It seems like Jamaican Dancehall Queen Spice has been receiving some serious backlash for her recent comments on social media about the now trending Meghan Markle’s interview.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle recently sat down with talk show titan Oprah Winfrey in what many are describing as one of the most revealing and controversial interviews to date.  During the interview, Meghan revealed that there were concerns brought by members of the Royal family about the complexion of their son Archie.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Spice, who has been very opinionated in the past with her views concerning the issues of colourism and racism, took to Instagram commenting the following:

“Imagine these words coming from Meghan who’s a lighter shade than I am and you can only imagine what I went through,” #blackhypocrisy

For those who may not recall, ‘Black Hypocrisy’ is the name of Spice’s 2018 release where she opened up about her own personal struggle dealing with the discrimination she experienced because of the colour of her skin.

However, things exploded on Twitter when Spice comments started trending online. The ‘Frenz’ singer started receiving backlash with many claiming that Spice was being insensitive and inconsiderate with her comparison of the two situations. Some even claimed that the Dancehall artiste was looking for attention because she has low self-esteem and doesn’t like the colour of her skin. (Some very strong opinions we might add).

It wasn’t before long that fellow Jamaican songstress, Sevanna came to Spice defense online, tweeting the following:

“I need all the lightskins to stfu about Spice, immediately.”

“I would investigate that Spice feels muted and this is why she is being loud at every opportunity. Let her talk. Idgaf if it mek sense to unu,”

“What I see is that Spice didn’t get a shade name right and her intelligence immediately called into question and dismissed. She went on to highlight that her experiences are 10x worse vs Meghan as a dark-skinned black woman and was told to be quiet because it’s not the right space and time.”

 “These are the same reasons anti-black movements have used to silence and gloss over issues surrounding racism and colourism. As a dark-skinned black woman myself, it hits home to see her voice being quieted. What’s more important here, the delivery or the message? I think we have to maintain that no matter how it is expressed we should give some consideration and compassion to dark-skinned black women when we speak about what hurts us.”

So what are your views on the backlash that Spice has been receiving for her comments? Have you seen the full sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?

What are your thoughts on all this? Let us know in the comments below!

Sources include: https://www.dancehallmag.com, https://urbanislandz.com

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Spice: Colorism and Black Hypocrisy

Jamaican, Dancehall artist Spice, whose real name is Grace Hamilton is most popular for her erotic songs and music videos with her acrobatic female dancers. However, she took a break from that routine to speak out against colorism. She did this in her recent social media stunt, and soon after released single, “Black Hypocrisy”.

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