Radio personality with Capital Xtra and pioneer of the Afrobeats movement in the UK, DJ Abrantee has hit back at members of the black community calling for a boycott of the 88th Academy Awards ceremony scheduled for February this year.
In a series of tweets, the presenter questioned why some individuals were calling on the host to Chris Rock to boycott the awards when he has bills to pay.
Check out his tweets.
Why are people telling @chrisrock to boycott the oscars when my mans going through a divorce and got bills to pay
— Abrantee (@DJAbrantee) January 20, 2016
This whole oscars thing makes me laugh black people first to say boycott but won’t support their own black people ,
— Abrantee (@DJAbrantee) January 20, 2016
How many black people actually support black awards don’t piss me off
— Abrantee (@DJAbrantee) January 20, 2016
I really don’t understand our people about boycott if your not happy with the oscars don’t support it,support your own which they won’t
— Abrantee (@DJAbrantee) January 20, 2016
Screen nation awards ,Mobo’s and any other black awards we have how many black people support it instead all they do is cuss the awards
— Abrantee (@DJAbrantee) January 20, 2016
Spike Lee Jada pinket you all have your production companies making your Black films I bet the same black people don’t even support you
— Abrantee (@DJAbrantee) January 20, 2016
Yes I’m ranting cause these people piss me off with their foolishness about boycott #kwasiability
— Abrantee (@DJAbrantee) January 20, 2016
And yes I’m as black as they come my name is so black some people still can’t say it so I can speak about this @chrisrock go get your $$$
— Abrantee (@DJAbrantee) January 20, 2016
The presenter also disclosed blacks do not support their own but are quick to play the race card whenever they are discriminated against.
He narrated the challenges he faced and continue to face since he started the Afrobeats movement.
I’ve been doing this music thing for a minute and guess what race of People have always tried to hold me down and not support me
— Abrantee (@DJAbrantee) January 20, 2016
When I created the whole Afrobeats movement in the uk YES I DID guess what race tried tried to destroy it and are still trying to
— Abrantee (@DJAbrantee) January 20, 2016
DJ Abrantee has called on the black community to also support their own if they are not happy at the treatment being meted out to them.
If your not happy with an all white thing then don’t support it simple how many black people actually shop in black shops don’t piss me off
— Abrantee (@DJAbrantee) January 20, 2016
The day we as a race start supporting each other then you can start talking about boycott until then in the words of Stormzy shut up
— Abrantee (@DJAbrantee) January 20, 2016
