Earlier this week, a song from Vince Staples‘ Summertime ’06, “Norf Norf,” made headlines as a conservative, Christian, white mother took to YouTube upon hearing it on the radio for the very first time to criticize the song.
https://youtu.be/Bv2uJRkeSY4
Her video ended up going viral, primarily because it came from a conservative, Christian, white mother who simply denounced the song without realizing that the song actually depicts the reality of a young Black man who grew up in the rough part of North Long Beach. After numerous online responses — and a brief cameo on Comedy Central’s @midnight — Vince responded to the video in an interview with The Independent.
“I don’t really have much to say about the video — I don’t think it’s funny at all,” Staples replied on Wednesday (October 5th). “It’s not right to attack someone over their stance, their opinions, and their religion. I think that’s very immature.
“We already have a lot of issues between black and white relations in this country based on misunderstandings. In my eyes, she doesn’t look like a racist. She doesn’t look like a mean person. But it’s not very responsible for people to try to take that and jump, looking for some sort of commentary on these issues [in the community].”
As a bonus, an enterprising Internets type took the woman’s “recital” and blended it with the actual “Norf Norf” instrumental…
