{"id":252823,"date":"2021-05-18T22:37:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T19:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mulattos-long-awaited-name-change-is-finally-official\/"},"modified":"2021-05-18T22:37:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T19:37:58","slug":"mulattos-long-awaited-name-change-is-finally-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mulattos-long-awaited-name-change-is-finally-official\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mulatto&#039;s Long-Awaited Name Change Is Finally Official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Mulatto&#039;s Long-Awaited Name Change Is Finally Official<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2020\/12\/2020-12-08-mulatto-900x506.jpg\" alt=\"Mulatto's Long-Awaited Name Change Is Finally Official\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\">\n<span>Paras Griffin\/Getty Images<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy  js-entry-text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nThe name\u00a0Mulatto is now a thing of the past. On Tuesday (May 18), the Atlanta-bred r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er\u2019s Spotify and Apple Music accounts were changed to Latto while an Instagram post teasing her new single also reflected the long-awaited update.<\/p>\n<p>Latto started contemplating the move last year after she was criticized for using a word that has negative connotations for people who are of mixed race.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LATTO SEASON \ud83c\udfb0\ud83c\udfb0\ud83c\udfb0\ud83c\udfb0\ud83c\udfb0<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BIG LATTO \ud83c\udfb0 (@mulatto) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mulatto\/status\/1394414081310826496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During a January interview with <em>Hot Freestyle,<\/em> Latto opened up about the controversy and insisted she never intended to offend anyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, you might know your intentions, but these are strangers who don\u2019t know you, never even met you in person,\u201d she said at the time. \u201cSo you gotta hear each other out, and if you know those aren\u2019t your intentions and that\u2019s how it\u2019s being perceived, it\u2019s like why not make a change or alter it? For me, it was the name. So now I\u2019m like, \u2018OK, my intentions was to never glorify being mulatto.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Latto \u2014 who got her start on Jermaine Dupri\u2019s rap competition show <em>The Rap <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a><\/em> \u2014 also weighed in on the DaniLeigh \u201cYellow Bone\u201d debate, saying, \u201cI see both sides because me being an artist, I see how our intentions can get flipped. Because I genuinely believe her intentions was not to offend anyone or to like, up one skin color and put down another skin color. I feel like her intentions wasn\u2019t that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As noted in the caption, Latto\u2019s first single under the new moniker is expected to arrive on Friday (May 21). Her August 2020 single with Gucci Mane, \u201cGuwop,\u201d was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).<\/p>\n<p>Check out the post below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CO_XXIwFXu9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CO_XXIwFXu9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\">A post shared by BIG LATTO? 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