LeBron James has 45.8 million followers on Instagram and one of the things those followers get to see a lot is LeBron driving along (or at home, or at the gym) singing along to whatever hip-hop song he’s into that day. On Saturday, that was 21 Savage’s “ASMR.”
Among the lyrics in that song LeBron sang along to was the line, “We been getting that Jewish money, Everything is Kosher.”
That didn’t sit well with a number of Jewish people, and the Action Network’s business reporter Darren Rovell called LeBron out for it.
Surprised LeBron, who makes very few mistakes, put this out. Does quoting lyrics from a song absolve the person quoting from the responsibility behind the words? I’d argue no, especially with a following of 45 million. pic.twitter.com/efv9gkXres
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) December 23, 2018
LeBron apologized, speaking to Dave McMenamin of ESPN Sunday night after the Lakers lost to Memphis at home.
Rovell accepted that apology.
Knew that @KingJames would apologize for quoting “Jewish $.” One of the reasons he’s the off-the-court star he is is because he has an impressive emotional intelligence who, considering his time in social media age, has made so few mistakes https://t.co/3bIUveWkwK
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) December 24, 2018
On his Instagram account, Rovell offered an explanation to those that needed it of why the line is offensive to Jewish people.
