If a white person hears a rap song featuring the n-word, it isn't considered racist for him to sing along with it so
long as the word is part of the song'
s lyrics, as defined by Chris Rock in his HBO
special "Kill The Messenger."
"What are the Dr. Dre Rules? What are the rules when a Dr. Dre song comes on the radio or plays at a club, what is the procedure that goes into effect? Because sometimes I'm with my white
friends and a Dr. Dre song comes on and there's a lot of 'niggers' in a Dr. Dre song. And they want to enjoy it, but they can't really enjoy it around me. So they start taking out the 'niggers' or mumbling the 'niggers' and it'
s just a sad sight to see. It'
s just sad to see a white person try to do a
nigger-less rendition of a Dr. Dre song, it'
s just fuckin' depressing. And they're trying to rap along without saying '
nigger' and they're like 'Creeping down the backstreet on dees I got my glock cocked cause-I-
don't-know-what-the fuck-to-say!' 'Tat-tat-tat like that, and I never hesitate to put a-ha-ha-ha-ha' But I know when I'm not there, they lean into that shit, 'he'
s not here, turn it up - down the backstreet on dees I got my glock cocked cause
NIGGER!' 'Tat-tat-tat like that, and I never hesitate to put a
NIGGER ON HIS BACK-AND KILL HIM, I HATE NIGGERS!' 'Hey man, that's not even in the song.' 'I got a little carried away, I'm sorry about that, they should put it in, they really should.'
Don't worry white people, get your Dre on; get your Dre on, get your Jay on, get your Kanye on. It's alright, it's all good, it's okay; it's got to be in the song, though." -Chris
Rock, "Kill The Messenger.