Everybody was dipping their toe into the HR pool here.Īs for who did what first - between Bey, J and Amerie, that is - it would appear Beyonce was, in fact, the first of the 3 to trot out Harrison’s sound with ‘CIL’ (’04), even though KR might’ve arguably had it first with ’02’s “Can’t Nobody” - and perhaps others used it even before then. Fact is, he was making “go-go” beats for just about all them, and others in the game too … including Toni Braxton, Kelly Rowland and even Mary J. Harrison was a producer in the 2000s who was working a lot with Columbia Records - who had all these ladies under their roster in the early to mid-2000s. Norf Amaruca February 26, course, a proper timeline of events is necessary here to put things in context … as is an explanation of who the heck Rich Harrison is, because he’s at the center of all of this - and the main reason for the comparisons being made in the first place. What do you think about J Lo’s shirt? Does it make you feel a way? See what other people have to say about it on the following pages.Beyoncé snatched up her producer, Rich Harrison production & amerie’s writing style became the formula that made Beyoncé #1 And then she had Black men like Diddy, Ja Rule and now Smokey Robinson others allowing her foolishness to flourish. The only difference is that when J Lo was using the Black community to build her brand and legacy (see: “In Living Color”), she didn’t have social media to get her caught up in a trick bag. Just like Gina did when she attempted to downplay the impact Yara Shahidi had on Black girls in favor of saying “all girls.” Not only is it tone-deaf, but it was also an attempt to decenter the people most affected by racial oppression. The same way J Lo used “All Lives Matter,” in the summer of 2016, when unarmed Black men were being shot and killed at an alarming rate. She took that permission and used it in content that she distributed to the world with that Instagram video where she brazenly sang the N-word. Gina, like J Lo, was given the greenlight by Black men to use the N-word. But the more I thought about it, the more I wondered is Jennifer Lopez the original Gina Rodriguez? Given the years J Lo has put into this game, I don’t consider the two to be on the same level. And it brought to mind the actions of another famous Latina: Gina Rodriguez.

Thinking about Jennifer Lopez made me consider the anti-Black sentiments prevalent in the Latinx community. This is the same J Lo who unnecessarily injected herself into the Motown tribute.ĭespite her desire to be close to Blackness, I can’t recall a time when J Lo used her privilege or platform to speak truth to the issues that affect Black people. This is the same J Lo who, with the co-sign of the Hip Hop community, used the N-word on her record with Ja Rule, “I’m Real.”

In fact, J Lo has a history of using Black artists to create songs that eventually became hits for her. This is the same J Lo, who was seeking to steal Amerie’s “1 Thing” out from under her feet and had to settle for “Get Right” when Amerie released it on her own. shouldn’t necessarily get a pass for that.Īfter all, J Lo is the same person who used this same Twitter to share her “All Lives Matter” message. And really, when you think about it, J Lo. But by the time I got into the office and had more time to sit with the image-and saw how everyone else felt about it, I realized this may be a bigger deal than I thought. Initially, I rolled my eyes and thought to myself, “I guess…” Clearly, this is a play on the phrase created to celebrate Black women, “Black Girl Magic.” But I thought I’m not going to invest too much energy into this.

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