Gwen Stefani accused of cultural appropriation in 'Gentle My Hearth' video

Muricas News  — 

Pop celebrity Gwen Stefani has been accused of appropriating Black tradition following the discharge of the music video for her new music.

“Gentle My Hearth,” a collaboration with dancehall star Sean Paul and Jamaican singer Shenseea, sees “The Voice” coach sport dreadlocks and a inexperienced and yellow outfit that matches the Jamaican flag whereas singing to a rocksteady beat.

Stefani confronted a barrage of criticism on social media after the music’s premiere on Wednesday, with many commentators accusing her of deliberately appropriating the tradition for her private achieve.

“Gwen Stefani is BACK with a cultural appropriation banger,” tweeted one particular person.

One other agreed, writing: “Y’all. Mom Appropriation is BACK!!!! The place my 2000s No Doubt/Gwen hive at!!!?? ITS TIME!!!”

The No Doubt alum was additionally reminded of earlier claims that she appropriated different cultures to additional her music profession by copying Japanese avenue model, carrying a bindi in music movies, and styling her hair in Bantu knots.

Nevertheless, some followers got here to her protection, with one consumer writing mentioning that Sean Paul, who appeared with Stefani within the video, is himself Jamaican, including that he “even praised Gwen for embracing the tradition for years.”

Muricas News has contacted Stefani’s representatives for remark.

In 2006, comic Margaret Cho branded Stefani’s Harajuku Women – a troupe of Japanese and Japanese-American dancers she went round with on the time – a “minstrel present.”

Final yr, the musician responded to accusations of cultural appropriation in an interview with Paper journal, reiterating that she merely pays homage.

“If we didn’t purchase and promote and commerce our cultures in, we wouldn’t have a lot magnificence, ?” she stated on the time. “We study from one another, we share from one another, we develop from one another. And all these guidelines are simply dividing us an increasing number of.”