{"id":5049,"date":"2026-03-17T17:26:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/glasses-malone-claims-jack-harlows-neo-soul-shift-is-a-form-of-modern-blackface\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T17:26:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:26:27","slug":"glasses-malone-claims-jack-harlows-neo-soul-shift-is-a-form-of-modern-blackface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/glasses-malone-claims-jack-harlows-neo-soul-shift-is-a-form-of-modern-blackface\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasses Malone Claims Jack Harlow\u2019s Neo-Soul Shift Is A Form Of \u2018Modern Blackface\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Jack Harlow is facing some serious allegations from LA rapper and crip-affiliate Glasses Malone. On Monday (Mar.16), Glasses Malone hopped on X, sharing a photo of the album cover to Harlow\u2019s latest project, <em>Monica<\/em>. According to the outspoken rapper, Harlow\u2019s new Soulquarian-inspired aesthetic is a form of \u201cmodern blackface.\u201d On the cover, Harlow dons a brown newsboy cap, shades, and a brown, corduroy sweater. <\/p>\n<p><em>Monica<\/em> and its surrounding rollout have sparked a lot of discussion online. The rapper seems to have entered a new phase. Unlike his previous work, Harlow made a bold shift by adopting a more early 2000s Neo-Soul-inspired sound. Similarly, with his style, he\u2019s swapped out his sneakers and designer T-shirts for a more relaxed look\u2014think Common in the early 2000s\u2014complete with a flat cap and oversized jeans.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">this is \u201cmodern\u201d black face <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XJ2zqO0Gbj\">pic.twitter.com\/XJ2zqO0Gbj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glasses Malone <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1f3f4-200d-2620-fe0f.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> (@gmalone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gmalone\/status\/2033638862497722870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Harlow is facing some serious allegations from LA rapper and crip-affiliate Glasses Malone. On Monday (Mar.16), Glasses Malone hopped&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14044,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-5049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-rss","tag-culture","tag-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}