Remember Freaky Friday, the Lindsay Lohan film where she switches bodies with mother Jamie Lee Curtis after getting fortune cookies at a Chinese restaurant?
Well, rapper and comedian Lil Dicky has used the same concept for a music video where he swaps bodies with Chris Brown, after a fan tells him he’s ‘not a real rapper’ and he wishes he could be ‘cool’ like other people in Hip Hop.
The first inkling that this video was going to be problematic was when the waiter at the Chinese restaurant Lil Dicky is dining in understands English perfectly when it’s central to the plot (he hears Chris Brown saying he wishes he could be someone else for the day) but doesn’t understand English when it’s funnier that way (he replies ‘yes’ when asked to help decide between two dishes).
It doesn’t take long for the video to descend into truly troubling territory, after Lil Dicky and Chris Brown swap bodies, they explore the new benefits.
For Lil Dicky in Chris Brown’s body the benefits are; being able to dance, sing, play basketball, and… say the N-word.
‘Wonder if I can say the n-word (wait for real?)
Wait, can I really say the n-word?
What up, my n_gga? (woo) What up, my n_gga?
Big ups, my n_gga, we up, my n_gga
You pussy ass n_gga, man, fuck y’all n_ggas
'Cause I’m that n_gga, n_gga, n_gga, n_gga
I’m that n*gga’
Yes friends, these are literally the lyrics.
Why are some white people obsessed with the N-word? Of all the words in world that they can say, this one tantalises them the most. Is it the fact that it’s forbidden that makes the word appealing? Or does Lil Dicky think saying it makes him cool (read: black) like the other people in Hip Hop?
People seem to have missed all of the above, and are instead upset that Kendall Jenner is working with Chris Brown.
She appears at the very end of the video, Lil Dicky transforms into several people after Chris Brown; Ed Sheeran, DJ Khaled and Kendall Jenner, whose line is: 'Huh, I'm Kendall Jenner// I got a vagina, I’m gonna explore that right now (woo, woo)// Holy shit, I got a vagina (uh), I'm gonna learn// I’m gonna understand the inner workings of a woman.’
Profound.
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Debrief Lindsay Lohan's CV
1 of 18Child Model Lindsay:
At age three Lindsay Lohan signed to Ford Models who snagged her Abercrombie and Calvin Klein campaigns, as well as spots on Wendy's and Pizza Hut adverts.
2 of 18Child Star Lohan:
Lohan's name went global when she played both twins in the remake of The Parent Trap.
3 of 18Critic's Choice Lohan:
It was her role in Freaky Friday that earned her an MTV Movie Award and praise from critics, like Roger Ebert who wrote that she has : 'that Jodie Foster sort of seriousness and intent focus beneath her teenage persona.
4 of 18Box Office Winner Lohan:
Her flick *Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen *surpassed box office expectations, making $29 million in the US.
5 of 18Cult Movie Star Lohan:
It was Lohan's role as Cady Heron in the much Meme'd flick *Mean Girls *that gave her cult status.
6 of 18Legging Connoisseur Lohan:
Lohan once launched a designer legging label called 6126 (after Marilyn Monroe's birthday). In closed after just two years.
7 of 18Hollywood Lohan:
Since the success of Mean Girls, Lohan began ticking Hollywood icon boxes. For starters, she moved into Chateau Marmont for two years and became a Daily Mail regular.
8 of 18Paris Hilton's BFF Lohan:
Though she's since denied their friendship, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan were rarely seen apart in the mid 2000s.
9 of 18Singer Lohan:
After flexing her box office mojo, Lohan embarked on a singing her career. Her first album, 'Speak' surpassed critic (and our) expectations by selling 1 mill records.
10 of 18Fashion's Muse Lohan:
Lohan's relationship with fashion hasn't always been the smoothest road, but that never stopped her becoming veritable front row fodder for Chanel and the now-defunct DW by Kanye West label.
11 of 18DJ Lohan:
Arguably, DJ-ing has been Lohan's longest-running career. She's taken the decks with Major Lazer and Diplo and played in London, Sao Paolo, Cannes and Florence.
12 of 18Designer Lindsay Lohan:
When Lindsay took the reigns of creative director of Emanuel Ungaro in 2009 she was met with skepticism from the outset. Sadly, those fears were realised when she left her co-designer hanging at the presentation of their second collection by not turning up. Soz, Lohan 'dog ate my homework' doesn't fly in this situation.
13 of 18Glamour Model Lohan:
Lohan was unforgettable as the cover star of Playboy's February 2012issue.
14 of 18Thespian Lohan:
Forgetting her lines and missing cues were just some of the criticism that Lohan faced in her stage performance of 'Speed-the-Plow' in London.
15 of 18Bartender Lohan:
Naturally, Lohan extended her resume in 2016 to include 'club owner' after opening a pro-refugee bar in Greece.
16 of 18Refugee Activist Lohan
Turkish President Erdogan, his wife and a seven-year-old Syrian blogger met with Lohan to straighten out Europe's refugee crisis in January 2017.
17 of 18Blogger Lohan:
In June of 2017 Lohan launched blogging platform Preemium, which as it's name suggest comes with a cost.
18 of 18Mogul Lohan:
Not only is Lindsay campaigning to the powers that be to let her play Batgirl, but she is currently in the midst of designing at island in Dubai. Whatever that means.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.