Lil Uzi Vert Responds to Accusations of Cultural Appropriation
Early Sunday morning (Feb. 7), Uzi posted screenshots from his Instagram Story to Twitter, which contained images of one woman and two men, presumably of Hindu culture. The individuals have a symbolic marking on the center of their foreheads, which is called Bindu. In Hindu culture, Bindi is associated with Ajna Chakra—or the third eye chakra—and signifies the subconscious mind.
Lil Uzi captioned the image, "I’m just a Average dude Man," including the man shrugging his shoulders emoji, along with the gem and flame emojis.
A Twitter user named @johnnyHfolly replied to the tweet, raising the question of cultural appropriation. "Where r all the people saying cultural appropriation? I guess it doesn't matter when it's asian cultures," she tweeted yesterday afternoon.