'She's half-black!' Halsey’s recent tribute to R&B icon Aaliyah sparked debate among her followers after some accused her of doing “blackface.”
You're on the list! Expect to receive your first email very soon!“Why is she cosplaying as a black woman?” one user asked on X after photos of Halsey impersonating the R&B singer in her iconic look from the 2001 album,
Some defend Halsey, noting her biracial background, while others criticize her for doing 'blackface'.Criticism wasn’t universal, however, as many of Halsey’s fans defended her transformation. “People need to stop. Halsey’s half-black herself,” one follower responded while sharing a photo of her African American father, Chris Frangipane.
Halsey’s recent tribute to R&B icon Aaliyah sparked debate among her followers as some accused her of doing “blackface”, accompanied by the cover of Aaliyah’s eponymous 2001 studio album, lauded as the best album of the year at the time by publications such aswas released in July of 2001, just one month before Aaliyah’s tragic passing due to an airplane accident on August 25.
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