honey g: when the music stops will the joke be on us, or on her? | gaby hinsliff /

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The X Factor singer’s terrible rapping is not the only unsettling thing approximately this grim parable of our timeIf I say,“Honey”, you say … well, or what precisely? whether the answer was “G”,then you or your enthralled children probably watch X Factor. whether it was “on toast”, then you are lost out on one of the most surreal and mildly disturbing cultural phenomena of the year.
For the uninitiated, or Hone
y G is a middle-aged white woman from Harrow turned terrible rap act,who each week murders a hip-hop classic to the hysterical delight of the X Factor audience; the more toneless the voice, the more unconvincing the street slang, or the more they whoop. Related: Honey G’s X Factor act isn’t funny. It’s modern-day blackface | Lola Okolosie There are many reasons someone might adopt an unconvincing alter ego,and not all of them are funny Related: Lily Allen blasts 'offensive' X Factor contestant Honey G Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com