{"id":2596,"date":"2026-07-02T19:31:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2596"},"modified":"2026-07-02T19:31:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:31:28","slug":"yung-miamis-spend-dat-stirs-online-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2596","title":{"rendered":"Yung Miami\u2019s \u2018Spend Dat\u2019 stirs online controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Miami\u2019s favorite City Girl Yung Miami received <u>a standing ovation at the BET Awards<\/u> on Sunday as she prepared to present the BET Her Award (which went to a fellow Florida girl Doechii). For at least 20 seconds, the crowd sang lyrics to her new hit song \u201cSpend Dat,\u201d a song boasting about scamming and boosting culture.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2594\">How will the \u2018Fourth of July Week Furnace\u2019 affect Miami fireworks and World Cup?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>But what\u2019s slowly being deemed the \u201cSong of the Summer\u201d has received a mixed reception with some criticizing Yung Miami, whose real name is Caresha Brownlee, for <u>supporting Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs <\/u>during sex trafficking trial and claiming the song sets a poor example for Black youth who might be negatively influenced by the lyrics ( though there aren\u2019t any r<u>ecent studies <\/u>that find rap lyrics negatively a<u>ffect Black youth)<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Others have dismissed the critiques as rooted in misogyny and respectability politics, noting criticisms of Black male artists don\u2019t ring as loud as those for Black women and referenced the <u>reaction<\/u> \u201cWAP\u201d by Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B received. The song and its controversy is a Miami story \u2014 from the video set in a Miami strip club to the scamming and boosting culture.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m indifferent to the song, but the lack of nuance in the conversation about a song that\u2019s in the vein of typical City Girl music has me wondering: When\u2019s the last time someone asked Black youth how they felt about these lyrics and if they feel the words are impacting them at all? And since when do we expect a self-proclaimed City Girl from the 305 to be a role model for our Black youth \u2013 or any musical artist for that matter?<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Rather than looking at the song as an indictment on where Black culture is musically, perhaps it\u2019s worth meeting youth where they are and having that discussion with them rather than leading with projecting.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>Enjoying this newsletter?<\/b> Share it with a friend. 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