Justin Bieber is at the center of another controversy, surrounding old videos that are surfacing years after they were recorded. In a newly released tape, Bieber allegedly uses the ‘n-word’ and even jokes about joining the Klu Klux Klan.
The new video was seen by the staff at the British tabloid The Sun. According to The New York Daily News, the paper claims that the video shows Bieber changing the words to one of his early hits, “One Less Lonely Girl.” Instead of singing the more familiar title, he replaces “Girl” with the n-word.
Later in the 24-second video, which Bieber is laughing in throughout, a girl is heard laughing with him. He then mentions the KKK.
The exact date that the video was recorded is unknown. The Sun reported that it was made just after he signed with Raymond Braun Media Group and just as he was becoming popular.
A source told the tabloid that this reveals how Bieber really behaves outside of the spotlight. “People need to see this. Normal kids in society do not make these kind of jokes. He is protected by a network of staff, but the camera doesn’t lie. This is the real Justin,” the source claimed.
The Sun is the same paper that posted a video of Bieber using the N-word in 2009. He later had to apologize, stating that he was only a kid when that video was made.
“I'm very sorry. I take my friendships with people of all cultures very seriously and I apologize for offending or hurting anyone with my childish and inexcusable mistake,” the 19-year-old said in a statement to TMZ. “I was a kid then and I am a man now who knows my responsibility to the world and to not make that mistake again.”
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