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Best Coast Member Claims Chris Brown's Song "Perpetuates Rape Culture" - AllHipHop

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Best Coast Member Claims Chris Brown’s Song “Perpetuates Rape Culture”

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) Chris Brown has faced a lot of scrutiny throughout his career. The R&B singer is now being slammed by a member of the band Best Coast. Vocalist Bethany Cosentino took to Twitter to call out CB for his Top 20 hit “Back To Sleep.” [ALSO READ: Chris Brown “Throws Shade” At Kehlani & PartyNextDoor In Defense Of Kyrie Irving] Cosentino went on an extended tweet rant claiming the Royalty single was about rape. She took issue with the song’s chorus: “Just let me rock, f-ck you back to sleep girl. Don’t say a word no, don’t you talk. Just hold on tight to me girl. F-ck you back to sleep girl rock you back.” Cosentino posted, “You already know how I feel about Chris Brown – but WHY/HOW are those lyrics ok? Cool, a song that perpetuates rape culture being a hit.” She later added, “How about this for a review: singing about f-cking a girl back to sleep/telling her dont say a word is singing about rape + it’s disgusting.” While the indie rock singer’s interpretation of the song suggested the lyrics are about rape, others took the track’s theme to be about Brown returning home in the middle of the night to his girlfriend after a long trip. He finds her asleep. She then wakes up to greet him before they engage in sex. The idea of rape being promoted in music has become a very sensitive issue in recent years. Both Rick Ross and Rich Homie Quan faced backlash over lyrics that were perceived to be about sexual abuse of women. [ALSO READ: Rapper Rick Ross Lands Victory In Court; Rape Case Dismissed] Read Bethany Cosentino’s tweets and watch the video for Chris Brown’s “Back To Sleep” below. Going on a rant…get ready… — Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016 “just let me rock, f### you back to sleep girl, don’t say a word no, girl don’t you talk” are lyrics to the chorus of a VERY popular song — Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016 You already know how I feel about Chris Brown – but WHY/HOW are those lyrics ok? Cool, a song that perpetuates rape culture being a hit. — Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016 ???????????? x infinity at that trash/anyone who thinks its OK to sing about f###### a girl back to sleep + telling her to not say a word — Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016 This isn’t just about that idiot tho- the fact that’s a song in popular culture that some A&R person was like “this is great” saddens me — Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016 .@billboard‘s review of that song “excels as a quality addition to his catalog’s stellar collection of panty-dropping and baby-making songs” — Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016 How about this for a review: singing about f###### a girl back to sleep/telling her dont say a word is singing about rape + it’s disgusting — Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016 Last thing then I’m out- it’s an issue even if someone else was singing those lyrics. Rape culture is everywhere + it’s a BIG problem. — Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016 https://t.co/4xFVUxkN1z SHOW ME WHERE HE ONCE ASKS THE WOMAN IF ITS OK TO WAKE HER UP WITH SEX? NO, HES TELLING HER HE’S GOING TO DO IT. — Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016 4 those of you that don’t understand the definition of “consensual sex” – it’s not TELLING a woman yr gonna wake her up 2 f### her. BYE ✌?️ — Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016 Ok I’m for real done with Twitter for today- but this is the last I’ll say on the subject. ✌?️? pic.twitter.com/Y8oiINVykR — Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

(AllHipHop News) Chris Brown has faced a lot of scrutiny throughout his career. The R&B singer is now being slammed by a member of the band Best Coast. Vocalist Bethany Cosentino took to Twitter to call out CB for his Top 20 hit “Back To Sleep.”

[ALSO READ: Chris Brown “Throws Shade” At Kehlani & PartyNextDoor In Defense Of Kyrie Irving]

Cosentino went on an extended tweet rant claiming the Royalty single was about rape. She took issue with the song’s chorus: “Just let me rock, f-ck you back to sleep girl. Don’t say a word no, don’t you talk. Just hold on tight to me girl. F-ck you back to sleep girl rock you back.”

Cosentino posted, “You already know how I feel about Chris Brown – but WHY/HOW are those lyrics ok? Cool, a song that perpetuates rape culture being a hit.”

She later added, “How about this for a review: singing about f-cking a girl back to sleep/telling her dont say a word is singing about rape + it’s disgusting.”

While the indie rock singer’s interpretation of the song suggested the lyrics are about rape, others took the track’s theme to be about Brown returning home in the middle of the night to his girlfriend after a long trip. He finds her asleep. She then wakes up to greet him before they engage in sex.

The idea of rape being promoted in music has become a very sensitive issue in recent years. Both Rick Ross and Rich Homie Quan faced backlash over lyrics that were perceived to be about sexual abuse of women.

[ALSO READ: Rapper Rick Ross Lands Victory In Court; Rape Case Dismissed]

Read Bethany Cosentino’s tweets and watch the video for Chris Brown’s “Back To Sleep” below.