‘Went Full-On Karen’: Black Twitter Defends Black Professor After DJ Vlad Threatens to Get Her Fired from Princeton for Telling Him to Butt Out of Hip-hop Thread Because He’s White

Vladislav Lyubovny, also known as hip-hop media personality DJ Vlad, learned that he’s not as beloved in the rap community as he thought after an online back-and-forth with a Princeton professor had Black Twitter calling for his cancellation. It began on Saturday, May 4, when Kendrick Lamar dropped “Not Like Us,” his latest contribution to his myriad of diss tracks aimed at Drake over the past week. While most listeners were impressed by the Bay Area influence of the DJ Mustard-produced beat and the catchiness of K. Dot’s lyrics, DJ Vlad drew his attention to other areas. “Kendrick’s ‘Not Like Us’ needed a better mix. It takes away from the song,” he tweeted. Morgan Jerkins, whose X profile lists her as faculty at Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts creative writing program, responded to Vlad’s tweet, saying, “You are WHITE. This is a BLACK FOLK AFFAIR.” The response from Jerkins set off the DJ-turned-journalist, who then threatened to get her fired from her job. “Wait, so a professor at @Princeton is telling me that a white person shouldn’t be allowed to voice their opinion about Hip-Hop?” Vlad stated before asking, “Is that how you interact with your students?” Black...