Little Mix’s famous friends begin to unfollow Jesy Nelson amid backlash

Jesy has been battling by a storm of controversy since she launched her Boyz music video final week which many have branded culturally insensitive at finest – and cultural appropriation at worst

The autumn out between Jesy Nelson and her former Little Combine bandmates has reached a brand new degree as pals loyal to the band have began to unfollow the solo starlet.

An explosive debate has raged over the previous week after 30-year-old Jesy launched the music video for her debut solo single, Boyz.

The video is dripping with references to early naughties rap music movies – sparking accusations that Jesy is attempting to acceptable and capitalise on black tradition and black historical past for her personal acquire.

There have additionally been accusations that 30-year-old Little Combine star Leigh-Anne Pinnock hit out at Jesy by messaging a fan to request they make a video accusing the Boyz singer of ‘blackfishing’ – a from of cultural appropriation.

Now a lot of music pals and collaborators who’ve labored with Little Combine over time seem to have given Jesy the chilly shoulder amid the continued backlash – as they seem to have began ‘unfollowing’ the star on-line.

The Solar experiences that fellow singer Anne Marie, who collaborated with the band on a tune referred to as Kiss My (Uh Oh): “has made it clear the place her allegiance lies” and has “unfollowed Jesy Nelson”.

The Solar additionally claims: “Paloma Religion and MNEK have supported the group publicly because the argument erupted.”

Whereas it’s unclear precisely how Paloma has supported the women, hit music author MNEK drew consideration from followers when he praised black feminine musicians – whereas taking goal at white performers who get an excessive amount of credit score.

In a tweet points in celebration of Black Historical past Month – which takes place all through October – he wrote: “from the guts, I simply wanna take this time to advertise some proficient BLACK feminine artists who I really feel deserve extra of the shine than others (others being white individuals, sure, get uncomfortable) are getting.”

The tweet was issued simply hours after Jesy launched her music video – with many followers suggesting the star was taking goal on the newly solo singer, though MNEK didn’t make any direct reference to the previous Little Combine star.

One fan tweeted: “rattling @MNEK is so actual for tweeting all these proficient black artists throughout all this jesy nelson s**t.”

There had been earlier accusations that the Little Combine girls had unfollowed Jesy on social media – nevertheless unconfirmed ‘leaked’ DM messages from Leigh-Anne have advised the solo star truly blocked her former bandmates as a substitute.

Jesy’s Boyz collaborator, Nicki Minaj – who raps on the one – has defended the star amid the continued backlash.

The 38-year-old Trinidadian singer branded Little Combine “clowns” and accused them of being “jealous” of Jesy’s solo success.

Throughout a energetic Instagram Stay debate with Jesy, Nicki hit out at her former co-stars and her critics.

Whereas Jesy herself didn’t tackle the controversy with Leigh-Anne, she laughed when Nicki ranted towards her former bandmate.

In the meantime, Jesy herself has rejected the cultural appropriation claims made towards her, saying: “I am very conscious that I am a white British girl; I’ve by no means mentioned that I wasn’t.

“However I imply, like, I like Black tradition. I like Black music. That is all I do know; it is what I grew up on.”