Nipsey Hussle has some advice for Cardi B.
The “Bodak Yellow” rapper, who’s claimed to be a Blood, came under fire recently, when she used the word “flue” instead of “blue” in a since-deleted Instagram caption, offending Crips in the process. During an interview with REAL 92.3’s “Big Boy’s Neighborhood,” the Crenshaw rapper, who’s a Crip, explained why this was a “delicate” issue.
“She’s from New York,” he explained. “There’s a different reality to gang bangin’ on the East Coast than there is in L.A. This is a 30-40 year culture out here. People died in the ’80s. Uncles and homies got killed behind this thing. So there’s a different level of sensitivity.”
He went on to explain how language can play a role and how rappers with gang ties have to be mindful of this. “That’s how Bloods talk amongst themselves. Crips [are] gonna say certain words also,” he said. “A Crip might say dead instead of saying red like a Blood might say flue instead of blue. But the disrespect happens when you go public and you not in the privacy of your hood or your homies.