Sexy Redd & Bernice King

[@KingofReads]

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[@kennethiavail1719]

I appreciate Sexy Red for not being disrespectful to Bernice King and I especially respect Bernice King for defending Sexy Red when people tried to crash out on Sexy Red by telling people to not project their feelings concerning Sexy Red onto Bernice and she doesn’t look at Sexy Red as any of those things

[@Moonewitch]

I don't blame Ms. King. She's safeguarding her family's legacy & the legacy of her parents marriage.

[@forever39]

And the preacher did FAR worst

[@SwissMissss]

Legacy of their marriage? Whew Chile he didn't even safeguard it 🤦🏿‍♀️

[@islandgirl8067]

Both women handled this in a classy way.

[@empresslonnie1love391]

Yes they did

[@nezzylearns]

Why is our history, ancestors, our pain a joke.

[@neeciiw7840]

💯💯

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

because people want to represent anything and sometimes don't realize the type of the image they portray might be problematic I wouldn't have done this either.

[@MarShawnH88]

@@nezzylearns it’s this current generation that have made it this way. It wasn’t always like this.

[@hamptonsfnst2014]

Ms. King has the right to defend her father's legacy, HER family's legacy. If she felt the slightest disrespect or insensitivity being displayed against her parents she is entitled to it. Her father was slain, murdered, assassinated because he envisioned a better world for those that looked like him and other groups. She addressed it to Sexxy Red and the young lady responded respectfully.

[@jn2sumn442]

I thought sexy red was going to go completely left with it!! I was shocked but I do respect the apology.

[@DiabolikalFollikles]

You raised a salient point Justin. Black folk are *not* “monolithic.” I wish more influential Black voices would speak out against the socio-political injustices of *all* Black folk. 🖤

[@livb3420]

I appreciate your consideration of Sexy Red. Those who are like her, are just as important. Especially if we’re trying to grow as a people. Girls I knew that were like that, were some of the coolest girls ever! ❤

[@suegirl452]

She apologize which is good but dont act like she didn't know exactly wtf she was doing.

[@kimmyw010]

‼️

[@a1ntcry1noveru]

Thank you. It’s the fact that the bar is so low when it comes to what to expect from her behavior that people applaud her for doing a bare minimum decent thing. Smh.

[@marimarielove]

Thank. I'm so sick of giving passes for the bs. She thought her ratchet following would applaud her and instead she got her ate up and thats why she changed her tune

[@johnathanlewis3155]

She didn’t even make the picture. She just shared it.

[@TCt83067695]

​@@johnathanlewis3155that doesn't help the hate boner they have for her i guess ...

[@synesthesia.aesthetic]

Bernice King was an absolute class act who stands with all Black people

[@TCt83067695]

Including queer folks ?

[@aladynamedSusan]

I respect the apology. HOWEVER, why is this even a thing??? Black ppl are still fighting for basic human rights, a fight built off the backs of our forefathers. We not on code collectively and it shows smh

[@mymiphone1841]

For the last 60 years, we've been fighting white people battle over silly game Dem vs Rep. But not realizing both parties aren't for our best interest. This is why we still where we are...

[@wenonawynn37]

Your comments about how we see people who have fewer resources were beautiful. Thank you.

[@Tasha-c2e]

Much respect to sexy redd for removing it

[@marimarielove]

Omg, she knew damned well she shouldn't have done it in the first place, but she thought her ratchet following would applaud her and she wouldn't get called out, but she did

[@205inoucme]

@@marimarieloveThank you!! I don’t respect her for apologizing for something that she was so EGREGIOUSLY wrong about.

[@1.0.2.4]

I appreciated both the reaction and the response and the follow up from Dr. Bernice King. That’s how we know she’s coming from a genuine place and not a nasty spirited place like so many people want her to be or react from-it’s simply not her. Those fliers never had a name or face attached to it but Sexyy’s was posted by her with her in it. She’s always spoken against those fliers and images. I think it’s important to keep our leaders of the past in a respectable place now if they did or said something that needs to be clocked yes but for MLK he stood in the fold along with countless others when nobody else would and the King Family faced more tragedy after the loss of MLK. In other words they should know black folks don’t play about their family period and I feel like Sexyy could understand that. Now that unfunny 🥷🏾 Karlous thought he would participate someone old as hell thought he would add to it. They toe him up and rightfully so.

[@kyrathedestroyer_]

such a show of respect from both ladies.

[@mymiphone1841]

Actually, i was very surprised, in a Good way, by Sexy Red's response. She was very respectful...

[@sayecarrie]

I am glad Sexy Red apologized to Dr. B. King. Also, Dr. B.King accepting the apology.

[@dashiajames1882]

I look at her in a different way too. At least, she actually apologized. Some ppl just not say anything. Just figure it was nothing. I think some ppl post these posts, to receive attention. But it's dumb. They're are other ways to receive attention. This isn't 1 of them. I must say you are really opinionated & thoughtful. I love this channel 😊.Goodnight...!!

[@aron.michael]

She’s ghetto RICH AF AND VERY YOUNG! She is allowed to make mistakes and I agree with everything you said in this video King 👑!!!

[@unapologetictkzma8236]

Yaaaasssss Justin, not that I ever been critical of her, I was however simply dismissive/disinterested bc of her content/artistry. HOWEVER, WHEN I SAW HOW SHE HANDLE THIS, I PIVOTED, COMPLETELY ABOUT FACE ON SEXY RED. .... Then again, I'm NOT one to define or judge ppl, especially my ppl my their lowest traits, moments, misdeeds etc... I choose grace and await maturation, awareness and growth. Kudos to this young lady and u, too Justin for highlighting

[@EzraSprouts]

Appreciate your take, as always. Internet brainrot has skewed our sense of decency if these images seem acceptable. Glad they're being challenged, and it makes sense to call out a celebrity in order to raise awareness. Even so, I feel for celebrities living out their learning curve in public, especially those from working class backgrounds as they get ridiculed the most. Glad Sexyy Red handled it maturely so it could be a teachable moment

[@jennlynfelds80]

Thank you for this video

[@RafaelRoden2025]

"You got a little bit of a history too" 😭😭😭

[@GlamSAMorous]

For some odd reason I don’t think dr king would have cared much…..

[@mayamccray6491]

Yes, lets not be so young and turnt we disrespect our history come on now...

[@koollatter]

I am no fan of Sexy Redd, but the way she responded 👏

[@1CristylJ]

ty for this video!!

[@MarShawnH88]

My issue with today’s generation of black folk… Since when did poor or lower class equate to being completely immoral? The black folk before us poor or not had a completely different mentality. Everything wasn’t a joke. Even the lower class had Class. And some respect for themselves. We’ve completely made everything OKAY. So yea. Bernice has every right to look down upon exactly what her father was fighting against. No need to sugar coat it.

[@kelgreen99]

Roland Martin read Redd for filth.

[@WenNRome]

Why is everyone thinking Sexxy was poor though?? I feel like ppl just came to that conclusion…idk I’ll have to look into her background more

[@marimarielove]

​@WenNRome you completely missed the point, the being poor part was actually not directed to dirty Burgundy at all

[@WenNRome]

@@marimarielove I didn’t miss the point, I was making a statement that the general public perception has been that she grew up poor/in the ghetto just based off her aesthetic and idk if that’s really the case

[@frankiem4062]

@@WenNRomeshe was underprivileged

[@HappinessHeavenHugs]

I kind of side eyed Sexy Redd during the voting season, but I have tried to remember in order to have community, you must be willing to help others learn and accept that they are imperfect humans. I wish a lot more interactions could be as kind as this.

[@JiltedLover8203]

I'm not trying to hear that. 💯 She knew what she was doing. She wasn't apologizing when she did it!

[@marimarielove]

And she wasn't going to apologize until even her ratchet following didn't find it cute

[@amysmith8043]

We don’t care what you’re trying to hear😂 you have no type of connection to MLK, and the person who DOES accepted the apology and told weirdos like you to leave Sexxy alone

[@marimarielove]

@@amysmith8043 whew yall are exhausting...we all have a connection to MLK because if not for him and those like him, you would not have the freedom to be watching this video, and I highly suggest you pay less attention to dirty red and more attention to your president because he's doing everything he can to send us all back to that time, and dirty red can't save you

[@kyrathedestroyer_]

the apology wasn’t for you

[@jhbbhj876]

I’m ngl I didn’t expect sexxy to be mature but I’m very happy she was bcs this woulda been crossing the line if she said anything different

[@boobluekiss]

Celebrity people just be thinking they’re regular.. no, baby, you are whole entire FAMOUS.. there’s some shit you just can’t (or shouldn’t) do

[@19GENESE13]

If this was elitism to yall, im 100% positive that you all would not have made it through the years where folks were calling babies born out of wedlock "b*stards". 😂 Now THAT was elitism. Sexy Redd handled the exchange with Bernice well because she knew better from jump, fought against that, & posted it anyway. A person who handles critique well has high emotional intelligence. This wasn't a case of rich/poor/low class/high class. It was simply, "i know better and chose not do better".

[@205inoucme]

I agree, Dr. King recognized the disparity between the haves and have nots. He even talked about the caste system in the church. I have NEVER heard a pastor do that. I believe it was the doctor who performed his autopsy who said that Dr. King had the heart of a 60 year old. Remember, he was 39 years old when he was murdered. He believed it was due to stress. Dr. King is so often discussed so esoterically. But his words and deeds are so slept on. Especially, for someone who has done so much for so many. I like what he said in his letter from the Birmingham jail: “We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.” The King family sued the federal government for conspiracy to commit murder, due to the death of Dr. King, and won. The family was awarded $100, which they donated to charity. Mrs. King believed there was a government conspiracy, in conjunction with others. The family believes James Earl Ray was set up to take the fall.

[@rucianapollard4057]

Well said 👏

[@jeweledthrone2850]

I feel like Sexyy Red is ignorant to the bigger picture. I don’t think she’s this horrible person deep down. These people are desensitized to seeing images of MLK like this. I’ve seen this type of content since MySpace days. I’m glad Sexyy apologized instead of saying the basic “well others do it” take, it helps spreads Bernice’s message .

[@eezus9452]

Um I’m sorry but why tf are people applauding sexy redd for the way she responded? Like the whole situation should’ve never happened to begin with also this little thing made y’all forgive all the bs sexy redd has said and done?

[@forever39]

What did Bernice have to say publicly about the Preacher who disgraced her father?

[@cmariah80]

I’m proud of sexy Redd

[@still_meigb19]

I appreciated Ms. King’s response after Sexxy Red deleted the post. It was nice to see her affirm Sexxy as an elder which you don’t see a lot in the community now I don’t follow Sexxy Red enough to know if my thought it true, but I’ve never believed that her persona is really her. It’s giving I’m just doing this to feed my kids.

[@TB20275]

The bar is so low in these comments. We aren't going anywhere as a community. I've given up.

[@mrsford2777]

Whether you have lent in your pocket or bands in your pocket you DO NOT DISRESPECT DR KING. She gets 0 credibility for apologizing for something that never should’ve been done in the first place.

[@205inoucme]

It’s difficult for me to accept apologies when people go out of their way to be egregiously disrespectful. And the fact that Dr. King sacrificed his life for the rights that Alley Cat Red currently enjoys. The World Is Very Different Now.✅

[@prettynikky2097]

He didn’t sacrifice his life, it was taken. A sacrifice is made willingly.

[@kyrathedestroyer_]

the apology wasn’t for you.

[@Highonmalak]

Firstly that picture has been floating around for a couple of years now. Secondly I feel this was used to justify demeaning Sexyy. I also don’t feel the photo was that deep either considering ppl make memes daily of plenty of ppl that have impact life.

[@QuinTezzential]

The photo wasn’t bad 🤷🏾‍♂️ Sexy Red’s image is “bad” and that’s what people are really mad about. That good ol’ respectability politics

[@xr2kid]

Exactly they don't got a problem with the photo. They got a problem with Sexxy Red.

[@CoriNicole19EightyTree]

Dr. Bernice has ALWAYS spoke out against people doing things like this FOR YEARS BEFORE Sexxy Red even reposted this one. So she wasn’t only singling her out. She always BEEN about her father’s legacy.

[@kyrathedestroyer_]

@@CoriNicole19EightyTreethey said people, not bernice king. read to respond and not to argue

[@makeitmakesense2616]

How do you live in ATL be fully grown, make political content, and don't have knowledge or understanding of what MLK stood for? Community college offers basic Afro Amer courses. Im becoming more increasingly concerned with people who make bold statements but dont have the basic foundation of who they came from, I simply dont understand. Guarantee you know nothing of Marcus Garvey or Fannie Lou Hammer. It's the lack of education and so many opinion based content creators that unfortunately is the reason why we have T for another 4 yrs. Sad

[@terejosh13]

found the troll 😂

[@makeitmakesense2616]

​@@terejosh13baby I was never lost ... ALWAYS here .... Stevie Wonder could've found me😂😂

[@jessimek]

That part!

[@N.Z99.]

I am not a fan of Sexy Redd at all but baby girl made mama proud. She handled that VERY well and respectfully.

[@NicoleOlivia]

Justin the plants need help!😩 lol ❤

[@traceeford2914]

Thanks for those flowers.

[@annettewilliams0219]

Can you make a video regarding Apple watts recent interview

[@omgkthxbi]

The OG photo wasn't even bad. It was just Sexxy dancing with MLK Jr in a pg way? Like you can only get offended if you think MLK Jr hanging out with women like Sexxy would "tarnish" him. THAT'S disgusting. Sorry I will always defend Sexxy Red lmao

[@lillybilly9954]

I appreciate that she didn’t double down on the disrespect, but I am very tired of her. She throws rocks and hides her hands. Red is not some kind of representative of poor black folks. This is someone whose community said hey stay out of the high schools. Then she doubles down and is flipping off teachers and administrators telling her to leave. Then she busted out with the Trump chain. It’s all a performance and this is the first time I’ve seen her give any care to other black people. Yet everyone keeps defending her.

[@frankiem4062]

The AI photo was distasteful. The end. We don’t need a think piece. If you don’t understand why it was distasteful, then you’re part of the problem. Optics matter. Performative or not.

[@dee_scussions]

Too many people want respect byt don't want to give it. I'm tired of new age ideology as everything is a damn joke. I am really not liking the new phrase "black folks dont take nothing serious" because I'm starting to think it's conditioning.

[@Ms9mmBeretta]

Her apologizing eased some of my second-hand embarrassment that I caught from all of this, but I don't look at her any differently.

[@Oksurejan]

Can you make a video about ai and water please? I never heard of that

[@inmydesiredreality]

Sexyy Redd makes raunchy music and posts, but she ain’t stupid.

[@MrJeromeRN]

I didn't feel like the picture was a major emergency but, regardless, if Bernice King was offended then Sexyy Red did the right thing by apologizing. I think Sexyy Red is going to be around longer than a lot of people think, she definitely taps into something people resonate with.

[@blissfully_mimi428]

I love how Bernice King defended her dad as she should have. It was extremely distasteful but I appreciate Sexxy for the maturity and owning her wrong.

[@Prod_Hansifer]

She apologized and removed it.

[@Fruitdrink2000]

*Trump just unsealed all the MLK files with an EO. Yessss*

[@susiebear3316]

😂He was a womanising Beckeisha chaser He like many Bmen didn't care about racism. As long as it didn't affect them as men. Bmen either want to be WM or be bent over by them. If Bmen were told that they could do whatever they wanted, including sleep with as many WW as possible. Just that they had to leave bw & children behind. They would do exactly that without a 2nd thought.

[@premiumondemand7720]

I CAN'T RESPECT ANYONE THAT'S OK GIVING SOMEONE A SEXUAL TRANSMITTED DISEASE OR WALKING INTO A SCHOOL SMELLING LIKE WEED 🤷🏾‍♀️ I MEAN ITS MORE BUT Y'ALL GET IT ‼️‼️

[@msve5636]

First of all, why is this girl called sexy?

[@jasonhenderson863]

If she would have been disrespectful we would have to.cancel her

[@Dra3000]

Marc Lamont Hill has an amazing MLK speech

[@troyboy1974]

I like Sexxy Redd. She is an entertainer trying to conduct her business by entertaining her fans just like the rest of them. Nevertheless, she didn't make the AI image. She just reposted it. No harm was intended.

[@marimarielove]

So what was the intent

[@xr2kid]

​@marimarielove The intent was making fun of what became a meme of MLK's likeness in a wild place like that photo of that Black man wipping those white boys picking cotton MLK Smiling in the clouds, Strip club flyers, etc any random memes Ppl are putting MLK next to a bunch random stuff some negative and some positive. The point is to be absurdist. She saw the AI photo and thought it was funny. She isn't the first or the last to do that. We all get annoyed by the MLK Strip club posters but this was just Sexxy Red facing MLK. Nothing sexual, no innuendos so that leads me to believe people just didn't like seeing Sexy hoodrat next to the respectiveable God-like well dressed, welcome spoken Black man that is lionized by the country.

[@squirrelsinmykoolaid]

​@@marimarieloveWe can't assume any intent because there are no words to give us any context clues. She posted a fake photo including her and MLK Jr. holding hands on MLK day. For all we know, she could have thought "this is cool" and reposted it. Many people are assuming the worst, but we literally don't know why she posted it and I feel like it's weird to assume it was malicious. Was it distasteful? Sure. She deleted it and apologized when she was made aware. That's what Bernice King asked for and it was honored.

[@marimarielove]

@squirrelsinmykoolaid I would agree with you if we were talking about someone else but we all know her intent is to always cater to her ratchet following and she doesn't care what that consists of, she has no boundaries, so it's always malicious

[@LemonClarkMedia]

Intent and source of origin doesn’t matter. Who doesn’t know who MLK is esp one with a platform and fanbase bc “famous?” Sexy Redd the same one who aligned herself w/ the MAGA crowd for controversy’s sake. Why do y’all keep caping for&doing this benefit of the doubt thing w/ this grown woman?

[@okletstalk1372]

I'm Idle my hero is harriet tutman love her down lord life really is horrible 💔

[@Tosin226]

Exactly! He denounced America's imperialistic wars and laissez faire capitalism. He was a democratic socialist but today we don't hear that. He's been sanitized to fit American mainsteam political discourse which is right wing.

[@LisaLee__]

I grew up in an infamous projects in NYC, and I am very much against the ghetto ratchetness. She doesn't have to be professional, she just does the bidding of the people in charge aka The Man by pushing such crap onto black folk culture. This is not elitist, this is pushing back against the programming. Drill music, babymama culture, the disrespect of the black woman etc is not what MLK of Malcolm X or Frederick Douglas ever wanted for us.

[@kyrathedestroyer_]

let go of the respectability politics. you sound just like a yt supremacist.

[@brickcitybrownchick]

I am not a fan of Sexy Redd at all, but kudos to her for respecting her elder.

[@tetejermaine6954]

Clock itttt

[@Oksurejan]

People are so hypocritical

[@love808forlife]

What was disgusting about the photo? Am I crazy? They look like they was dancing ….

[@ivahtanyi75]

They think sexyy is ghetto and undeserving. They saw it like she was trying to make fun of him or smth

[@ivahtanyi75]

They think sexyy is ghetto and undeserving. They saw it like she was trying to make fun of him or smth

[@naomicartier5113]

Right. I'm asking the same question.

[@WenNRome]

Posting MLK on club flyers has nothing to do with upholding his legacy, especially with women whom he did not know…it’s ghetto and lacks tact.

[@amysmith8043]

They think that Sexyy is disgusting because she’s ghetto

[@yayatheunicorn]

Wasn’t she all up in Eddie Long church. 😂 girl please

[@TVInformative]

But....Sexxy Red is no longer poor and most people dragging her are of a lower socioeconomic status than her. She knows what she's doing and knows what she's selling and we know who is buying. I don't think the elitism take can apply to celebrities.

[@MiniM69]

White people…white people are buying it. And she’s acting like a whole caricature they love to project their hatred on. Miss me with this reductive nonsense.

[@frankiem4062]

She’s no longer poor, but her socioeconomic status is still VERY LOW. Don’t get it twisted. Sexy Red is not elite.

[@MJ-wt8vu]

We reaped the benefits of the great fight and are comfortable, compared to our ancestors that fought and sacrificed. The comfort shows. It’s shows. So much more work to do. We’re so far from liberation.

[@ayoq9956]

I don't know the whole situation was giving responsibility politics for me. Something in my spirit just can't all the way get with Bernice, I just sense a level of disingenuousness there. I don't know... my antennas are tingling on this one...

[@allenalexander2700]

Whenever someone wants to defend Sexxy Red it's always "Y'all just wanna hate on Sexxy, she's a whole mood, people make mistakes, etc.!" Okay whatever. With everything going on in politics right now....this was not the time, nor is there ever. This was just dumb. Go on ahead and stream her single with Bruno mars, I guess.

[@AshleyNJohnson]

Maybe she don’t like sexy redd. If it was Beyoncé or Rihanna she probably wouldn’t have said nothing 😩 I don’t want to see sexy redd with my damn daddy 😂

[@koollatter]

Beyonce or Rihanna would NEVER have done this.

[@lcxmas8551]

How about Dirty red, just gooooo and disappear.... for ever

[@krestal0]

I’m not being funny but can someone tell me how AI and water correlate?

[@deshawnbrown986]

I was confused as well, but I did a quick search, and apparently, they use a ton of water for cooling towers to keep everything working properly. It's really a lot of water.

[@olaines9154]

@@deshawnbrown986that’s crazy. First time hearing this

[@krestal0]

@@deshawnbrown986 Thanks for the info

[@AshleySamuels-zy1ex]

I know he is rolling over in his grave.

[@MsFated]

I mean I don’t blame some ppl for calling Sexyy Red a ghetto trash woman cuz that’s how Sexyy markets herself if we’re being for real. Like why should I feel bad for someone who literally acts that way. I’m glad she removed the picture and apologised tho

[@jemicabond3916]

💯

[@annunaki7044]

I still don't like ha. she sucks

[@cbplibra1012]

Meanwhile she a whoooole lesbian. And is.

[@ivahtanyi75]

So?

[@trease83]

@@ivahtanyi75right, like nobody cares who you sleep with, when the color of your skin is the issue…

[@terejosh13]

@cbplibra1012 you say some ignorant WS weirdo goofy shit it's giving trolling energy.

[@Twin_301]

I said this on Twitter if sexy Red was just a normal person & posted that pic with Martin Bernice would've never ever said anything but just cuz she's famous it's a problem