The TV personality lands in hot water for alleged colorism after promoting 'Darkskin vs Lightskin competition', which he develops alongside Zeus Network, in Las Vegas on social media.
- Dec 8, 2023
AceShowbiz - Nick Cannon irks people with his new project with Zeus Network. The TV personality landed in hot water for alleged colorism after promoting "Darkskin vs Lightskin competition" on social media.
On Thursday, December 7, Nick could be seen making use of his social media account to promote his upcoming project titled "Bad vs Wild" in Las Vegas where he put dark-skinned rappers against light-skinned stars. After catching wind of the promotion, fans immediately put both Nick and Zeus on blast over the insensitive topic.
"I don't think I want identify as black anymore. The embarrassment is sickening," one X user wrote. Someone else wrote, "His participation in the promotion of divisiveness is reprehensible!!!! We have entire movements designed to embrace us in all shades all over the world to combat the damage colonizers have done and continue doing with their 'yt is right' narrative. He's awful."
Someone else said, "No bueno!!!! We dont need this Nick pleeease!!!!" One called "The Masked Singer" host a "clown" and his plan was an example of "Foolishness."
Nick has yet to comment on the backlash.
Prior to this, Nick made headlines for mocking Sexyy Red's claim that she's part of Illuminati. "Yo, she can't even spell Illuminati," Nick said of the "Pound Town" femcee. "Let's keep it a stack though. Nobody Black would ever be in the Illuminati. We talk too much. It's supposed to be a secret society. We can't keep no goddamn secrets."
Sexyy made the Illuminati comments during her recent Instagram Live. "Y'all, they said, 'Did I sell my soul?' Should I just tell them the truth?" she asked her devotees at the time.
The "Shake Yo Dreads" spitter went on to say, "It's time for me to just keep it 100 with y'all. Like, yes, they got me in this s**t. I don't know, I can't get out of it. I'm getting too much money, I don't want to get out of it."
