ex-Varials frontman calls out band over use of racial slur

Sunday, June 7, 2020 3:54 PM PT

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A day after Philadelphia hardcore/metal band Varials issued a shirt to benefit causes associated with Black Lives Matter, former vocalist Travis Tabron responded by asking the group if they were done using the n-word:

oh so y'all done sayin nigga?
— BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL (@strawberryTrav) June 6, 2020

Subsequently asked why he waited until months after leaving the band to come forward, Tabron had this to say:

......because as a black person it is extremely disgusting to see people pretend to care by making a charity shirt when they used to literally bust out in tears laughing saying the hard R in the van???? also bc of people like you that would say it's somehow my fault????
— BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL (@strawberryTrav) June 6, 2020

Tabron provided additional context after fielding various questions:

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"trav why'd you wait till now to say that about varials?"

bc its gross to see people that used to bust out in literal tears when one of them would say the N word make a charity shirt to support the cause

"i heard you were tryna get paid for a tour you didn't do"
— BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL (@strawberryTrav) June 6, 2020

ACTUALLY they tried to get me to sign over my 25% ownership of the company for free and as the dude who wrote virtually everything i'd be a dumbass to do that. asked for 2k, got offered 200.

"and before you go oOoOo maybe that's all they had"

we made over 1200-1500 a day
— BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL (@strawberryTrav) June 6, 2020

i don't give a shit if i seem like the salty ex bf bc under these circumstances yeah i am fuckin salty, and i am fuckin pissed that i didn't say shit about that n word shit sooner but i don't owe any of y'all a fuckin apology lol

shouldn't have made the shirt
— BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL (@strawberryTrav) June 6, 2020

it's been less than 2 months since the last documented incident dawg you can't change that fast lmao
— BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL (@strawberryTrav) June 6, 2020