L.A. Guns Pay Non-Racist Tribute To Prince By Saying Something Racist

Whenever someone starts off by saying “I’m not racist, but…” you can be sure something racist is going to follow. That’s what happened on Friday in Maryland when washed-up ’80s rockers L.A. Guns singer Phil Lewis was paying tribute to Prince. The English-born singer was introducing the band’s 1989 semi-hit “The Ballad of Jayne” and brought up playing Prince’s Minneapolis venue First Avenue. Video shows him saying the following on Friday at the Fish Head Cantina in Arbutus, MD.

The backlash against Lewis and L.A. Guns should begin immediately, but the problem is that the crowd seems to support his comments. Saying that there should be more people like Prince in the world is a perfectly acceptable statement to make. His music transcended genre, age, and definitely color. Yet by painting an entire culture in one broad stroke, Lewis is showing just how out of touch he is. He should listen to a Kendrick Lamar or a Roots record is he wants to see where the spirit of Prince will live on. Prince’s lack of genre distinction comes from accepting many other cultures and making them his own, something that seems entirely lost from a band that hasn’t had an album chart in the United States in 25 years.

The crowd was riding with the sentiment that we are all rappers… I’m not a rapper! Altho, I tried to be at one point in my life! SMMFH!