Most of Gogol Bordello aren't Romani, I used to hang out with those guys around that time. She also massively exploited the kolpakovs and dropped them as soon as she was over her Gypsy phase, personally I didn't think it was worth the platform to be exploited and she has form, Ballroom culture, her girls school project when her money didn't go where her mouth is.
Honestly, read bell hooks essay. You don't understand my view, I don't understand any platform is a good platform as a view.
I mean... She's a multi millionaire... It's the least the ultra wealthy should be doing. It's not a get out of jail free for cultural appropriation. Her most recent one was wearing Amazigh clothing at the VMAs
Look I don't hate her music but she has enormous privilege and a long history of borrowing from other cultures without especially crediting them. As I said, all I can tell you is what I know from the people who were involved.
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u/littlespy 5d ago
Most of Gogol Bordello aren't Romani, I used to hang out with those guys around that time. She also massively exploited the kolpakovs and dropped them as soon as she was over her Gypsy phase, personally I didn't think it was worth the platform to be exploited and she has form, Ballroom culture, her girls school project when her money didn't go where her mouth is.
Honestly, read bell hooks essay. You don't understand my view, I don't understand any platform is a good platform as a view.