Asher Roth Responds To Racist Accusations
Thursday, April 30 2009 7:27 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: True Story 
Today, Asher released a statement regarding this whole fiasco.
“The twitter situation was an immature attempt to poke fun at an infamously moronic joke. In doing so, I unconsciously stooped to the level of its originator, making it just as bad, if not worse. Pathetic. Lesson learned – nothing good can come from repeating hateful words, regardless of your intentions. Leaving no context in what was being said and being presented through text (no facial or vocal inflection) the sarcasm of the joke (or lack there of) was not properly perceived and left it purely in bad taste. I immediately apologized for my immaturity but the apologies and original post were deleted by my team in an effort to prevent more people from being offended. Unfortunately, the deletion of these statements led several people to believe that my apology was insincere, which is why I have made the decision to release this statement.”
Thank you, Mr. Roth. Now, back to regularly scheduled programming.





Who are you and what have you done with Guru? Seriously, we go from the emotional rollercoaster ride of thinkin' we're gonna lose one of the game's greatest MCs to some sick pathetic soap opera involving a man of no blood or kin relation denying family members the right to see their loved one. Now yes Keith Elam may not wanna reconcile with folks he hasn't been on good terms with for the past seven years but that's his decision not yours. From the outside lookin' in, you seem really shady. And if Guru's nephew claim is true that you signed documents as Keith Elam's brother and your wife as his sister than that's just plain alarming. An abuse of power. Releasing statements to websites and official Twitter accounts in Guru's name when he doesn't appear to be able to speak on his own behalf is also misleading and completely wrong. Be clear: At this point the only thing relevant and important is the status of Guru's health. Nobody gives a fuck about you or 7 Grand. Guru's legacy is Gang Starr. DJ Premier and Guru made classics. You and Guru make crap. And you should get slapped for meddling in family business.
I'm not dissin' but you shoulda stayed missing. Everybody in the club get tipsy. Nobody in the club remember your name. Damn shame.
Thank you Ms. PR Rep for the statement
I don’t think anyone was seriously thinking this dude was racist. It was like, he was apologizing at first but didn’t understand how his joke offended people.
Seems to me like, he pulled the ideals from the mountain of @replies he got and put it together, to create a pretty statement. I mean, it’s whatever. I’d rather he slip now, then do like Em, pull you in, THEN, you get your heart broke when a tape comes out…*shrugs*
Yeah …almost 1 year ..later lol
thats good enough for you?
you weak my nigga