Who Controls Blackness?

Who Controls Blackness?

What does it mean to be Black… and who actually gets to define it?

In this episode of Nappy Thoughts, Xab (The Nappy CEO) and Jay (The Nappy OG) explore the relationship between Black identity, culture, and control. What starts as a conversation around white artists identifying with Blackness quickly turns into a deeper question:

Is Blackness something you can enter… or something you’re born into?

We break down the difference between appropriation and identification, challenge the idea of Blackness as a “nation,” and confront a harder truth:

Black culture has influence.
Black culture has power.
But does it have control?

This isn’t about giving answers.
It’s about thinking deeper.

Until next time… keep it nappy.