Receiving a heavy backlash in the final product for the music video “Pretty Girls”, Wale was placed in front of the court and blasted for a lack of representation for the Black women with a darker complexion closer to his own.

The recent blast placed the rapper, along with Black men of the world, and put him on trial for disrespecting these women.

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In regards to the music video and its choice of women, Wale made the statement that he wasn't in charge of picking the women.  He went on to add that there weren't any darker women present during the casting to even be picked.

Wale even went as far as to present another video in the form of “My Sweetie” which seemed to fan down the “controversy “of “Pretty Girls”

Now, the question at hand at this point is what is the point?  From watching the video, there is an abundance of women from different cultures and different shades and even different sizes.  There was a time when rappers were being placed on the chopping block for not having plus sized women featured for their visuals.

It seems like it was only yesterday that rappers were being yelled at for the whole video vixens and once again disrespecting Black women.

Is there never any responsibility placed in the hands of the women that show up to these casting calls and agree to particular terms?

Another question to be posed is, why not take such an argument to those in charge of the casting call?  Not taking any responsibility off of Wale, but the music industry must seemingly be after a particular look, so it would make sense to bring such a statement directly to their door as opposed to saying that Black men aren't respecting their women.

What do you guys think?  Does she have a valid argument in saying that Black men, or rappers, aren't giving the dark skinned Black women enough shine in their videos?

Clearly, Gucci Mane wasn't going to be able to make it due to his particular situation, a.k.a. prison, but the abundance of women might be able to pick up the slack for his absence.

Apparently, there was some backlash for the video with critics saying there was a lack of dark skinned women in the video so Wale also dropped “My Sweetie” which was a bonus track off of the album.

It's good to see an artist trying to make sure that he can gain the mass appeal, but what is really going on with the light skinned preference in these videos?  Who's really picking these girls?