Rapper Sexyy Red Criticized by Martin Luther King Jr.’s Daughter Bernice for ‘Deplorable and Disrespectful’ AI Image Featuring Her Father

American rapper, Sexyy Red was slammed by Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, over a controversial AI image she posted on the national holiday marking the birthday of the late civil rights leader.Bernice, 61, asked the 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Janae Nierah Wherry, to take down the image, which depicted Sexyy Red holding hands with the iconic American activist, who was assassinated on April 4, 1968, at the old Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.  ‘This is intentionally distasteful, dishonoring, deplorable, and disrespectful to my family and my father, who is not here to respond himself because he was assassinated for working for your civil and human rights and to end war and poverty,’ Bernice said in a tweet, asking Sexyy Red to ‘please delete’ the post, which she did.  In a subsequent post, Bernice told her followers that she had nothing against Sexyy Red, but took offense to the depiction of her father in that vein.’Please dont project your thoughts onto me,’ Bernice said. ‘I dont believe Sexyy Red to be a “degenerate,” “ghetto,” or “trash.” ‘I have spoken out in the past about the use of and comparison to either of my parents to denigrate other people.’  Bernice said she didn’t understand ‘this type of use’ of her late father’s image ‘in a way that does not convey what we know to be true about his service and sacrifice,’ particularly ‘on #MLKDay, no less.’Bernice added, ‘Even if you disagree with him or with his tactics or even believe things said about him by people who hated him, why do this?’Sexxy Red on Tuesday evening took down the image and acknowledged Bernice’s post, ‘You aint wrong, never meant to disrespect your family my apologies. Just [reposted] something I saw that I thought was innocent.’ Bernice replied, ‘Thank you for your apology, which I sincerely accept. Please know that it was not my intention that you be denigrated. I value you as a human being.She continued, ‘I hope you understand my concerns about the image. I know that my father has become a bit of a caricature to the world and that his image is often used with no regard to his family, his sacrificial work, or the tragic, unjust way in which he died (a state-sanctioned assassination). The post Rapper Sexyy Red slammed by Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter Bernice over ‘deplorable and disrespectful’ AI picwithherdad appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.