The son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Chester, better known for his rapper stage name Chet Haze, defended his use of the "N" word in a controversial Instagram post.
Haze said in his response to his bashers that no one can stop him from using whatever word he wants to use, and he does not use the "N" word on someone he does not know.
"Under no circumstances would I go up to someone that I didn't know and just be like, 'Hey, what's up, my (N-word).' It's an unspoken thing between people who are friends, who understand each other," he said in his follow-up Instagram post, according to USA Today.
During the weekend, the young rapper posted on his Instagram @chethanx a photo of himself and a friend with the caption: "Check out the song me and my nigga @chillthatdude just dropped on my Soundcloud #Juice LINK IN MY BIO #GoListen!!!"
He followed this post with a long explanation that he uses the "N" word for the sake of free expression and on close friends who readily understand that he did not mean to discriminate, according to the Daily Mail UK.
The young Hanks said on his Instagram:
"If I say the (N-word) I say it amongst people I love and who love me. If I say "(expletive) yall hatin ass (N-words)" it's because that's really how I felt at the time. And I don't accept society getting to decide what ANYBODY can or can't say. That's something we call FREE SPEECH. Now I understand the older generation who grew up in the Jim Crowe era might have strong feelings against this. And that's understandable... But what I'm saying is this is 2015... And even tho we are still far from where we need to be and black people are still being literally KILLED by a RACIST and (expletive) up system... We have also reached a point where the word can no longer have a negative connotation if we so choose. And who is to say only black people can use it? The way I see it, it's a word that unifies the culture of HIP-HOP across ALL RACES, which is actually kind of a beautiful thing. It's a word that can be used out of camaraderie and love, not just exclusively for black people. What's the point in putting all these built up 'rules' about it. It's time to let go. You can hate me or love me for it, but can't nobody tell me what I can or can't say. It's got nothing to do with trying to be a thug. It's about the culture of the music. And that's all I have to say about that (no pun intended) lol. It's all love. Some people will get it, some people won't. Either way, Ima keep living my life however the (expletive) I want. ALL LOVE."
