Sharpton: Griffin Dropped for Dropping N-Bomb

Eddie Griffin thought he'd shock the swells at a big Black Enterprise event over the weekend by littering his act with N-words, but the comic was the one who got the real jolt when the mag's owner gonged his routine, and tossed him off the stage!
Al Sharpton, Eddie Griffin
Rev. Al Sharpton tells TMZ that Griffin took the stage as the headliner and did his best Michael Richards impression, blistering the mostly African-American crowd with a barrage of N-bombs, and wailing, "Why are some black leaders telling us to stop using the N word?"


Griffin's mike was promptly cut, and Black Enterprise owner/publisher Earl Graves stomped on stage and proclaimed, "We ... will not allow our culture to go backwards ... We will pay Mr. Griffin all that we owe him but we will not allow him to finish the show if that's the way he's going to talk." Oh, snap!

The crowd gave Graves a standing ovation -- and Rev. Al, speaking the next day at the event, gave Graves props for his axing of Griffin. A rep for Griffin had no comment.


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31. #25, I agree with your right to be offended, that is why you have a right to boycott his performances and work, but he still has a right to do it, offensive or not. Entertainment is art. Everyone has an opinion and it's not for everybody but it's all in the eye of the beholder. He had a right to throw the guy off the stage also, but people shouldn't be telling people what to say in this country. This is America. You have the right to say it and I have the right to tell the guy to "f-off".

Posted at 6:49PM on Sep 4th 2007 by K

32. #4 Things are more than equal so get over it. The way it is more than even is if a group of white guys beat up a black guy it is classified as a hete crime with stiffer penalties but if a group of black guys beat up w white guy it is simply classified as assualt with much less of a penalty

Posted at 6:52PM on Sep 4th 2007 by BCW

33. #6, what's not equal? We have a black Secretary of State, we have black CEO's of fortune 500 companies, we have black mayors, governors and congressmen. There is a black man running for president and the richest women in America is a black women.

Posted at 6:52PM on Sep 4th 2007 by not black

34. I had respect till you included insignificant lil al sharpton.He's the one that should be tossed.Who frankly gives a bit what he thinks.Not only is he not the moral authority or a spokesperson for Black America. He's a rasist of the worse kind becuse he hides behind others and cherry picks his responses. he is actually a dinglberry isn't he .lol Notice how I and others won't capitalize his name ? Ever ! he's that insignificant..lol

Posted at 6:54PM on Sep 4th 2007 by DAvid

35. Frank I agree with you
# 7 yes there is racism but it is just as much from the black community against whites as it is anywhere else. Things could be equal if some of the leaders like Jesse Jackson would stop causing the division amoung races
There is no station labeled white television or any scholarships such as " united white fund" racism goes both ways.

Posted at 7:06PM on Sep 4th 2007 by me again

36. Wait...why did they hire Eddie Griffin in the first place? HE IS NOT, ANDNEVER HAS BEEN, FUNNY!!!!!

Posted at 7:08PM on Sep 4th 2007 by dj

37. OUTSTANDING. Thank you, Mr. Graves.

Posted at 7:13PM on Sep 4th 2007 by Timbo

38. Eddie Griffin is a moron, plain and simple. Anyone who has to resort to getting a laugh out of the Richards situation is flat out of jokes. Getting his mike shut off by other blacks (for what Griffin thought was still an "in-group" word) has got to be the ultimate embarrassment. Griffin should crawl under a rock somewhere and stay there.

Posted at 7:55PM on Sep 4th 2007 by Fred

39. 15. People get offended when it suits them. Plain and simple. Anything to get their 15 minutes...

Posted at 6:18PM on Sep 4th 2007 by Graviti

...perfectly said. Thank you.

Posted at 7:26PM on Sep 4th 2007 by The Truth

40. None of those men are hypocrites, that is great.

Posted at 8:02PM on Sep 4th 2007 by Loving it

41. Free Speech. he first amendment gives you the right to offend someone with your speech. They may not have found it appropriate but you should be able to say whatever you want in Comedy or anything else.

Posted at 11:33PM on Sep 4th 2007 by JIMMY NORTON

42. I CONGRADULATE MR. GRAVES

Posted at 7:35PM on Sep 4th 2007 by TRACKER....

43. I am sure we all noticed that Al Sharpton was not there for fellow black man Mike Vick

Posted at 7:35PM on Sep 4th 2007 by patrick

44. The N word is in history books and so many others it will never go away or not used, heck most blacks call each other the N word often so what 's the deal? Can't deny what you are, it's not a raciest slur, heck if they can call themselves African Americans when they was born here in the USA why not just Americans since they want to be equal in everyway ,why use a name that seperates them from the rest.

Posted at 7:36PM on Sep 4th 2007 by who is

45. There you see, not ALL Blacks condone the use of the N-word! So get off of your high horse!

Posted at 9:40AM on Sep 5th 2007 by Eulaha

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