Doja Cat has said she's "never been involved" in any racist" conversations after the hashtag #DojaCatIsOverParty began to trend on Friday following allegations that she'd taken part in racist behavior.
According to the allegations, the singer had taken part in racist video chats and wrote a song in 2015 that mocked victims of police brutality, 'Dindu Nuffin'.
Prior to being "canceled", she shared this video strutting herself on Instagram:Now, she has taken to Instagram to publically apologize for the song but denies the allegations that she has participated in racist video chats.
"I want to address what's been happening on Twitter," she wrote in an Instagram post. "I've used public chat rooms to socialize since I was a child. I shouldn't have been on some of those chat room sites, but I personally have never been involved in any racist conversations. I'm sorry to everyone I offended."
The singer continued: "I'm a black woman. Half of my family is black from South Africa and I'm very proud of where I come from."
The 24-year-old's father, South African actor Dumisani Dlamini, is best known for his role across from Whoopi Goldberg in the 1992 movie Sarafina!
Doja Cat then admitted to writing and recording 'Dindu Nuffin', but she claimed that the song was created in a bid to reclaim the term as a person of color, however, she acknowledged that it was misguided.
"As for the old song that’s resurfaced, it was in no way tied to anything outside of my own personal experience. It was written in response to people who often used that term to hurt me. I made an attempt to flip its meaning, but recognize that it was a bad decision to use the term in my music."
The singer wrote: "I understand my influence and impact and I'm taking this all very seriously. I love you all and I'm sorry for upsetting or hurting any of you. That's not my character, and I'm determined to show that to everyone moving forward. Thank you."
Doja Cat's apology comes after she has shot to fame in recent months, having recently achieved her first Billboard No 1. for the 'Say So' remix with Nicki Minaj just two weeks ago, per Vulture.
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