Ma$e has addressed those who have been criticizing the most popular trope from his talk show with Cam’ron, citing an unlikely ally in their defense.
On an episode of It Is What It Is that went live on Thursday (February 8), both co-hosts had a discussion about clickbait and clout-chasing in reference to Ocho Cinco‘s claim that he’ll divorce his wife, become celibate and stop eating McDonald’s if the Kansas City Chiefs lose the Super Bowl this year.
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While they were on the subject, Murda took the opportunity to talk about the show’s recurring use of “pause,” which many consider childish and vulgar for its forced homosexual innuendos.
“For all of you guys that’s getting mad at us by saying ‘pause,’” he began. “Saucy Santana even says ‘pause.’ He co-signs us — we’re good.”
Cam’ron, who has been playing the “pause” game for years now, recently admitted that it’s been getting out of hand.
“Sometimes I try to take it out,” he told Complex last year. “But as soon as I do somebody’s in the comments like, ‘Yo, that’s crazy, Cam. How you ain’t say pause? That was wild — you ain’t gonna say pause?’
“Then I gotta be petty and keep saying this shit because now n-ggas coming at me like I said some wild shit. So to answer your question, I don’t even want to say it that much, but shit done got out of hand, man. Shit, the pause shit has got out of hand, man.”
He continued: “I learned that shit when I was like 12, 13 years old from East Harlem, Jefferson Projects, man. It’s one of them things to stand on your toes like, oh, it’s a joke. You know, people don’t have to get that offended. We have no beef with LGBTQ. Like what I say to that is you can create your own shit.
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“N-gga be like, ‘Yo, I’m gonna get some pussy — like, no hetero.’ You could change the game however you want, my n-gga. It’s not subscribed to one particular sexuality. It’s whatever. However you wanna play the game.”
