(CNN) Bruno Mars found himself caught in a heated debate about cultural appropriation over the weekend after an activist accused the "24K Magic" star of being a culture vulture profiting off of traditionally black music. Here's the two-minute video that started it all:this is why i hate bruno mars @seren_sensei says it all pic.twitter.com/CRLktsA2ea — hannie (@hannahmburrell) March 9, 2018"Bruno Mars 100% is a cultural appropriator. "What Bruno Mars does, is he takes pre-existing work and he just completely, word-for-word recreates it, extrapolates it," she added. Yet Bruno Mars has an Album of the Year Grammy and Prince never won an Album of the Year Grammy." Bruno Mars as an example is an awkward one because he has paid homage but that doesn't discredit that he can still benefit from the ambiguity.

Source: CNN March 12, 2018 13:06 UTC