollo’ which quickly rubbed listeners up the wrong way.

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The reason being that Dappy — who definitely isn’t black (he’s Greek-Cypriot) — used the n-word in one of the tracks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRlDtjVSFqA

Then tried to defend himself when people called him out on it:

Here’s the backlash that ensued:

https://twitter.com/ddaappoo/status/681807058400837632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

This Dappy thing part of a bigger issue. Hispanics and white people who think ur down u can't say N word it's embarrassing that u even try

— Mark (@ScriptorRex) December 29, 2015

srcglide : RT TheRealist_Jay: This is the "We" Dappy is speaking about… … https://t.co/oFOH7Ey5Y7) pic.twitter.com/vtnNpv7ug4

— Anik Mahmud (@Anikbitm) December 29, 2015

Maybe Dappy is Rachel Dolezal's long lost son

— the biggest hater // terrible vibes (@NotYamYam) December 29, 2015

Who asked Dappy Dolezal for his opinion?

— 𝕱𝖎𝖆𝖘𝖈𝖆.* 𝚆𝙽𝙲 (@uncletypewriter) December 29, 2015

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https://twitter.com/AgentG_/status/681805464695390209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Why did Dappy wait til this stage of his 'career' to drop N bombs in a tune? Didn't he also leak his own nude the week he dropped a mixtape?

— Tony D (@t2da) December 29, 2015

I know Dappy frm bk in the day & his people. I know he isn't racist but he made a bad choice of using that word which is racist terminology

— I am Skinny (@Iam_IamJR) December 29, 2015

So unless he’s totally brainless, there’s no doubt Dappy saw this backlash coming in which case it’s fair to say the inclusion of the word doubles as a PR move.

I wouldn’t say the guy is a racist, but he’s not doing the world any favours by singing the n-word on his tracks and encouraging other young kids to use it freely.

Here’s a longer explanation he released later: