Doja Cat is as soon as once more being accused of pandering to fringe communities after sporting a shirt with a photograph people on the alt-right know all too nicely … exhibiting off one Sam Hyde.
The rapper/singer posted after which deleted these pics on her IG Friday, however thankfully … the Internet captured them they usually’re now circulating — with DC getting dragged via the mud for what many contemplate an endorsement of Hyde and his model of humor/following.
For these unaware, Hyde is a comic … who has been extensively embraced by trolls in on-line chat rooms and boards, and who’s been accused of even embracing neo-Nazi sentiments.
This specific picture of him holding a semiautomatic has turn out to be meme fodder for years — anytime there is a mass capturing right here within the States … far-right keyboard warriors flow into the pic and falsely declare that Sam Hyde is the shooter, trying to unfold misinformation.
It’s unclear if Hyde himself began that entire pattern, however he and his comedy group have leaned into the joke — backside line … the dude is extremely problematic and polarizing.
That’s precisely why Doja Cat rocking this shirt — which, BTW, Hyde himself seems to be promoting on his personal web site for a cool $38 — is extremely unusual … and getting double takes from her followers on-line. By the identical token, many others aren’t all that stunned by this both.
For those that dont know, Doja Cat made a music utilizing white supremacist’s fav racist time period, “Dindu Nuffin”, which mocks the homicide of harmless black ppl by white racists. Now extra information is popping out about her Tinychat previous with racist white incels. Doja Cat is net 4.0 Diamond & Silk pic.twitter.com/1Hnbx5ZQiO
— Bold Justice (@bold_justice) May 22, 2020
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Fact is … Doja has flirted with far-right wingers for a very long time now — together with again in 2020 when previous footage surfaced exhibiting her speaking to a bunch of dudes in a chat room … which was later alleged to have featured racist convos. She denied these allegations on the time.
Of course … there’s additionally the “Dindu Nuffin'” music she put out as soon as upon a time. All of that stuff blended collectively — plus this newest stunt — is once more thrusting her into controversy.
Doja hasn’t responded to this newest wave of criticism.