Why Do Celebrities Keep Blocking Me on Twitter?
Most of the time I don’t mind — but I’ve started paying more attention to the impact my words can have
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“Watch what you say, baby girl. Watch what the fuck you say.” — Whitney Houston
I’m not entirely sure why Jhené Aiko blocked me on Twitter. I have a working theory, though.
A few years ago, I participated in a panel at Genius’ Brooklyn headquarters. The topic was the state of R&B — but notably, we would be talking about R&B while consuming copious amounts of wine. Yes, me, a highly opinionated person, being offered an opportunity to drink free wine and talk shit at 5 p.m. If my memory is right, this was around the same time I was chasing a certain legendary Black media company for thousands of dollars in money owed, so I was already in the mood for a drink or two.
I wish my goofy ass had embraced sobriety or sativa that day instead.
I’m a social drinker, but this time I was being very social. Before we went on stage to drink wine, we drank wine backstage. I made sure to drink enough water to not sound like a complete country-fried idiot — but I continued to…
