LOS ANGELES — Rapper will.i.am is defending his blackface outfit at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards held Sunday in Los Angeles.
The Black Eyed Peas star sparked the controversy when he painted his face black and dressed in all-black for his performance alongside Nicki Minaj.
"1st. just because I where all black including head mask as expression and emphasize my outfit, it shouldn't be looked at as racial," the 35-year-old star explained on Twitter. "Let go of the past. there are far more important things 2 bark about. (Jobs, health, education) not a black man wearing all black everything.
"Are you guys serious? my outfit set 'black people back 100 yrs' choose your twits wisely. no education sets people back, no jobs, bad health."
Photo credit: Kristian Dowling / MTV
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