Stop Calling me Macy Gray!!

I usually got Erykah Badu. I look nothing like her and my hair hair was short, bleach blonde like Eve :perplexed
 
Hell I get it all from ole skook to new skool. Coffee, Angela Davis, Get Christy love, Eyrkah Badu and Lauryn Hill. Basically anyone with a fro will due for most folks. It doesn't bother me because I'm just me. LOL
 
Guy at the gym: Excuse me, (shy) I was just listening to Lauren Hill on my iPod and I think you look a lot like her. I think she's very beautiful. I'm Joe (extends hand)...

Me: (Giggle, but thinking I look NOTHING like no Lauren Hill).

He was a nice enough guy so I didn't give him any flack.

I was called Tatyana Ali once in high school, but I didn't understand how or why.

Thankfully, I don't get many accidental celebrity sightings.
 
You're overreacting.

I've been called (and chased on a train) everyone from Mel B (scary spice) to Kelis to Beyonce all because of my hair style/colour. I take it as a compliment and a way that people use to identify with you, they pick whoever they know/think is hot and associate you with that, its not serious.
 
hothair said:
You're overreacting.

I've been called (and chased on a train) everyone from Mel B (scary spice) to Kelis to Beyonce all because of my hair style/colour. I take it as a compliment and a way that people use to identify with you, they pick whoever they know/think is hot and associate you with that, its not serious.
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Damn. You think Macy gray is hot? :look: she has no neck. :nono: I would be offended to OP.
 
Mai Tai said:
BlkOnyx488

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me... see i look nothing like her.
when did Bey look like that
 

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At least you guys are getting compared to real people. In primary school, I got called Medusa, cos I used to be in braids 24/7.
 
I've been called Angela Davis, Jill Scott, and Erykah Badu because of my natural hair, and I don't look like any of these women. I just don't let it bother me.
 
virtuenow said:
I get Chaka Khan and Diana Ross, but I love their look and them. If I was called someone I didn't like, not sure what I would do (hopefully smile and move on). I don't really like Macy Grays look, but her hair is nice and thick-- so that part is complimentary.
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Poohbear said:
I've been called Angela Davis, Jill Scott, and Erykah Badu because of my natural hair, and I don't look like any of these women. I just don't let it bother me.
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I don't wear my hair out often but I get these 3: Angela, Diana & Chaka
 
When I was younger, people used to say I look liked Whoopi Goldberg. And now that I'm older people say I look like a young Lauryn Hill. Go figure. When I wore braids, it was Moesha all the time.
 
Daeuiel said:
Disclaimer: I am not a role model :lol:

When people like to call me by the name of some random black celebrity just because I have the same hair or even just the same skin tone, I do the same thing to them and walk away while they look confused about what has just happened.

White girl with stringy dyed blond hair: Hey Tracy Chapman! :grin:
Me: Hey Courtney Love! :wave:
White girl with stringy dyed blond hair: :perplexed
Me: :lol: *walks away*
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Very Witty!

nappystorm said:
My brother calls me side show bob
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So does mine
 
I would be annoyed too!

When I was younger they called my sister and I Milli Vanilli because we constantly wore single braids.
 
I'd just brush it off. My real first name is the same as two celebs and ppl think it is the funniest thing in the world to call by their first and last names. They are idiots, but I'm so over it.

You have to remember that if that many ppl are doing it, they are doing it without thinking. They are not trying to be offensive.
 
YES! I GET THAT ALLL THE TIME! It really pisses me off because I realize they're CLEARLY not even looking at me when they say it. They're looking JUST at the fact that I'm Black with natural hair. When people look at ME, I actually get some good ones, like Vanessa Williams or, for the last couple years, Stacey Dash.

One of the best ones was when I was on vacation on South Beach and was talking to some dude. He said you look like Macy Gray. His friend said (thankfully!) that I actually looked more like Kelis. He proceeded to say NO! Kelis is Black and Chinese. WTH? I have light eyes, hair, and skin, but I look more like Macy than Kelis?
 
I think you have to pick your battles. You can't waste the time, effort and energy it takes to get mad at a bunch of random people. I got called Brandy all growing up, and now at 32, I STILL get called that, even though I have NEVER in life worn braid extensions. Because I have a "bubbly" personality, I got compared to Blossom from way back in the day, and she's white. I've on occasion been compared to Kelly Rowland, which I really don't mind :look: because we have similar body shapes. I personally don't think I look like Brandy, I don't find her particularly attractive, but I presume it's always been meant as a compliment so I choose not to stress over it.

You don't need to defend yourself or your hair to anyone. Eventually I think it'll stop bothering you, but it may take more time. Just do you, KIM, and stop stressing. There are PLENTY of things in life to stress about, this just isn't one of them, IMO.
 
My co-workers (who are all black because I live in jamaica) call me sideshow bob, I dont mind.

OP Im sorry you're feeling offended, you SHOULD explain to your freinds (as you have been) how you feel when they associate you with what you perceieve to be a copy cat trend.

BTW Macy Gray had her hair natural when preacticaly no one else did, so I wouldnt consider her hairstayle a fad
 
Dang, Macy Gray doesn't get any love on this site.:giggle: I've been called Macy Gray and Angela Davis when I wear my afro.

A so-called friend called me Jimi Hendrix once when I wore my afro with a headband.:perplexed:nono: In response to that, I called him "George Jefferson" because of his receding hairline.:ohwell:

My mom said I looked like Frederick Douglass once when I was having a bad hair day.:cry:
 
I went from Whitney Houston to Magic Johnson to Lion King. The Lion King thing gave me an identity crisis. He's yellow and he's not human and he's blond!
(lol)
 
I get Tempest Bledsoe (sp?) and Michelle Obama a whole lot. I'm ok with it because I think that both of them are lovely and successful women. I'm still working on getting my shape back like Michelle's but I'll take the compliment in the mean time anyway.
 
Platinum said:
Dang, Macy Gray doesn't get any love on this site.:giggle: I've been called Macy Gray and Angela Davis when I wear my afro.

A so-called friend called me Jimi Hendrix once when I wore my afro with a headband.:perplexed:nono: In response to that, I called him "George Jefferson" because of his receding hairline.:ohwell:

My mom said I looked like Frederick Douglass once when I was having a bad hair day.:cry:
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OMG I just died @ George Jefferson. I will so used that the next time some old ghost looking person says I look like I put my head in a socket.
 
Platinum said:
Dang, Macy Gray doesn't get any love on this site.:giggle: I've been called Macy Gray and Angela Davis when I wear my afro.

A so-called friend called me Jimi Hendrix once when I wore my afro with a headband.:perplexed:nono: In response to that, I called him "George Jefferson" because of his receding hairline.:ohwell:

My mom said I looked like Frederick Douglass once when I was having a bad hair day.:cry:
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I'm sorry, but these made me laugh out loud.:lachen:

I've been called Corbin Blue (the dude from High School Musical), Pam Grier and my DH once called me and one of my besties Lesha Milli Vanilli. :lachen:

My 6yo DS has been growing his hair out for a year now. He gets called Jim Kelly (from Enter the Dragon) especially when he has on his taekwondo uniform, Jaden Smith when he's braided up and the other day, Allen Iverson.
 
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