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Vanessa Carlton is defending the use of her 2002 hit “A Thousand Miles” by rappers Spinabenz, Whoppa Wit Da Choppa, Yungeen Ace, and FastMoney Goon. The rappers used the sample in their remix “Who I Smoke.”
Not everyone feels the violent remix, and Carlton took to Twitter to defend the song against the criticism it has received.
“To the white folks that have expressed anger/shock over my approval of A Thousand Miles’ usage in the Spinabenz, Whoppa Wit Da Choppa, Yungeen Ace, & FastMoney Goon song Who I Smoke, I invite you to ask yourself why you feel this way & then read this…” she tweeted.
To the white folks that have expressed anger/shock over my approval of A Thousand Miles' usage in the Spinabenz, Whoppa Wit Da Choppa, Yungeen Ace, & FastMoney Goon song Who I Smoke, I invite you to ask yourself why you feel this way & then read this: https://t.co/CSP2a5XByJ
— 𝕍 𝕒 𝕟 𝕖 𝕤 𝕤 𝕒 ℂ 𝕒 𝕣 𝕝 𝕥 𝕠 𝕟 (@VanessaCarlton) May 23, 2021
She included a link to an article titled “Share Cropping Blackness: White Supremacy and the Hyper Consumption of Black Popular Culture.”
She followed it up with a tweet comparing how songs “accompanied by white violence or tales of white violence” do not receive the same adverse reaction. No one questions it. She included a scene from Reservoir Dogs showing a man getting his ear cut off to Stealers Wheel’s “Stuck in the Middle with You.”
Popular songs accompanied by white violence or tales of white violence aren't questioned. It's considered visceral or cinematic. Here we have Stuck in the Middle of you playing while a guy gets his ear cut off. Reservoir Dogs pic.twitter.com/2qv3M2xLN6
— 𝕍 𝕒 𝕟 𝕖 𝕤 𝕤 𝕒 ℂ 𝕒 𝕣 𝕝 𝕥 𝕠 𝕟 (@VanessaCarlton) May 24, 2021
Yungeen Ace retweeted Carlton’s comment, saying, “I got you 4eva.”
I got you 4eva https://t.co/BpKPmNNnQe
— Yungeen Ace (@YungeenAce) May 24, 2021
