(Image Source: Jackie Magazine/Facebook)
BY LAUREN ZIMA
Grammy-winning singer Rihanna took to Twitter this week to slam a Dutch magazine for referring to her using a racial slur/cuss word combo. Here’s Rolling Stone with the story.
“In a brief item that was apparently meant as humorous praise, the magazine Jackie called Rihanna ‘the ultimate ni**abitch,’ saying, ‘She has street cred, she has a ghetto ass and she has a golden throat.’”
Those words quickly started a war of words between Rihanna and the publication. E! has the songstress’ first response.
“Riri Tweeted, ‘I hope you can read English, because your magazine is a poor representation of the evolution of human rights. I find you disrespectful.”
And things went downhill and dirty from there. Here’s The Daily Buzz with what happened next.
“The mag is saying sorry. The editor of Jackie issued an apology, and went on to say the words were meant to be a joke and admits it shouldn’t have happened. Riri issued her own statement, saying, ‘On behalf of my own race, here are two words for you.’ Just look at the screen.”
[On screen: F*** you!!!”]
“Ooooo!”
Yikes! ABC News calls that: “Choice Words”
Still, MTV reports readers were, quote, “shocked by the magazine’s language,” and sides with the singer.
“Even with the apology it’s not difficult to see why Rihanna responded the way she did.”
And The BBC reports the magazine’s editor-in-chief, who had worked there for eight years, has now resigned. She said:
“Through this my credibility has been hurt, and that neither fits the role of an editor-in-chief, nor Jackie Magazine.”