The real story behind Anderson.Paak resurfaced. A Twitter user named @gothspiderbitch (real name Sarah McGonagall) made a thread (now deleted) detailing the story of a boy whose mom, father and stepfather went to jail long-term for different crimes. The boy’s dad was a drug addict. The boy watched his father choke his mother, who they initially thought was his uncle because they were identical after she returned from work. The mom and stepfather went to jail for defrauding investors out of millions of dollars in the strawberry business. Sarah revealed that the story was a summary of the real story behind Anderson.Paak by the end of the thread.
The thread was a great summary of Anderson.Paak’s life. Unfortunately, she did not create the original source. The real story behind Anderson.Paak was originally published by ESPN’s Dwayne Bray on the UnDefeated, now called Andscape. It’s a four-part series with photos, video interviews and extensive details about Anderson.Paak’s story.
Before the user deleted the thread, Black Twitter promoted the original story like crazy:
You’ve probably seen this thread. The “story she came across” is a four-part piece by @DwayneBrayESPN for @Andscape. She just took parts of it and made it into a thread. And that’s nasty business. https://t.co/89vL4ITLkd https://t.co/u1nhJklsLJ
— Dee Phunk (@DeePhunk) May 17, 2022
In case you came across that thread and was equally mindbown, here’s the full story as told by the reporter who grew up next door to Anderson .Paak and his family. https://t.co/Owv6Pm8mFZ
— mya abraham. (@myabriabe) May 17, 2022
Me starting to read this story “man those guys look like Anderson Paak.
Me finishing the thread. pic.twitter.com/luljlsv5mB
— Amanda Dempsey (@panda3ooo) May 17, 2022
Nah, Anderson .Paak got a wilder origin story than an anime villain lol. https://t.co/65ACT70ytQ
— vinsmoke thug (@_mindofgold_) May 17, 2022
Read this. No, seriously. Like… right now.
“You don’t know the half of it: The family that gave us Anderson .Paak” — @Andscape by @DwayneBrayESPN https://t.co/3hoPPkq5hk
— April is in ATL (@ReignOfApril) May 17, 2022
cocaine is a crazy drug man like y’all either be anderson paak or cara delevingne there doesn’t seem to be an in-between
— deranged namkook lover ? (@hotgirlhaseul) May 16, 2022
Welp. That girl did a plagiarism and deleted the thread. Read the article she stole from here: https://t.co/MjUAPqDfaa
— Too Much Blackness (@ElleWCarter) May 17, 2022
After reading that Anderson Paak story, he can have that wig on for the rest of his life and y’all better not say nothing to him because baby you’ve earned the right to be WHOMEVER TF you want to be. ?☀️❤️
— The Nostalgia Queen ➐ ?? (@Snow_Blacck) May 17, 2022
Since she didn’t credit Andscape or Dwayne Bray, Sarah apologized for not crediting the original source. April Reign, the originator of #OscarsSoWhite, took it a step further and told her if she was really sorry, she would delete the post. #Byebyethread.
Instead of reading Sarah’s thread, give Dwayne’s article a click. Because he did the actual work. A year ago. That @gothspiderbitch above just “discovered.” With her Chrissy Columbus ass. https://t.co/nGltLz5XYv
— April is in ATL (@ReignOfApril) May 17, 2022
If you’re really sorry, delete the thread @gothspiderbitch. It’s not your work. You don’t deserve credit for cutting and pasting someone else’s article into a Twitter thread. https://t.co/Gx20S4oLxh
— April is in ATL (@ReignOfApril) May 17, 2022
The comments started getting a little too crazy for Sarah so she logged off for the day and explained what she has tried to do to resolve her error in judgment.
Yeah, I’m logging off. I deleted the thread, I’ve cited the multiple sources I learned the story from several times, I accepted that I messed up by not citing them and not noticing sooner, and I’ve apologized for not doing so originally. That is truly all I can do, I’m sorry.
— Sarah McGonagall (@gothspiderbitch) May 17, 2022
There’s no need to spread hate towards anyone who was upset over my mistake, because their feelings are very valid! I messed up! I’m just spent, I’ve done what’s been asked of me as best I know how, and I don’t think this place is very healthy right now.
Be kind to each other. pic.twitter.com/IUKjxsIgbh
— Sarah McGonagall (@gothspiderbitch) May 17, 2022
For the record, I was in no way trying to claim credit for the information in the thread I wrote earlier today. I thought I made it clear that I was just talking about something I’d learned and found interesting, as people often do.
When I was asked to credit my sources, I did.
— Sarah McGonagall (@gothspiderbitch) May 17, 2022
Anyway, I’ve deleted the thread as requested, although I would have preferred to leave it up with the link to the article, so the credit could be properly given after I’d messed up.
But I just wanted to clarify so people don’t assume I deleted it to intentionally hide anything.
— Sarah McGonagall (@gothspiderbitch) May 17, 2022
Oh and here’s the article I found the story through:https://t.co/g48QFbiJFz
Here’s the full four- part article:https://t.co/S5l39DPMFY
Here’s the original 1994 article:https://t.co/SI2sRnq9RL
— Sarah McGonagall (@gothspiderbitch) May 17, 2022
Do y’all think it was appropriate for her to delete the entire thread or would it have been fine for Sarah to add the original source as part of her thread? Comment below.
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