I admit to being older then the favored demo so I ain't too up on my slang but...

Just read this:

Justin Timberlake Calls Madonna His "Ninja" on Her Birthday, Sparks Twitter Outrage

Justin Timberlake found himself in hot water after calling Madonna his "mother chucking ninja" on Twitter in honor of her 56th birthday Credit: Mike Marsland/WireImage.com; Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com

Justin Timberlake Blasted For Calling Madonna His “Ninja” On Her Birthday [Photos]

NEWS, PHOTO OPS, GALLERY

» by Trent Clark (@ItsMeTC15) Aug 18 2014, 1:14pm

Justin Timberlake may be able to text Jay Z and Timbaland at a moment’s notice, but perhaps he has been overestimating the credit limit on his Black card.

Madonna celebrated her 56th birthday over the weekend and the 20/20 Experience composer had every bit of sincerity when he saluted her for another year of life. His choice of words in doing so, however, were highly questionable.

“A happiest of Bdays to my mother chucking ninja, @Madonna!! Hope you have a great one, M!,” he exclaimed.

Even the most casual inhabitant of the Hip-Hop culture knows that “ninja” is a visual and auditory safe substitute for the n-word. And Timberlake, a benefactor of a huge career that bridges the best of pop and R&B, clearly was aware of this as well.

Almost immediately, the tweet was deleted but the collateral damage was inevitable. A public defender might argue that Madonna may thrive on the word, seeing that her comfort level with the hood appears to be clearly intact, but two wrongs still don’t calculate a right solution.

Flip through the pages below to see the outrage the birthday tweet sparked. Barring the opaque cop out that there are bigger issues in the world, let us know if you think JT should be excused for his salutation or not in the comments below.

- See more at: http://hiphopwired.com/20...H75eQ.dpuf

Justin Timberlake Blasted For Calling Madonna His “Ninja” On Her Birthday [Photos]

NEWS, PHOTO OPS, GALLERY

» by Trent Clark (@ItsMeTC15) Aug 18 2014, 1:14pm

Justin Timberlake may be able to text Jay Z and Timbaland at a moment’s notice, but perhaps he has been overestimating the credit limit on his Black card.

Madonna celebrated her 56th birthday over the weekend and the 20/20 Experience composer had every bit of sincerity when he saluted her for another year of life. His choice of words in doing so, however, were highly questionable.

“A happiest of Bdays to my mother chucking ninja, @Madonna!! Hope you have a great one, M!,” he exclaimed.

Even the most casual inhabitant of the Hip-Hop culture knows that “ninja” is a visual and auditory safe substitute for the n-word. And Timberlake, a benefactor of a huge career that bridges the best of pop and R&B, clearly was aware of this as well.

Almost immediately, the tweet was deleted but the collateral damage was inevitable. A public defender might argue that Madonna may thrive on the word, seeing that her comfort level with the hood appears to be clearly intact, but two wrongs still don’t calculate a right solution.

Flip through the pages below to see the outrage the birthday tweet sparked. Barring the opaque cop out that there are bigger issues in the world, let us know if you think JT should be excused for his salutation or not in the comments below.

- See more at: http://hiphopwired.com/20...H75eQ.dpuf

it must be a slow news week,lol.

SoulAlive said:

it must be a slow news week,lol.

THis week has been filed with Ninja news, maybe that's why.

This is really the first fuck up the Timberlake PR have ever had. That team is tight cause you never hear or see anything negative bout Justin.

I have a Filipino friend with three sons and I often see him on facebook referring to them as "my three ninjas" I guess that's offensive,too?? I swear,people need to lighten up!

I knew he would get called racists someday

Racist? Nah. Opportunist, appropriator, spineless, disloyal and all out asshole? Yes.

But he's a rich pretty bo who can sing and dance just enough to get byy, so people don't care.

Well... he DIDN'T say the N-word. He chose the words he wanted to. If Ninjas all over the world are offended, I'm sure there will be an apology released by his PR team. I don't know why people even made a big deal of this. He didn't curse, wished a friend Happy Birthday, and that should hardly count as newsworthy. For Pete's sake, people really should loosen up or get a life! "Ninja" as the new N-word? No.

Now I'm normally one of the biggest Timberlake haters around, but even I have to admit that this is seriously pushing it.

Criminally stupid. Not Justin, the fuss. Grow the fuck up media.

BlaqueKnight said:

Racist? Nah. Opportunist, appropriator, spineless, disloyal and all out asshole? Yes.

But he's a rich pretty bo who can sing and dance just enough to get byy, so people don't care.

My thoughts exactly.

Does anyone think Timberlake doesn't hear how casually the word "nigga" is tossed

around his all black band? I like him, but he's smelling himself and needs to be

checked. And although I'm making an assumption here, so does JT's Black friends.

But, he won't be: the media hears how cavalier we are with the word and will let JT

get away with it. I used to defend Timberlake against the claims that he thinks he's

Black, but this incident don't help my argument.

Cavalier...

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duccichucka said:

Does anyone think Timberlake doesn't hear how casually the word "nigga" is tossed

around his all black band? I like him, but he's smelling himself and needs to be

checked. And although I'm making an assumption here, so does JT's Black friends.

But, he won't be: the media hears how cavalier we are with the word and will let JT

get away with it. I used to defend Timberlake against the claims that he thinks he's

Black, but this incident don't help my argument.

what exactly is he "getting away it"? If that word is so offensive,then it shouldn't be okay for anyone to use it.But anyway,he didn't use that word.He used the word "ninja".

whitechocolatebrotha said:

Oh, I see. So, it's okay 2 call someone "my NIGGA," which sounds JUST AS ATROCIOUS and OFFENSIVE as "nigger," but to say "Ninja..." I see...I got it...yup. People need 2 get lives and cut the SHEET. And

Exactly.

I don't think anyone is saying it's OK to say "my n!gga", but if on the street they're substituting ninja in place of n!gga or the other one, then semantically it's the same thing as saying said other words. Of course it's not ACTUALLY saying the same thing, but no one here was born yesterday.

Let's focus on real issues of the world.

The answer here is obvious.

He isn't a racist, he's a black-wannabe.

"Ninja" is NOT a racial slur.

It's strange that Madge is the same age as my Mother...As for Timberlake he was only doing what Pop Culture is doing. No he's not a Racist. Hip-Hop has turned the "N" word into something else and made it okay for White people to say it freely. Now let's talk about the obvious...He has 34 Million people Following him on Twitter so he knew it was gonna blow-up...I still havent forgotten how he threw Janet under the bus years ago...I have not let that go...He definitely has a Bitch-slapping coming..

TonyVanDam said:

"Ninja" is NOT a racial slur.

Yes it can be viewed as a racial Slur if you're Black....Ninja is a nice and ignorant way of saying Nigga....That's what he said and that's what he meant but he's not a racist...He just needed some promotion this weekend since he wasnt given an invitation to the Lame MTV Awards...

novabrkr said:

The answer here is obvious.

He isn't a racist, he's a black-wannabe.

Yea but he is a fraud. He wants to be down with blacks and say "my nigga" but doesn't want to ride or die with them. He got dragged on social media for this and he deserve it!

Madonna is a racist, I do know that.

Chancellor said:

TonyVanDam said:

"Ninja" is NOT a racial slur.

Yes it can be viewed as a racial Slur if you're Black....Ninja is a nice and ignorant way of saying Nigga....That's what he said and that's what he meant but he's not a racist...He just needed some promotion this weekend since he wasnt given an invitation to the Lame MTV Awards...

This is a new one for me. I can never watch a martial arts film from the 1980's with ninjas the same way again like I used to because "ninja" is coded for "n***a" in 2014.

2freaky4church1 said:

Madonna is a racist, I do know that.

Thats how I took this whole thing, Justin was making fun of Madonna for her saying that bout her son instrgram.

SoulAlive said:

duccichucka said:

Does anyone think Timberlake doesn't hear how casually the word "nigga" is tossed

around his all black band? I like him, but he's smelling himself and needs to be

checked. And although I'm making an assumption here, so does JT's Black friends.

But, he won't be: the media hears how cavalier we are with the word and will let JT

get away with it. I used to defend Timberlake against the claims that he thinks he's

Black, but this incident don't help my argument.

what exactly is he "getting away it"? If that word is so offensive,then it shouldn't be okay for anyone to use it.But anyway,he didn't use that word.He used the word "ninja".

I don't really follow your reply. But the media did not make a big deal out of the fact that

Justin Timberlake used "ninja," which is internet-code for "nigga." The media, I'm surmising

didn't make it a big deal because either they don't know how Timberlake was using the word

"ninja" and aren't privy to that knowledge, or, Timberlake is, as BK pointed out, a pretty

whiteboy who can sing, and therefore, gets a pass.

And I disagree with you: white people should feel embarassed to use the word "nigga" and all

of its derivatives, and ought to not use it while Blacks, and rightfully so, have expropriated its

use. If you don't like this, then I suggest you create a time machine and go back and wipe

out all American slave trading practices. I support Black people's use of the word. White

people cannot use it, or its derivatives, with impunity.

Yawn.

uhhhhh. yeah. Moving on.