“Y’all calm down. My fat black self will be aight,” she tweeted. Baby Tate attends the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center on Sept. 12, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV/ ViacomCBS Baby Tate defended her career and current success after fans on Twitter suggested she would be further if colorism did not play a factor. On Tuesday (Jan. 4) the “Baecation” singer responded to the idea that if she had lighter skin, her career would be in a different place. Twitter user @MuvaMack shared the statement, “Baby Tate would be further If her skin was lighter truth be told,” on the social platform, continuing, “Because the talent is undeniable!!!” @MuvaMack clarified in a follow-up tweet after one user accused her of giving a “backhanded compliment,” explaining that the original tweet was not a critique aimed at Baby Tate but at the music industry. “Oh no honey; it’s not a backhand compliment. I would never; I’m a dark skinned artist .. I’m saying she deserves more but the industry playing with her due to colorism, so please,” she responded. The singer herself, however, responded with a TikTok using a filter…
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