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<p>Jack Harlow, a 24-year-old rapper from Louisville, Kentucky, ruffled feathers a few weeks ago when he revealed he had no idea that Brandy and Ray J were siblings. Much of the uproar criticized Jack&#8217;s place in the Hip-Hop and Rap industry, and accused him of being ignorant to important aspects of the culture. Nevertheless, the &#8216;First Class&#8217; rapper took the scrutiny in stride, and revealed that he attributes much of his success to the support he receives from Black women.</p>
<blockquote><p>Black women are such a massive part of my career,&#8221; Jack told Teen Vogue.</p></blockquote>
<p>Jack Harlow&#8217;s goal is to &#8220;make sure people don&#8217;t think of Louisville hip-hop and only think of one white guy.&#8221; And a large part of putting on for his city is recognizing not only the role that Black women have played in the creation of Hip-Hop, but the ways in which Black women have impacted him as an individual and a rapper.</p>
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<blockquote><p>I was telling The New York Times how it&#8217;s not a massive phenomenon to me because it&#8217;s just a continuation of how my life was before I was famous. They&#8217;ll never have to worry about not being credited by me&#8230;I mean, I look out at my shows and I see them. It&#8217;s one thing when you see the memes and you hear people talking about it, but it&#8217;s another when you travel the country and you see them all over the place.</p></blockquote>
<p>Jack&#8217;s praises of Black women come on the heels of <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/lil-uzi-vert-shares-his-support-for-jack-harlow-says-he-does-not-have-white-privilege/">Lil Uzi</a> showing him love last week. Uzi stated that Harlow isn&#8217;t deserving of the hate he&#8217;s been receiving and insisted that white privilege doesn&#8217;t play a role in his recent success. Harlow seems to agree, as he told Teen Vogue:</p>
<blockquote><p>I love Black women. I&#8217;ve loved Black women my whole life.&#8221;</p>
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