Travis Barker’s 17-Year-Old Daughter, Alabama, Responded To All The “Negative Assumptions” About Her Friend Group After She Was Accused Of Using “Black Girls As Props”
Several people called Alabama’s TikTok — in which she danced and lip-synced to a trending song about sex and drugs — “inappropriate” before accusing her of “trying to be Black.”
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Travis Barker’s daughter, Alabama Barker, has responded to backlash over one of her recent TikTok videos.
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Alabama, who turned 17 last month, caused a stir over the weekend after posting a video dancing to a song called “Perc & Sex” by YN Jay, which is currently trending on the platform.
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Joined by a group of her friends, Alabama took center stage as she danced along to the track and lip-synced the lyrics, which reference the Class B drug Percocets.
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“How the fuck did you pull up to the motherfuckin’ party and forget the Percs?” Alabama lip-syncs. “Perc’ 10, I just popped a Perc’ 10 / Perc’ 30, I just popped a Perc’ 30 / Perc’ 60, I just popped two Perc’ 30s / Perky dance, make me do my Perky dance.”
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Several users explained that they were left uncomfortable by Alabama’s TikTok — which was viewed almost two million times — for a number of reasons.
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Making note of the lyrics “disgusting” lyrics, people questioned why Alabama’s dad, Travis, and mom, Shanna Moakler, weren’t more strict over the content she posts given that she’s legally a minor.
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“That song is disgusting & stupid. Yeah go ahead & encourage young kids to pop pills during a fentanyl epidemic!” one person wrote under a reposted clip of the TikTok shared by Hollywood Unlocked.
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“Couldn’t be my 17 year old daughter but go off,” someone wrote. “The fact that Hollywood and people are ok with this behavior is wrong! There is an age and a place for everything this is not it. Her parents need to do better,” a third user added.
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And as the conversation unfolded, several people went on to call the TikTok “inappropriate and cringe,” before accusing Alabama of “trying to be Black.”
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Questioning why her entire group of friends were positioned around and behind her, people claimed Alabama was “using Black girls as props.”
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“There’s just a lot off with this. Sis, is using those black girls as props. Overall inappropriate and cringe,” one person wrote.
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“Here she go using black girls as props, trying to be black,” said another, while a third user echoed, “She wanna be black so bad.”
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“why are the black queens in the back like that,” one person wrote. “All those Black women in the background makes me uncomfortable,” said another.
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Before long, Alabama had clearly had enough of the negative comments as she entered the conversation herself to address the accusations head on.
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Clarifying that she and her friends were at a video shoot, Alabama described the backlash as “mentally exhausting.”
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“Many would say to be quiet and let it be but it’s mentally exhausting,” she commented under the post by Hollywood Unlocked. “They and myself were at a video shoot even though I do not need to explain all of the negative assumptions about us, it’s absurd to see a group of friends just having a good time gives so many grown adults a topic to talk about.”
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“It’s a trending song on TikTok,” she went on as she addressed the inappropriate lyrics. “Once again everybody is doing but of course cause it’s myself it’s going to be posted, I can’t catch a break from accounts like this in general.”
Alabama went on to slam the outlet, writing, “You guys are so low for making a post about a minor in general, all I can say, is do better, I let you live your life, so it would be appreciated if I can live mine.”
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And many users actually wound up defending Alabama, suggesting that the negativity was entirely unnecessary.
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One person wrote, “Acting black where? I see a young fly girl with some fly ass friends being cute tf.” Someone else added, “It's crazy how it's a crime for a white person to like black culture or weird for a black person to like rock music.”
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A third user wrote, “Do you all want her to dress like legally blonde so she looks more like a traditional white girl so you don’t feel stepped on? Shit don’t make sense.”
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