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‘ROUND THE WAY: MJB SAYS SHE NEVER APPROVED BK CHICKEN COMMERCIAL + NEW VERSION TO DROP SOON

Shortly after Burger King debuted the new commercial for their latest chicken menu item, the popular fast food chain got a heap of negative criticism from the African-American community. The ad surprisingly featured the Queen of Hip Hop Soul, Mary J. Blige singing and dancing about chicken to the an infused hip-hop beat.

BK pulled the clip, claiming that it was informally released “before all of the licensing and final approvals were obtained.”

Following the far from pleased thoughts on the commercial, Mary J. Blige spoke with TMZ and shared her own disappointment in the clip. In fact, the “Just Fine” singer revealed that the clip wasn’t complete and not what she expected.

I agreed to be a part of a fun and creative campaign that was supposed to feature a dream sequence. Unfortunately, that’s not what was happening in that clip. [...] I understand my fans being upset by what they saw. But, if you’re a Mary fan, you have to know I would never allow an unfinished spot like the one you saw go out.” [SOURCE]

Since then Burger King has stated that the completed and official version will be released soon on their YouTube channel. They also issued an apology to Mary J. Blige, her fans and anyone offended by the ad: “We would like to apologize to Mary J. and all of her fans for airing an ad that was not final.”

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RTW LINKS: ZIMMERMAN’S ‘FRIEND’ JOE OLIVER BACKTRACKS / CISSY HOUSTON SPEAKS OUT / OPRAH ADMITS MISTAKES w/ OWN NETWORK

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‘ROUND THE WAY: SOME ‘HUNGER GAMES’ FANS ARE MAD THAT BLACK PEOPLE ARE IN THE MOVIE

Well it looks like being openly racist is back in for 2012. A record number of people flocked to the premiere of the highly anticipated movie, ‘Hunger Games’ last week. However, some comments from a select few of them have been making news over the past few days. Many were upset that young actress Amandla Stenberg was chosen to play Rue and actor/musician Lenny Kravitz (Cinna) were cast in the movie, despite the fact that the novel’s author, Suzanne Collins describes these characters, particularly Rue, as having “dark brown skin and eyes.” Some reactions to this:

“I was pumped about the Hunger Games. Until I learned that a black girl was playing Rue.”

“Why does Rue have to be black not gonna lie kinda ruined the movie.” [READ MORE]

These disturbing tweets and many more were posted on a Tumblr page called ‘Hunger Games Tweets.’ It’s sole mission? To “expose the Hunger Games fans on Twitter who dare to call themselves fans yet don’t know a damn thing about the books.” The creator of the blog also wrote about people’s reaction to the film, in particular to the character Rue being played by 12-year-old, Amandla Stenberg: Continue

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RTW LINKS: BOBBY BROWN ARRESTED / TAMI’S PENDING LAWSUIT / R. KELLY’S ‘TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET’ + MORE!

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