I dream of a day we can all use the M word as carefree as the rappers do.He thinks he's an honorary black guy. Notice the slang he used was "n**ga" and not "N**g*r
No seriously I don't think he would ever mean it in a derogatory way. The guy is a little gansta and he grew up in all black schools I think. Correct me if I'm wrong here. I'm not really saying that's a justification, but I'm just saying from his perspective he grew up around that word and prob feels comfortable using it or doesn't even think about it.
In general, I don't like the word. I also don't think anybody should use it. However, in the event that everybody does use it, who's to say if that's the culture you grew up in-that you shouldn't? I personally am not offended by it-I am white. I'm also not offended by other words like "Cracker". So I say, don't promote it, but if you feel justified in saying it as part of your culture-then help yourself (as long as its not demeaning).
Oh-and I think Platinum mike did a dna test that shows he's 2% black lol.