Despite lacking anything approaching a hit song, she's been catapulted into the spotlight and exposed to ridicule among bloggers almost entirely because of the N-word. (Our own Shea Serrano called her an "ignorant broad.") Her brazenness in this regard is nearly without precedent among white rappers. Though Eminem did use the word on a tape he recorded as a teenager, he has since renounced it. More recently, white Cleveland rapper Machine Gun Kelly — who also has a half-black child — told XXL he "wouldn't touch that shit. Not where I'm from."
The subject causes V-Nasty to grow defensive, and she insists that no one could mistake her for racist. After all, her kids' father, with whom she is no longer together, is black; her current boyfriend is, too. She also seeks to distinguish "nigga" — which she uses — from "nigger," which she doesn't. "Now if I hear somebody say it with an '-er,' I'm gonna speak up! I don't take that shit lightly. I wish somebody would come up and call my daughter or my son the N-word in that way."
She also associates the word with working-class culture ("What, 'cause of my skin I can't be ghetto?") and feels unfairly singled out, considering that other nonblack rappers like Fat Joe, whose parents are of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent, use the epithet with immunity.
Nonetheless, she's decided to stop using it in her rhymes, she says, though she won't do so when talking with friends. "They're used to it, they don't give a fuck, you feel me? In Oakland it doesn't matter."
Indeed, both Kreayshawn and Stretch, who is black and also shares their hometown, have asserted that use of the N-word among other races in Oakland is not a big deal. At the end of the day it seems clear that the word is, somehow, a part of her identity.
V-Nasty still hasn't earned her GED but wants to go back to school. "I'm [more] retarded than a motherfucker," she says. But she's clearly not stupid, and in fact seems eager to break the cycle of poverty and violence she grew up with. She wants her 5-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son "to have whatever the fuck they want, learn, have a career," and hopes to move her mom out of Oakland.
Still, the city made her who she is, and she remains in many ways stubbornly loyal to it. "If you're not being yourself, who you gonna be?" she posits. "You can't be somebody else, can't act all the time. Nah, this is me."
But staying too true to herself might hinder her chance at fame. With Kreayshawn's major-label debut scheduled to arrive early next year, V-Nasty likely will be heavily scrutinized by the national press. If she's presentable, she may have an opportunity to recast her image and find a wider audience; then again, her passion, unrefined sensibilities, and refusal to become a chameleon are what endeared her to her fans in the first place.
She doesn't seem to worry too much about this artistic conflict, however, considering she's already more successful than she could have imagined.
"I never thought I was gonna have a good job. I thought I was gonna be broke all my life," she says with a delighted giggle.
Hers is a good story, and America loves a reformed sinner. But it's the unrepentant ones we remember best.
The rest of will benefit when she's removed from the street. Hopefully sooner than later. A GED should have been the condition from her last release. In a less crowded state she'd still be in the slam. This article calls her "clearly not stupid". Rebecca you should rethink your choice of words, particularly "not".
That bitch is a disgrace!!! how dare you think you can use nigga freely?? I come from the deep south.... a place where that word has a powerful meaning, and if you aren't black saying it... coming from a CRACKER...or should I say CRACKA to be more endearing lol....sounds stupid right...you will, not can get hurt. Trust I've seen a CRACKA get all her fronts knocked down her throat ok. And she was supposed to be "down" as you black loving CRACKAS say. There is a generation of whites and blacks that are still living that fought a social war over race,and this word was one of the many terms used to disgrace us. People say "well yall say it, why can't we?" If you haven't experienced racism first hand you'd never be able to relate. Have someone follow you around a store you shopping in, pulled over if you are seen on the "wrong side" of town, ignore you when you sit down at a restaurant, or constantly reminded by media, politics, etc that you are a second class citizen and still are not seen as equals to whites because of your color. The civil rights movement was onIy 60 years ago! I mean damn, CRACKAS even tried to make us believe that Jesus was a blond haired blue eyed white man lol!! Blacks did what we had to do and take power from the word for ourselves because these CRACKAS wasn't about to. So therefore, is it ok for us to say it amongst each other? Not really,it's still a derogatory term but we share a racial comradery,history, and modern reality to the process and struggle of racial persecution. I don't care how many CRACKAS say that aren't racist or prejudiced against minorities, more than half of them are but will never admit it. I guess since the dumb broad dropped out and didn't learn shit, she wouldn't know the history behind the culture. There are some things that are meant to left alone and some things will not change, such as: there will NEVER be a black KKK member, there will always be illegal immigrants, and it will NEVER EVER EVER EVER be ok for some politically,socially, and morally absent goofy ass CRACKA to say NIGGA. Yall CRACKAS mad??? Hahahaha maybe now you'll get it....oh, and I hope Ms. Vanessa, i refuse to refer to this nasty part because there is nothing nasty but her mouth,ignorance, and sloppy ass body... reads this, maybe I was able to educate her dumbass. No matter how many NIGGAS you fuck, have babies by, cool with, mob with, you will NEVER be one of us. So fall back and know your place my CRACKA LOL!!!
Way to fuel the flames of racism, you fucking idiot. You want to talk about how shitty racism is, but every thing you say is unbelievably racist.  You look stupid trying to say people are racist against you then talking about how quickly you'd kill a white bitch. Racism goes both ways, and it's time morons like you learned that. Calm the fuck down and take a good look at yourself before you try talking shit, you contradictory twit.
you sound ignorant as fuck. why are you giving a word that much power? shes doing more for equality than you are because you keep differentiating between races. stop being a dumb nigga and get with the movement
Dear Ignorant Redneck,
No words are off limits to anyone. And it's certainly not your place to tell ANYONE what the hell they can say.
Sincerely, a decedent of a slave.
I'd f_ck the shit outta v nasty and kreayshawn, wonder if they down for a 3 some? Kreayshawn has some nice tittes too, i'd love to suck em clean.
This dumb hooker. Yo ima tell y'all right now, I'm from the south, I chill with a lot of brothers, I could say the N-word all I want, but I don't because it's offensive as shit. Most white people don't say it. The ones that do say it in the privacy of their home or they just r wannabes and make them think they r more black(by the way it don't). This is just her only way of getting her name out And it's worked. Shit just look at this fuckin idiots comments on top of the forum. I mean come on his name is KreyMuse lmao!The whole white girl mafia is a fuckin joke and is just hurting hip hop.
am I the only fuckin person over age 30 who really gets this shit. wtf we all listened to n.w.a, too short ,tupac.its called artistic evolution. accept change its the only thing thats constant!kreayshawn and vnasty r doin it and thanx to the interweb we can all enjoy.btw white girl is a product and im rainbowmobbin.
Ur point is just offensive as V Skanky using the word. I think reading ur post Just made me dumber.
why in the fuck do you continue to write about these tacky broads who are detrimental to hip hop and life in general. no one cares. stop.
I get so fucking tired of white folks defending their right to be racist either in words or deeds! Listen up white people! Not cool to use the word "nigger" or its bastardize version "nigga".
Intelligent white folks know better and would never write an article in defense of a knucklehead like V-Nasty.
Kreayshawn and that "house negro" Stretch are in desparate need of a geography lesson, cause last time I checked Oakland is still part of America and a white person calling a black stranger a "nigger" in Oakland is still an invitation for an ass whoopin just like in any other part of this country.
As far as Fat Joe goes, no doubt the big boy has some black in him as is the case with the majority of Puerto Ricans and Cubans.
he has black in him? dawg we all come from common ancestors, we all got black in us. the fuck are you doing for the african american movement? not shit except complaining on the internet about some white bitch that sees past color.
and in case you didnt read, she has two black kids, that means shes had some black in her too. so ya homie, dont go actin all self righteous cuzz you definitely dont deserve any recognition
Find everything you're looking for in your city
Find the best happy hour deals in your city
Get today's exclusive deals at savings of anywhere from 50-90%
Check out the hottest list of places and things to do around your city
