Kurtis Blow Condemns Mark Herring's Blackface Costume "Honoring" Him

publish date: 2019-02-09
source: hiphopdx

Kurtis Blow wasn't exactly feeling the love when he discovered Virginia's Attorney General Mark Herring had once donned blackface at a college party to 'honor' the rap pioneer. On Thursday (February 7), Blow sat down with TMZ and expounded on his feelings toward the insensitive costume.
'I find it totally offensive and disrespectful, degrading,' he said. 'It's ugly. I'm praying for my man Mr. Herring right now. It's very important as a Christian that we forgive each other for our mistakes. It was definitely a mistake on his part.
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