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Jazz Cartier calls out Norm Kelly’s Twitter habit

Norm Kelly, city councillor for Ward 40 and former deputy mayor, is known for a lot of things unrelated to politics: his friendship with rapper Drake, his budding interest in hip-hop and, of course, his Twitter account. While some of his tweets merely reinforce his “6 Dad” status in an embarrassing, aw-shucks sort of way, Kelly’s been called out more than once for appropriation of black culture. 

Point is, a lot of people are sick of Kelly’s social media antics, including Jazz Cartier. Here’s what the Toronto rapper had to say during an interview for this week’s cover story.

“Last I checked, Councillor Norm Kelly was elected by the residents of Scarborough-Agincourt to represent their interests at City Hall, politically and otherwise. Are our tax dollars going to support his silly Twitter habit? Are we paying his salary to subcontract out his tweets to some misguided kids? If so, what a waste of taxpayers’ money for a waste man. If other councillors started tweeting these corny hip-hop things like Norm does, would this be supported by City Hall and the mayor? 

“At first I was like, ‘Fuck Norm Kelly,’ because I think he’s an actual bozo, but then I realized it’s definitely not him running his Twitter account. It’s some sell-out who’s working for him, trying to keep him in the loop and keep him relevant by doing all this corny shit. Whether he writes his tweets or not, I think he’s just trying to cash in on black culture. He needs to do his job and stay out of rap. He needs to get back to work. He is a politician. He will never be hip-hop. Where are his tweets and RTs when it comes to real issues in this city – poverty, racism, youth unemployment, Black Lives Matter?

“He is literally making us look like a joke. Even if he was to – by the grace of God – run into any of these guys he’s talking shit to on Twitter, I’m pretty sure the end result wouldn’t be a nice one. He’s poppin’ off pretty crazy. I used to have a lot of hate in my heart for Norm Kelly, still do, but I have other things to worry about. Someone needs to delete his Twitter account, though.”

Don’t miss: Jazz Cartier is Toronto’s prince of hip-hop

kevinr@nowtoronto.com | @kevinritchie

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