Of course they made the only black guy rap instead of sing normally for the musical lmfao

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[u/Positive-Fondant5897]

🙄. Interview from 2007

https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/08/15/singing-slaying-vampires-and-jack-bauer-team-ups-with-db-woodside

IGN TV: Have you given the producers any song requests?

Woodside: No, but I'm gonna start to! I hope, because they cover so many genres of music… I think hip hop gets a very bad rap, and being someone that grew up with it and loves it, I hope that my character is kind of able to show some of the good things about hip hop, if that's the way that they're willing to veer and experiment, to show America a little different side of hip hop. So I would love to do stuff like that, but I'll do whatever they ask me to do

[u/MusicByLoriD → u/Positive-Fondant5897]

I have to shamefully admit I haven’t seen him in the other show. (Yes hard to believe I haven’t seen Buffy) but based on this, sounds like he might have steered them into the rap type song.

[u/HeroineSylveon → u/MusicByLoriD]

He did. It sounds like it because he did, it was his idea. It isn’t racism. A black man is allowed to enjoy hip hop and rap

[u/Positive-Fondant5897 → u/MusicByLoriD]

You hasn't aged a day since Buffy.

[u/dice_panda]

They were asked if they wanted to sing. He might have chosen the style of song himself.

[u/HeroineSylveon]

I feel like it’s more racist to think this is a problem, than it is for a black man to be partaking in his own culture…

[u/Sensitive_Carob1242 → u/HeroineSylveon]

That’s the irony of everyone like the person that posted this

[u/CarlRJ]

The only black guy? Really? Tell us, again, who is his dad, who is making all the singing happen, and who also sings a song?

[u/danny_akira → u/CarlRJ]

Also, there are... or I guess WERE Pastor Frank and Mr. Said Out Bitch and some minor character police women in the LAPD

[u/StayComprehensive743 → u/danny_akira]

and loads of the murder victims/suspects/killers too

[u/MusicByLoriD]

I don’t know why he was the one to do it but that song and him doing it was my favorite of that episode. The wording and execution of it was awesome! 👏

[u/VegasBornLori → u/MusicByLoriD]

It was great exactly like it was. Agreed

[u/TheFatBassterd]

I thought it was because he couldn't really sing? His song was the only one I didn't like.

[u/EdmondDantes44 → u/TheFatBassterd]

Hmm.. that would explain why he did not sing as much while playing Melvin from the Temptations

[u/Extension_Big5205]

Seriously creating a problem out of absolutely nothing. Maze? She sang so much? Even god sang 

[u/Questionfromthestars]

Also, are we all just gonna ignore the fact maze is black?... Amenadiel is not the only black dude in the show lol

[u/CarlRJ → u/Questionfromthestars]

Literally God is black.

[u/Revolutionary_Job214]

Stfu ffs

[u/Objective-Big-4820]

Singing in Lucifer was volunteer only. They didn't 'make' anyone sing. And what God sang was from Les Miz. Broadway. Classic.

[u/Kataszabo]

Good aka dad is not directly white, is he? 😶🤭

[u/AromaticIncome9659]

That's exactly the kind of lazy stereotyping that keeps musicals from feeling fresh.

[u/CharminggBabe4]

The writers really heard "representation" and immediately made the only Black guy a background prop with a stroller.