Tiger JK has apologized for his “racist” outburst at a recent event for ‘The Creators Project‘.
He tweeted earlier today:
But I need to let the whole truths out. Now you can judge me. Once again my sincere apology goes out to all them good peoples Peace
— Tiger JK(@DrunkenTigerJK) September 25, 2012
According to Tiger JK, hecklers in the audience insisted that he perform the “horse dance” from the choreography of Psy‘s “Gangnam Style“, and he was unable to hold back his frustration. He tweeted, “Creators project event other night. I went crazy on all them white folks in the crowd, Cussing them out. During my set, these dudes kept telling me to horse dance , F rapping just dance. I had to cut all my song short. Without self control. My F*** you turned into F** everybody To F*** all the white people to F*** CNN To F *** Hollywood. To Fu** all yall who think Asians are here to make you laugh by dancing my asses off. F** Hollywood thinkin Asians are just a comic relief.”
It was the third time that the rapper featured as the representative artist from South Korea. ‘The Creators Project’, sponsored by Intel and Vice magazine, is a global campaign that supports new and rising artists who use technology to go past the boundaries of creative expression. Tiger JK is also currently propelling ‘The Wanderers‘ project with Yoon Mi Rae and visual artist Lumpens to prevent school violence.
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OP's Note: This is the article Tiger JK is referring to in his tweets. Below are some excerpts of their commentary. Prepare to have your head explode.
The reviewer's account of of Tiger's outburst:
After 2NE1′s whirlwind performance, which was greeted by the audience with an ocean of smart phone LED screens, the elated crowd remained in good spirits despite being subjected to a torrent of verbal abuse by Tiger JK of popular hip hop act Drunken Tiger. As an aggressive tirade of expletives poured from their mouths, most of which began with an ‘f’ and were sometimes preceded by the word ‘mother’, the English-speakers surrounding us at the venue looked bemused by this strange turn of events, particularly when he started bragging about the money he was paid for the show (100k apparently – let’s hope that was in won) and giving “props to Psy” (K-pop star who has gained recent international success with his hit Gangnam Style). Carrying on with his sour outpouring, he also chastisted Hollywood for their use of Asians as “comic relief” and brought his own brand of racism into the equation with some less-than-PC comments about “white people”. He has now somewhat apologised for this on Twitter.
Their response to his tweets:
The horse dance is a reference to Psy’s dance in the worldwide viral hit Gangnam Style. Tiger JK was offended by these comments and saw them as racist as well distracting.
Unless you were right at the front of the crowd (which our reviewer wasn’t) then this wasn’t clear to the rest of the people at the show. The story behind the comments was not clear until Tiger JK explained his point of view on Twitter 4 days after the concert.
On Wednesday, MissDrunkenCamp linked us to her website, which is the number one English fan site for Tiger JK. As someone who has known Tiger JK for a long time, MissDrunkenCamp gives her own heartfelt perspective on the situation and on the rapper himself, who she strongly insist is “one of the last people I would call a racist.” Worth a read.
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i knew this shit would come out eventually. this happening to Tiger JK who has faced it as a Korean growing up in America, as a man who married a half black/korean woman, and as a father with a part black son. it's crazy to me that he has been made to feel bad/ has to apologize for being "racist against whites." like i wanted to pull out my hair and scream. these white ppl r really dragging him like he did something wrong by calling them out on their ignorance. whiteness is one hell of a drug.