I don’t care what anybody says. The “pandemy” was more than a global scale transpiration of germs. A quick glimpse at the state of the world and it’s clear that planet Earth rotated into a galactic portal, taking us into a new wonky dimension. In this dimension, good is bad, wrong is right, and there’s one word to describe the world — unhinged. But, those things are a bigger conversation to have on another day. For now, it’s all about the petty past rising to the surface, thanks to a universe that’s all about retribution.
The latest PR pocket rocket stirring up trouble surrounds the up-and-coming music artist Saucy Santana. In a nutshell, the “Walk Em Like A Dog” recording artist was put on blast for some old tweets in which he recklessly defamed the great names of Beyonce and Blue Ivy, her daughter with husband Jay-Z.
In what felt like something an envious person would say, Saucy Santana, born Justin Harris, decidedly criticized Blue Ivy’s hair and looks in 2014, while taking on Queen Bey herself with a derogatory comment about her pregnancy in 2017. Ironically enough, someone who is clearly a hater of the former makeup artist for the City Girls reintroduced the world to the tweets ahead of a Summer Jam performance he was scheduled to do in Beyonce’s beloved hometown, Houston.
Saucy’s response to the upheaval was slightly apologetic, although he was more focused on returning the energy to his critics.
“People don’t care about old tweets. The internet have this weird thing with power! Thinking they have the power to cancel someone,” Saucy Santana said. “News flash! You don’t! Y’all be thinking y’all have someone by the balls about situations you don’t give a d–n about.”
Saucy’s career has been skyrocketing as of late with many of his songs going viral on social media and being featured on the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: Miami. At this stage, publicity is the name of the game to keep up the momentum. Despite his former disdain of the Beyonce tribe, it didn’t stop him from sampling her hit single “Crazy in Love” for his song “Booty,” which he courageously performed in Houston on Saturday.
He continues in his tweet, “Stop all that cap! Tryna ruin ppl careers cuz you at home miserable and broke. I was miserable and broke too making childish, hateful tweets in 2104. Im 28 years old. A grown a– adult. A completely different mindset on life from when I was 20.”
It’s safe to say that the reason Saucy was hating on Mrs. Knowles Carter so much is that he wanted to be her — or at least have a “career” similar to hers that comes with the adoration of fans and accolades of the industry.
And that’s how a hater will do. Some folks will have constructive criticism or observations that will bring enlightenment or a new awareness, while others will act like you’re the one who is “dry” when all along that very same person wanted what you have. Is it at all surprising that Saucy is stepping into his own divine destiny as a performer?
As one famous rapper said, jealousy is a form of love — a distorted admiration that is overtaken by a desperate need of inclusion. Now that Saucy is included, meaning he is on the other side of celebrity where he, too, can be targeted for every little move he makes, he will be better to empathize with those he once unfairly held to perfection.
There’s saving grace for Saucy Santana in all this, however. First things first, those without tweets cast the first stone. Many people are willing to have mercy on someone who is regretful and willing to change their ways. Second, Saucy can rest assure that the same haters who are going at him may be the same ones who want to be in his shoes — something he can relate to.
