Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
When Jack Harlow sat on the New York Times Popcast and said he “got blacker” making an R&B-leaning album, the instinct is to roll your eyes and file it under “tone-deaf white boy says something wild.”
Cue all the smart people ready to break down the cultural theft and appropriation of Black art.
But that’s not actually what’s interesting here. What’s interesting is that he told on himself.
When Jack Harlow sat on the New York Times Popcast and said he “got blacker” making an R&B-leaning album, the instinct is to roll your eyes and file it under “tone-deaf white boy says something wild.”
Cue all the smart people ready to break down the cultural theft and appropriation of Black art.
But that’s not actually what’s interesting here. What’s interesting is that he told on himself.
