Britney Spears claims that *NSYNC “tried too hard” to fit in with Black artists
nme.comBritney Spears has claimed that NSYNC “tried too hard” to fit in with Black artists when the boyband was at its peak.The pop icon reflected on her relationship with NSYNC’s Justin Timberlake in her new memoir The Woman In Me, noting what differentiated the boyband from the Backstreet Boys and recalling a cringe-worthy moment in which he altered his speech while speaking to R&B star Ginuwine.“*NSYNC was what people back then called ‘so pimp,’” Spears said her memoir. “They were white boys, but they loved hip hop.
To me, that’s what separated them from the Backstreet Boys, who seemed very consciously to position themselves as a white group.”She continued: “*NSYNC hung out with Black artists.
Sometimes, I thought they tried too hard to fit in. One day, J and I were in New York, going to parts of town I’d never been to before.
Walking our way was a guy with a huge, blinged out medallion. He was flanked by two giant security guards. J got all excited and said so loud, ‘Oh yeah, fo shiz, fo shiz!
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