later apologized<\/a> for it in an Instagram story.<\/p>\n\u201cThe garment was selected solely as a vintage wardrobe item. However, upon recognizing the historical significance and sensitivity associated with the symbol displayed on the T-shirt, we took measures to ensure that it would not be visible in any official content,\u201d Upper Room said.<\/p>\n
Upper Room said that the concern the shirt led to was \u201cunderstandable,\u201d and that the label and artist reject and do not tolerate racism, discrimination, or any form of intolerance.<\/p>\n
Some Reddit users questioned the supposed ignorance on behalf of Lee, who has deep ties to Canada and Vancouver.<\/p>\n
Lee\u2019s Vancouver ties<\/p>\n
Lee actually partially grew up in Vancouver and went to middle school here, as he explains in a YouTube video posted last year. He said that he learned how to play guitar in Vancouver, and that it is one of the cities that made him who he is.<\/p>\n
Lee shared how a Vancouver teacher told him he was a gifted writer, which stuck with him all these years. He also mentioned his rap influences.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always thought that rap was like natural for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Unfortunately for Lee, many are still calling him out on the shirt on his socials.<\/p>\n
Someone commented on an unrelated Instagram post, \u201cwhere\u2019s the Confederate flag post?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone was so happy to support you, man, why\u2019d you have to f**k it up lol,\u201d another follower said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, Mark has no business acting shocked after wearing the shirt. He knows what it means and is aware of the consequences. I hope this is not just a cheap trick to keep the buzz alive,\u201d another commenter said.<\/p>\n
Some of his other fans are giving him a pass and saying everyone makes mistakes.<\/p>\n
Upper Room concluded its post by saying, \u201cWe sincerely apologize to everyone who was hurt, offended, or disappointed by this situation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A K-pop star who has deep ties to Vancouver was slammed after being seen in a controversial shirt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-761026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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