Honey G Has Been Exposed As A Middle Class Fraud

Is there anything more annoying than poshos acting like they're working class or 'ghetto'?

Obviously, it's fun to pick out specifically annoying examples of this. Indie band Slaves, for example, are the musical equivalent of a plum-voiced Adidas-clad student smoking a rollie, waxing lyrical about how the hardship of their parents 'struggling to afford' their private school tuition made them punk.

Going back a little further, Biggie's talk of being 'dead broke' and eating 'sardines for dinner' was all bullshit. He was actually brought up by his mum in a gated community in Brooklyn. Likewise, his hip-hop rival Tupac was a middle-class kid who attended a private performing arts school.

What do you reckon of Honey G? Credit: ITV

And probably the most odious example of this is pseudo 'lad' Keith Allen whose man-of-the-people mask fails to disguise that he went to boarding school, and whose too famous children Alfie and Lily, for all their mockney posturing, almost certainly spent their summers at Glastonbury and winters in the Alps as nippers.

The most recent example of a posho exposed for who they really are is 'hip-hop' X-Factor contestant Honey G - real name Anna Georgette Gilford - who it has emerged had a middle-class upbringing and very far from the rap lifestyle she presents to camera.

In depth discussion of the issue on 'This Morning'. Credit: ITV

Pictures of her in her childhood show a completely different side to her, and that she was once a county tennis champion. Her childhood snaps also illustrate that she was grammar school educated and once had a burning passion for ballet.

Responding to the criticism, she told the Mirror: I'm a heavyweight producer. I spent a lot of time when I was younger on the underground club scene, and started going out at the age of 14 because I was tall and got in everywhere.

"It was all totally natural and I picked up street talk and the lingo and it became part of who I am. I'm not a fake and I really want to sell millions of records and make hits."

Should we care about this? I mean, it's just a bit embarrassing really, isn't it? While there are fewer run-of-the-mill kids being giving the opportunity to do creative things and talented working class artists miss out on record deals, we get posh pseud shite.

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Topics: x factor

James Dawson

James Dawson is a Journalist at LADbible. He has contributed articles to LADbible’s ‘Knowing Me, Knowing EU’ series on the EU referendum, the 'Electoral Dysfunction' series on the 2017 general election, the ‘U OK M8?’ series tackling mental health amongst young men, and for its ‘Climate Change’ initiative in partnership with National Geographic.

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