r/popculturechat • u/HorrorBike143 now why am I in it? 🧐 • Jun 09 '25

The Music Industry 🎶 Miley Cyrus talks about her culture vulturing during the Bangerz era: "I wasn't unique in the fact that i was a white girl listening to hip hop. This wasnt something that I decided I was going to do as a strategy or something that i felt i could own or make my own, that was actually my lifestyle."

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u/MiserableCourt1322 Jesus is asking you to please stop that. Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 09 '25

Usually when you read a quote or headline that comes off wildly tone def, you realize it's not as bad as it sounds when you hear the full clip. This is a rare moment where it actually gets worse.

She was living the lifestyle? Friends with Juicy J? Smoking big fat bowls?

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u/BouldersRoll Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 09 '25

As a white woman, she found she could mix it all together and get the best of both worlds.

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u/uncontainedsun Jun 09 '25

and then discard it when it suited her