If you had to choose between St. Louis-born rapper Nelly and Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks to comment publicly on the Mike Brown murder in Ferguson, Missouri, surely you’d figured Nelly would be the one.
You’d be entirely wrong. Phaedra, apparently on her own accorded headed down to Ferguson with no camera crew in two to provide some comfort to the McSpadden/Brown families in the wake of the loss of their firstborn son.
She was photographed with Delsurea Harris, Michael Brown’s grandmother at a news conference earlier in the week. Parks later tweeted:
During my St. Louis visit, I had the pleasure of meeting #MichaelBrown’s mother Lesley McSpadden. Although, we come from different places & backgrounds, we are very much alike-We are both black women & mothers who deeply love our sons. Unfortunately, she is planning her son’s funeral while I struggle to make sure my sons never know her son’s fate. #fixitjesus #JusticeforMikeBrown #Ferguson #prayforpeace #prayforstlouis #StopPoliceBrutality
Click over to see what made Nelly’s fans so mad.
Nelly however, had been silent about the case (along with most of hip-hop who responded more to the Robin Williams death than Mike Brown’s) until he made the mistake of posting about his new Cheerios commercial as a #TBT in the midst of the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. (WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE)
Since Nelly is repping the Lou when he’s rapping, his fans felt the owed the Brown family and the city of Ferguson a little bit more support. Several of his followers pointed out that he talked to Lesley McSpaddden, Brown’s mother and to his credit he did not do so for the publicity.
But should he have said more? Or do we expect too much from celebs when it comes to politics?
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