News Rapper Joe Budden under fire for saying BTS are from China (1 Viewer)

[Villains]

BTS fans are calling out rapper and media personality Joe Budden, who on a recent episode of his podcast referred to the K-pop band as being from China.

“I know they big, I know it’s China, I don’t wanna see it,” Budden said while ranting about the band, whose members are South Korean.

On an episode of “The Joe Budden” podcast Wednesday, the 41-year-old rapper, best know for 2003's "Pump It Up," talked about how much he dislikes the group, which has broken records as the most popular K-pop band in the U.S.

“I hate them ...," he said. "I don’t wanna see them dance moves. I don’t wanna see you come down from the sky in a little umbrella.”

His co-hosts pushed him to explain his reasoning, even correcting him and telling him “it’s Korea.” But Budden doubled down, saying, “I don’t wanna see KoreaNSYNC.”

In response to criticism, he said on Twitter that he wouldn’t be “bullied” out of his music opinion, and then responded to one Twitter user’s comments, saying, “Oh stop it, I made a mistake and was corrected.“

Fans known as the BTS Army quickly caught onto the comments and hammered Budden on social media, arguing that the rapper is just jealous of the group’s success and praising his co-hosts for calling him out. Some even thought his name was a typo for Joe Biden

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[Chaeee]

 

[athenaaa]

If you're gonna dislike a group, that's fine. But don't be so rude and racist about it, this is awful

 

[Bopper]

Sometimes it is better to just

 

[Villains]

If you're gonna dislike a group, that's fine. But don't be so rude and racist about it, this is awful

i agree
i don’t even stan bts but that was extremely rude

 

[Boyo]

Sometimes it's better not to talk.

 

[Villains]

Sometimes it's better not to talk.

definitely
idk why he thinks he’s so high and mighty

 

[lexus]

I thought this said Joe Biden and I got confused

 

[athenaaa]

i agree
i don’t even stan bts but that was extremely rude

He doesn't like the group, whatever, nobody is forcing him to. But then to get defensive when he's corrected, well the initial comment was awful in itself but that just makes it so much worse

 

[Ahsoka]

I thought this said Joe Biden and I got confused

Honestly same

 

[lexus]

Honestly same

Twinsies

 

[litc]

I thought this said Joe Biden and I got confused

Honestly same

me too oops

 

[Ahsoka]

Twinsies

Dumb and dumber

 

[Ahsoka]

Twinsies

Dumb and dumber

 

[hxney_jun]

not him calling his racism "opinions"

 

[athenaaa]

Dumb and dumber

Dumb and dumber

And you post it twice

 

[ChiaraStar169]

I thought this said Joe Biden and I got confused

haha me to, actually! lol dumb, dumber, dumbest, and the epitome of dumbness.

 

[ChiaraStar169]

but back to seriousness. What is this, 1999? I thought we were done bashing boy bands ages ago! Damn right, he's jealous - jealous bc they're popular and bc he's nothing but a one-hit wonder. That is, if you can even call Pump It Up a hit and him a wonder - he ain't wonderful, and that song sure didn't last very long on the charts!

Mic and drop. How you like dem apples, Joe?

 

[Wingfrost]

You can have an opinion but don’t be rude please

 

[Deleted member 74]

When you think you sound superior but just come across as dumb and ignorant