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ICYMI: Yung Miami Declares Herself The “Black” Oprah

Somebody get Diddy on the line to talk some sense into this girl.

Oprah Winfrey has inspired generations of tv journalists of all walks of life, but one budding entertainer turned on air host is ruffling feathers with how she sees herself stepping into the iconโ€™s footsteps. Rapper Yung Miami whoโ€™s YouTube series, Caresha Please keeps Black twitter talking, is making headlines yet again. This time, for a recent XXL Magazine interview where she unpacks her goals for the showโ€™s future, which as we find out, are a bit confusing.

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โ€œI want to take it to the next level,โ€ Miami told the publication. โ€œI want to be likeโ€”I think she has a podcast nowโ€”a person like Wendy Williams. Iโ€™m dreaming big. I want to go to the highest of the highest. I want to be the Black Oprah.โ€

Excuse me?

Obviously, some heads were being scratched following this statement as Oprah is already, well, Black. Right?

โ€œHmm since when is Oprah white?โ€ author/theologian Ekemini Uwan questioned on Twitter.

โ€œI wish Oprah would just get on here and tweet โ€˜Last Time that I Checcโ€™dโ€™ and just completely end this Yung Miami black stuff,โ€ artist Wallace Bee tweeted.

Others, while still perplexed, seemingly caught the subtle shade in the messaging.

One commenter, @EscaflowneClown wrote of the legendary talk show host/entrepreneurโ€™s impact: โ€œOprah Winfrey was able to reach the world without the age of the internet. Saying โ€˜I want to be the Black Oprahโ€™ makes no sense to me. itโ€™s not the statement yโ€™all think it is TBH and undermines her reach within Black communities.โ€

The shade being analyzed here could possibly be the fact that because of Winfreyโ€™s status and stature, many Black folks have expressed over the years that they donโ€™t find her to be relatable. Furthermore, Winfrey has also caught backlash from the Black community for โ€œtrying to tear downโ€ Black men with her support of projects such as โ€œLeaving Neverlandโ€ the documentary about Michael Jacksonโ€™s alleged (yet unproven) abuse of children. But does that strip away her Blackness?

Some people have come to the defense of Miami, including a few celebrity friends.

Fellow rapper Kash Doll took to Twitter to write: โ€œCaresha please is really funny as hell. Sheโ€™s def the next black Oprah.โ€

Miami, never concerned about the naysayers, doubled down on her statement by later tweeting: โ€œThe next ((((BLACK)))) OPRAH!!โ€

I guess she said what she said. What are your thoughts?

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