Africans' & African Americans' Replies To An Internet Troll (comments from a Nigerian AfroBeats music video discussion thread)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post provides a definition for "internet troll" and provides the entire sub-thread to date from a discussion thread for the official  2019 Nigerian Afro-Beats music video for Tiwa Savage's song "4-99". in that sub-thread a number of people responded to comments from a person who was eventually labeled an internet troll.

The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
This sub-thread is from Nigerian Afro-Beats singer Tiwa Savage's official video of her song "44-99". 

After a number of comments, one person in that sub-thread was referred to as a troll. The comments from that person no longer appear in that sub-thread (as of Feb. 25, 2022 when I retrieved these comments). However, the content of some of those comments can be deduced from other commenter's replies.

It's likely that the publisher of that video deleted those comments instead of those comments being self-deleted by that "troll". From replies to one or to multiple comments from that troll, it appears that that commenter identified himself as male who was Ghanaian, and/or an African American. Eventually, some commenters wondered if that person was actually neither Ghanaian nor African American, but instead was a White American or a White European.

I'm interested in documenting how commenters in that sub-thread reacted to a person who was eventually labeled a troll. I'm also interested in documenting what those commenters thought about AfroBeats music and Nigeria's role in contemporary African music. I also am interested in commenters' allusions or direct statements about the cultural rivalry between the West African nations of Ghana and Nigeria, and/or attitudes & opinions about African Americans and Africans; Africa, America, and Europe; and White people.

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DEFINITION FOR "INTERNET TROLL"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
"In internet slang, a troll is a person who posts inflammatory, insincere, digressive,[1] extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.), a newsgroup, forum, chat room, online video game, or blog), with the intent of provoking readers into displaying emotional responses,[2] or manipulating others' perception. This is typically for the troll's amusement, or to achieve a specific result such as disrupting a rival's online activities or manipulating a political process. Even so, Internet trolling can also be defined as purposefully causing confusion or harm to other users online, for no reason at all.[3]"...

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COMMENTS FROM A SUB-THREAD IN A 2019 AFRO-BEATS MUSIC VIDEO

From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOoNEi8BlgM Tiwa Savage - "49-99" (Official Video), published by Tiwa Savage,  Sep 5, 2019

This is the complete sub-thread as of Feb. 25, 2022 at 8:49 AM ET.  

Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

WARNING: Some of these comments and other information included in this section include offensive words in the Yoruba language of Nigeria, and other socially inappropriate and sexually explicit language/references.

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1. Kester E
"It is an undeniable fact now that Nigeria is currently the music headquarters of the world. They make Afro Beat so pleasing to the ear and the videos are so colorful."
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There are 1.87K likes and 66 replies to this comment as of Feb. 25, 2022 at 8:49 AM ET

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2. Ire
"That's is the real tea sis"

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3. Ayo Bello
"Louder"

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4. Kadir Acar
"Perfect said!!!!!"

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5. Nicole Carter
"❤️👑"

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6. Naomi everchanging
"Yeass oh"

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7. Major old franklin
"We are leading in Afro beat,in Africa,proud to be a naija"

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8. N A
"Nigeria has been leading for a long time😂"

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9. Kwesi Borsah
"I'm Ghanaian, but even I agree with that. 9ja is killin dem sha."

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10. therealone Clear
"Yess ghana too😊"

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11. Major old franklin
"When you talk about Afro Beat,naija is still leading.if you  love how Afro beat is growing in west Africa,hit the Like buttons"

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12. Bryan Irving Livingstone II
"They be magic right there"

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13. Bidemi Akinade
"@Erich Weiler  Your opinion bro. Many don't feel the same."

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14. Prem's Writing
"@Erich Weiler  you can say we are not on other levels but to say we will never be you're just making a declaration you don't have the authority to make"

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15. TMD-W
"The whole world??😂😂😂😂 r u high?"

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16. James Nwanazia
"@Erich Weiler  + Spoken like a rotten belly Ghanaian that you are. You are a very sneaky person with all those back-handed compliments you threw the Nigerians way but your angles gave you away to the savvy minds here on this thread. Ghanaians like you will never stop making themselves look like jack-asses over matters concerning Nigeria/Nigerians. I know your diatribe here about Nigerians and their music made you feel better about yourself. Jesus like the Ghanaians in Ghana fare any better than Nigerians with their own internal corrupt politics and politicians/ their deadly Sakawa fraud squads laced with VOODOO. You trying to pass up Ghana like first world countries as one of those found in the West. You are really hatefully guy. I can tell from your comments here."

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17. James Nwanazia
"@Erich Weiler  + American with a lopsided opinion/selected amnesia .........You said that Nigerians are world-famous for scamming but selectively forgot to mention the horrible Ghanaian Sakawa internet fraud laced with Voodoo recognized all the world. You don't fool me or any critical thinking person here with your arguments/rebuttals. Yes, some Nigerians are really bad so also are Ghanaians. I respect people who are intellectually honest. Credible you are not. You clearly have an agenda and I have no respect for you. You can be a potty mouth as much as you want here towards me, I give no hen's butt. When ignorant people lose arguments they tend to go the route you just went by name-calling. I bleed for Black and brown people of the motherland for hateful people like you because you are the problem and not the solution for unified Africa. Just have a once-over at your obtuse/asinine comments here and you will be convinced of how retarded you sound."

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18. James Nwanazia
"@Erich Weiler  + First of all it is not 401 or 409. It is 419. That right there gave you away. You are the one who has no inclination what you are talking about. Newsflash.......there are confidence men everywhere even in the great shining city on the hill dobbed America where the word confidence and confidence men and women were coined and abound. I lived in your country for a long time. Greensboro in North Carolina( TAR HEELS STATE°) to be exact so take your hoodwinking somewhere else and use it on somebody else. I am not buying your snake-oil. Mr snake oil salesman. This my thing, how can you judge someone when your house is also filthy. Shall  I go on with the Ponzi scheme and colossal frauds going on in your country cuz I can go there if you set me off? Talking about being jet-set........Dude, you have no clue about me. So just stop it."
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"419" is a telephone code for the state of Ohio in the United States.

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19. Aries 0412
"Where  ypu think it comes from...i think we as black americans forgetting where we get all our sh&t* from
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.

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20. Deborah Arugu
"Erich Weiler One thing is certain by your comment, you embody the stupidity meant for millions."

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21. James Nwanazia
"@Deborah Arugu  + Pay the idiot no mind with his bellicosity. Ghanaians fronting as Americans will always show their true colour. They will say anything asinine to make themselves sound intelligible and relevant. What a bunch of losers."

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22. ross meroe
"@N A  For real. It's like the dude just got into Afrobeats.😎"

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23. ross meroe
"@Erich Weiler  You are a lying Ghanaian full of hate. Why nor go tackle the mass poverty in Ghana instead of seeking to tarnish Nigeria online? You have gold, cocoa, oil and gas etc, with a tiny population of 25 milion. You should be like Dubai, yet you have a lower GDP per capita than Nigeria with its 200 million people. Shameless."

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24. Niger Delta Mirror TV
"James Nwanazia  Don't mind that fool...The US is No. 1 on the list of countries with the highest number of cybercrime, Nigeria is not even on the top 10 but they all shout about Nigeria out of envy...jealousy will kill all these people. ..oloriburuku people!"
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Here's the definition for the Yoruba (Nigerian language) word "oloburuku":
From https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=oloriburuku
"oloriburuku

Direct translation to bastard head meaning someone stupid or crazy with mad thoughts don't use it around Nigerian parent unless u want to die

Omo oloriburuku omo aje ole

by Swaggadon July 31, 2017
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"Omo" means "child" in Yoruba and (according to Google translate from Yoruba to English) "omo aje ole" means "the thief". 

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25. Harris Re-nee
"@Erich Weiler  Only the OPPRESSOR would compare an AFRICAN country to two WHITE countries. Smh😔 Get lost!👋🏿

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26. Harris Re-nee
"@Erich Weiler  WHOSE charts are you referencing?! That of the COLONIZERS?! You're so deluded by white privilege that you don't even realize that you're exposing yourself! You people are beyond ANNOYING!😣"

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27. Harris Re-nee
"I'm a Black American dancer, and I agree💯. All of my latest choreography pieces have been to Nigerian music, unintentionally!😯😳 They KILLIN the game right now musically.💃🏾👏🏿🇳🇬🎛️🎚️🎶"

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28. Prem's Writing
"@Erich Weiler  I think you're struggling with comprehension both of your own words and of others'. I said you can have all your opinions about anything really but when you use the word NEVER you're making a declaration...in vain that is because your don't have that say."

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29. O
"@Erich Weiler  And you are a FOOL."

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30. Melanin Africa
"Kester E True. Nigerians are on top"

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31. Melanin Africa
"Erich Weiler NIGERIANS ARE TOP. Simple"

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32. Melanin Africa
"Erich Weiler well I don’t remember talking about football and it ain’t got nothing to do with football. 🙄"

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33. Melanin Africa
"Erich Weiler but why are you bringing football to this? I never specify. You are saying you find it odd I don’t know that. I ain’t even a fan of football. Stay in your lane and don’t comment on my name no more😑😑😑"

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34. Melanin Africa
"Erich Weiler  no one even asked you.    Abeg move yourself"

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35. Melanin Africa
"Erich Weiler I said stay in your lane and don’t comment on my name simple. I never said I own YouTube. Your getting blocked nusisance😁"

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36. Prem's Writing
"@Erich Weiler  oh ok. You're just trolling. Gotcha"

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37. Olubusola Legunsen
"@Erich Weiler  typical overbloated proud and unrepentant oink oink. America and europe is not our would.

We are not together with you in your world.

Our world is black nation.

So we rock in our world.

Your world is skewed to favour you and no one can compete fairly there.

So please just dont comment on what you do t understand.

European standard is good for you but bad for us.

We were better off before yall came.to mess us up

So pls shut up

Lets rock our world.

You are welcome to enjoy our music but you have no place to judge or comment.

Especially as you are lacking in talent"

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38. Olubusola Legunsen
"@Erich Weiler  your ignorance grows by the minute.

First of all, Americans are are Europeans. The name america is new and it contains english irish spanish italians russian german etc people. All europe

Second, britain did more slavery and colonization than the french. Britain has a lions share in west and central africa.

Your ignorance is alarming and all you know is what your demonic racist colonialist slaving fathers told you.

I feel really sorry for you.

You should do us all a favour and dig a hole and stay quiet in it.

Your comments are full of that same pompous white supremacy sh&t* that is very much still around.

We americans dont colonize. So how did you get the land🤷🏾‍♂️.

You killed and took it didnt you. The people that originally inhabited the land  are but a minority now isn't it.

Just stick to hip hop and european music.

Leave us alone.

Must you bring your demonic selves into everything.

One day.

Yah will bring justice.

For now keep spewing your verbal diarrhoea."
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.

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39. Olubusola Legunsen
"@Erich Weiler  you are no hero. We will never accept you.

This is not hate.

Its reality.

Just stop trying to know what you dont know.

Enjoy the music but dont give opinion.

We dont interfere in your european made up lies called history.

We let you have it.

Let us have ours which is unique to us.

Yall pretty much stole everything else.

So you should be satisfied with that.

Leave afrobeat for us in africa.

Please"

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40. Priceeless Love
" @therealone Clear  Ghana is trying but naija is leading, followed by  south Africa,  Ghana 3rd in line."

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41. OKA
"@Erich Weiler  - lol. Your statement is baffling and grossly incorrect!!

You do know that out of the 16 countries in West Africa, only Ghana and Nigeria are widely recognised as the pioneers of AFROBEATS? It originated somewhere in Ghana in the 1920s, but it was the great Fela Kuti who revolutionalised  and popularized it in  Nigeria from the 1960s onwards, and majority of the AFROBEATS and Artists like (Wizkid, Davido, Burna boy, Lagbaja, Jese Jags etc) all model thier songs and tune off of Fela Kutis' and the resultant effect of that NOW is that Nigeria is "internationally" known as the AFROBEATS country.

(Reggae=Jamaica & Afrobeats=Nigeria)

..............Thats Facts !!.........."

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42. James Nwanazia
"oka + Another sneaky Ghanaian is in the comment thread.......With that tired narrative gleaned From Ghanaian written Wikipedia that Afrobeats was founded in Ghana. Some Ghanaians are quite a miserable bunch. I don’t get this Nigerians.....Maybe you can answer this query for me my good people of Nigeria. Why do Ghanaians always want to ride your coattails and at the time derogate/depreciate/tarnish your image. I can’t seem to wrap my mind around that. I am supposing that Ghanaians want to be you so bad. Please can somebody tell me something.....anything about this disposition of Ghanaians towards Nigerians. I extremely abhor them."

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43. Prem's Writing
"@Erich Weiler  dude you're so lame. You're saying rubbish cause you think it makes you controversial. Shut up"

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44. Olubusola Legunsen
"@Erich Weiler  silence they say is the best answer for a fool.

Younare race baiting as you would because of your divisive nature.

The african american knows who he is.

And if he doesnt then thats his loss.

You on the other hand hopefully are not an african american because if you were, you would not say the tings you say,

And if by any chance you have any trace of negro in you, then you a most miserable man.

Eitherway, i have nothing but pity for you."

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45. Prem's Writing
"@Erich Weiler  shut. Up. You're not edgy, interesting, or controversial. You're lame, dude."

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46. Olubusola Legunsen
"@Erich Weiler  You do need to examine yourself. Whatever physchological, identity or chemical imbalance going on with you, please keep it to yourself.

If you are an african american, you would know your origins and it would just be an issue of which tribe or people group you belong to at the source.

Frankly you cant be an african american because you dont talk or sound like one.

An african american would be akin to most peoples from sub saharan weste,central and east africa. An african american would have no issue with this.

You on the other hand must be something else. Otherwise you wont say the things you say.

Like i said, we know our peoples both at home and in diaspora.

You are not one of us.

And by any chance you are akin to us, then you are most miserable man and a lost soul.

I am of my kind and i am proud of my ghanian liberian senagalese togolese ivorian jamaican haitian african american family etc.

These are the names forced on us but we know who we really are.

WE ARE A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD AND A HOLY NATION.

You may not like it and may wish to see us as whatever you like.

Enjoy your heaven.

It wont last forever.

Do seek spiritual help.

YOU NEED IT"

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47. Todoroki
"Preach"

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48. Debra Lewis
"@Harris Re-nee  not among average people thiugh"

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49. Debra Lewis
"@Olubusola Legunsen  true"

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50. Cherifousmane Tembely
"49 99 my love you ❤"
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This is the title of the song/video that is being discussed in this YouTube discussion thread.
The title comes from a song by Afrobeat singer, musician, composer, activist Fela Kuti. In that song Fela allegorically said that in Nigeria 44 people sit in the bus while 99 people have to stand in the bus. 

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51. vital aliu
"@James Nwanazia  well said"

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vital aliu
"@James Nwanazia  Knock out !! You too much"

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53. vital aliu
"@James Nwanazia  nThat was a sweet combination of left and right hook

Bless up brother"

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54. vital aliu
"@Erich Weiler  get away from your mother's basement oloriburuku dirty low life

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55. vital aliu
"@Erich Weiler  on top ya mama Toto"
 
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56. vital aliu
"Erich Weiler  Nigeria phobia will ensure your quick demise !! Oloriburuku Omo ale"

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57. vital aliu
"@Erich Weiler  Chei Ghana don fall for gutter march am march am"

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58. vital aliu
"@Erich Weiler  Get lost n0nsense"

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59. vital aliu
" @Erich Weiler  Go get a job imbecile"

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60. vital aliu
" @Erich Weiler  Confused semi literate degenerate peasant imbecile"

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61. ToksTV
"WATCH TIWA'S BEST PERFORMANCE EVER... WITH ZLATAN AT FELA'S SHRINE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB_ePlmCOFQ 

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62. Ambo
"STRAIGHT FACTS!!! One of the main music hubs of the world today"

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63. prince peprah
"True talk

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64. prince peprah
"@Major old franklin  dear am so proud to be a ninja girl ooh"
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"Ninja" is probably a typo for "Naija" which is a colloquial referent for Nigeria.

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65. Toastyae
"yess"

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66. Hakeem Ojulari
"Absolutely correct. SA is bowing down"
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"SA"= South Africa

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67. Austin Richards
"They’ve been rich royal lineage ❤️🥵🥵"

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"When Will The English Version Come Out" Comments & Their Responses In YouTube Hip-Hop Comment Threads

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a two part* series on racist comments in YouTube Hip-Hop videos comment threads. Part I focuses on the internet meme "When will the English version come out?". This post includes information about that meme, my editorial comment, and recent examples of that meme from the discussion threads of three Hip-Hop (or Hip-Hop/Pop) videos: Soulja Boy - "Crank That Soulja Boy", Roscoe Dash - "All The Way Turnt Up ft. Soulja Boy", and Silento - "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae).

Part II focuses on the "Not a single white person [in Hip Hop videos]. That's racism" comments that I found in the discussion threads of certain Hip Hop videos.

*I had initially planned to publish a third post in this series on Tube Hip-Hop video's comment thread about rappers wearing baggy clothes. However, I've decided to focus on the subject of baggy clothes in general without an emphasis on racist comments about that clothing style. A link to that projected pancocojams post will be included in a Related Links section on the posts in this series.

The content of this post is presented for folkloric and cultural documentation.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE "WHEN DOES THE ENGLISH VERSION COME OUT?" MEME
From http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/when-does-the-english-version-come-out "When does the English version come out?" by Niseru, 2012.
“When does the English version come out?” Originally a question for video games/cartoons/anime/songs that have not yet been dubbed in English, is a trend of YouTube comments used to humorously indicate that (usually a singers singing/rappers rapping) although in English/Ebonics english, is hard to understand, usually do to a strong country accent, loud yelling or screaming, heavy use of auto-tune, or a mix of those. It seems to target the voice of the singer/rapper more than the way they speak.

The question/phrase can be asked or said in various ways, such as
“When does this come out in English?”
“Waiting for the English version”
“Cant wait for the English version to come out”
“Where can I find the English version?”
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
It should come as no surprise to people who read YouTube video comment threads that Black music video's discussion threads usually includes lots of racist comments. But, perhaps because I don't often watch Hip-Hop videos, and therefore don't read those discussion threads, it wasn't until three days ago that I became aware of the proliferation of "When does the English language version come out" and- to a lesser extent- the repeated number of "Not a single white person[in Hip Hop videos]. That's racism" comments in those videos.

Actually, the videos that I visited -and whose comment threads I read- are examples of Hip-Hop Pop music. That sub-set of Hip-Hop is also known as "club music" (with "club" meaning "nightclub"), "dance music", "party music", "crunk music", and the more recent category label "turn up" music. "Turn up" in this context mostly means "music that gets you hyped (pumped up, energized). "Turn up" music is music that you dance to. Note that the term "turn up" or "turnt up" has other (earlier?) meanings. Read visitor submitted enties for "turnt up" in http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Turnt+Up [Warning: Some of these entries include profanity.] Also, read this 2014 article about the term "turn up"/"turnt up": http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/what-turns-up-when-you-look-into-turn-up/

After reading all of the comments that were posted to date [July 9, 2015) on the three YouTube video discussion threads which I identified above, I've concluded that a considerable number of those comments are either covertly or overtly racist against Black people. I've also concluded that many of these racist comments are posted by trolls. A 2002 urban dictionary definition of "trolls" is "One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument" (by Alien Entity September 22, 2002). Trolls also post deliberately provocative comments "just for fun". The deep seated virulent racism that still exists in the United States and elsewhere are exemplified by these discussion threads direct (openly/ overtly) racist comments, and the discussion threads covertly racist comments that are couched in seemingly innocent, concerned language which sometimes comes across as "throwing shade"*. Just because something is written as a joke doesn't mean it is funny, and doesn't mean it's not racist.

These types of questions or statements on YouTube discussion threads are examples of microaggressions. Here's a definition of microaggression from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/microaggressions-in-everyday-life/201011/microaggressions-more-just-race
"Microaggressions are the everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional, which communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to target persons based solely upon their marginalized group membership. In many cases, these hidden messages may invalidate the group identity or experiential reality of target persons, demean them on a personal or group level, communicate they are lesser human beings, suggest they do not belong with the majority group, threaten and intimidate, or relegate them to inferior status and treatment."
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People who post such comments on Hip-Hop music discussion threads came to those social internet spaces where Black people and non-Black people who are interested in and fans of that music congregate to relax, enjoy that music, and discuss that music. That social experience is diminished by openly racist remarks or remarks that are couched in fake concern or questions.

Bloggers who re-post "When will the English version come out" or "Not a single white person.[in Hip Hop videos] That's racism." comments or versions of those comments aren't asking those questions or posting those comments to receive serious responses. At the very least, they may be unaware of the racism that fuels those questions or comments. However, that doesn't make those questions or comments less racist.

It's important to note that few of those commenters identify themselves by race, although I believe that people participating in those exchanges assumed that the bloggers who were writing (or copying) those memes were White. That said, it's important to note that as demonstrated below, some of the commenters who speak out against those types of comments/questions identify themselves as White. But, at the very least, repeatedly reading such questions and comments on YouTube discussion threads can be annoying and disgusting. Black participants and/or readers of these discussions and participants of other races could also feel disdainful, bitter, angry, and prejudiced towards those people writing such direct and indirect racist comments/ questions. Black people and others could also feel sadness that racism is quite strong, inspite of pronouncements that we are now are in a post-racial society.

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THE PURPOSE OF THIS POST AND THE WAY THESE EXAMPLES ARE ORGANIZED
The comments that are included in this post are examples of those memes. This is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all the examples in those discussion threads of those memes or that subject matter.

I'm publishing the selected examples of those comments and of some responses to those comments for cultural and folkloric documentation. In Part I and Part II of this series I've provided links to the videos from which these discussion threads come.

*My definition of "throwing shade" from http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/03/what-reading-someone-throwing-shade-no.html What "Reading Someone", "Throwing Shade", & "No Tea No Shade" Mean.

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COMMENTS FROM THREE YOUTUBE VIDEO DISCUSSION THREADS

WARNING: These discussion threads contain racist, homophobic, sexually explicit content, and profanity. Examples with that content aren't included below, with the exception of a limited number of comments that have the curse word/s deleted or not fully spelled out. Also, in this post what is commonly known as the n word is given in place of that fully spelled out racial referent.

I. Soulja Boy Tell'em - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
SouljaBoyTellemVEVO, Uploaded on Nov 22, 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UFIYGkROII

1. Matt Mayuiers, 2014
"Sounds great, I can't wait for the English version to come out!!!"
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2. PepeJuventino, 2014
"I remeber when I first heard this I thought it was Japanese"

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3. Grrizly, 2014
"Can someone tell me in what language is this song?"

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4. Fantasy, 2013
"we dont need english when we got this"

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5. Nobody, 2013
"Still waiting for the English version to come out..."

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6. Oliver Proctor, 2013
"Sadly Soulja Boy has denied his loyal fans an english translation to the song :("

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7. JJoh4040, 2013
in reply to Oliver Proctor
"its written in ebonics"

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8. barzy qasim, 2015
"Is this even entirely English?"

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9. afdgafdghjk, 2015
"[Profanity deleted] these [n word]s cannot speak english"
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What is commonly known as “the n word” was fully spelled out in this comment.

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10. thepretenda, 2015
"When is there going to be a version in English?"

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11. Johnathon Gaudet, 2015
"There's always that one guy^^^^^^^"

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12. Dom1nateRK, 2015
"It's not that hard to understand what he's saying..."

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13. William Reid, 2015
"It's a joke."

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14. DigitalRealm, 2015
"sigh"

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15. Hi I'm Lightning, 2015
"+thepretenda its english dummy"

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16. DaQuan J, 2015
"You don't get the joke. Whites have a hard time understanding Ebonics."

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17. king keffel, 2015
"+DaQuan J im white I understand it perfectly"

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18. Maya Moe, 2015
"Lol I'm not sure probably never going to happen, he needs to learn the language first."

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19. JeffA- 22, 2015
"This is clear English 😒"

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20. kendall Campbell, 2015
"+JeffA- 22 they just bein white"

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21. krm1263 mc, 2015
"For [profanity deleted] sake I'm white and I understand everything that's they're saying it's not hard to understand anyone or even get a understanding of what they're saying"

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22. Ourworld Tutorials, 2015
"When am I going to stop seeing this comment on almost every music video?"

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22. Oye S., 2015
"+thepretenda The same time these people realize what a joke is, most likely..."

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23. DarkLord10951, 2015
"Your watching it"

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24. Adrianne Johnson, 2015
"This is it"

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25. Anderson Albritton, 2015
"Anyone in these comments get a sarcastic joke??I do.Hah.Funny.I grinned."

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26. Doodle Bob, 2015
"When you get hearing aids."

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27. PaiNExoTiC, 2015
"+thepretenda Be original."

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28. Shaan Tahir, 2015
"Yall are racist. Its not because hes white. Its because hes thepretenda. Its in the name idiotss:

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29. JeffA- 22, 2015
"When's there gonna be a english version of your comment!!!"

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30. Pink Sunglasses, 2015
"+JeffA- 22 You mean it isn't African?
My whole life was a lie."

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31. Neveah Worden, 2015
"I love this songs and
I don't care about the English
Version ..............."

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32. ShadowCat Destroyer, 2015
"ummm...this an american song right?"

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33. Rab John C. Blay
""Superman" and "you" are the only words that i can understand"

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II. Roscoe Dash - "All The Way Turnt Up ft. Soulja Boy Tell'em"
Roscoe DashVevo, Uploaded on Feb 23, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMwi8vFXUpo

1. Taigacan, 2013
"can't wait till the english version comes out =D"

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2. Bianca Brown, 2013
in reply to Taigacan
"it is already out u just dont understand it"

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3. Taigacan, 2013
"can't wait till the english version comes out"

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4. prince brown, 2013
in reply to Taigacan
"and im still waiting for that gay ass joke to be over"

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5. ZizioGardo, 2013
in reply to Taigacan
"Why do you keep posting the same comment over and over again?
It was funny the first time, but now it's just annoying."

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6. Taigacan, 2013
"it’s a joke obv"

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7. Ryne, 2013
"When's the English version coming out?"

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8. hellhound one, 2014
"Only the best get trolled by the worst. Keep hatin we'll keep makin MONEY!!"

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9. Taigacan, 2014
"waiting for the english version"

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10. dddwbtw, 2014
"Don't understand a word he say'n"

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kanagye, 2015
11. "What language is this in? Doesnt appear to be english."

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12. letthebutthurtbegin, 2015
"+kanagye You're a bigger buzz kill than buzz killington"

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13. Mastero, 2015
"+kanagye shut up"

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14. Musashi Kaneko, 2015
Go back to country music on a half broken radio [socially inappropriate homosexual referent deleted]

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III. Silentó - "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) (Official)"
SilentoVEVO Published on Jun 25, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjW8wmF5VWc

[All of these comments are from 2015.]

1. Instagray
"Sounds great. Can't wait until the English version is out"

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2. Shai Mitchell
"It is in English lol"

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3. arman noor
"I don't understand the joke"

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4. Edward Nelson (Eddie)
"+arman noor The joke is that the language used in the song is so shi&&y,* that it's not understandable because it's so stupid."
-snip-
*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.

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5. sarayelle98 soso
"+arman noor Bc these are not lyrics he is just saying words and putting them 2gether"

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6. David Santiago
"This song doesn't make any sense! These people need English Classes"

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7. Claire Martin
"Why is this getting so much hate? Sheesh"

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8. Cirndie Joseph
"Why is the comment section a freaking war zone? Racists everywhere.... rude people hating 😰😰 and others bashing people's opinions. Can't we all just be happy like the people in this video?"

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9. milknjuice
"for all those dissing this song for its lyrics, you guys are being overly critical. This song is suppose to be fun. I know little kids who love this song and I'm okay with that. It's fun, it's clean, and catchy …. and SMDH on the racist comments in here."

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10. classystegosuarus
"Have you ever tried taking a moment to realize that language evolves and new words are formed to name things such as dance moves? Similar to how kids sometimes struggle when reading Shakespeare because it uses the lingo and slang from that period. Language progresses with each generation, it actually fascinating to see how it changes"

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11. Michael Emerson-Quaynor
"To all you haters,this is a great song. Am sorry if you don't like it but I have a suggestion. DON'T WATCH WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE."

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UPDATE: July 10, 2015
Here are selected comments that are part of an interesting exchange between bloggers on another Hip-Hop/Pop video's discussion thread. This exchange started with a blogger posting an overtly racist comment
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewufRwrayTI "GS Boyz - Stanky Legg
All of these comments are from 2015:

Paran01ac
"So that's what my cotton field workers went to do."

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Keliyah Clark
"Bruh if you're trying to be funny go back to the 1800s if was funny then we have something new thats funny not even close to this "joke". White people act like their better but there are some whites trying to be black. Black people know how to think. We know how to dance. The only thing whites know about is Starbucks."

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Justin H
Your making white people amd southern people look bad

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Dourden11
"+Keliyah Clark Why the [profnity deleted] are you condemning the whole white race based off one person? Ignorant [profanity deleted]."

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Eric Johnston
"+Keliyah Clark just because he's being racist and immature doesn't mean you have to be like. MLK didn't say blacks are better than whites he said all men are equal. Be the bigger person, what you're saying just encourages them"

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This concludes Part I of this series.

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