Marsai Martin Has A Message … Worry About Justice And Not My Wig!

The BET Awards were lit! While Sunday night’s show was completely virtual, fans on social media seemed to think this was the best year yet. The show definitely set the standard for how many may do it moving forward. But, with all of the successes, there was some shade — and Marsai Martin definitely felt it on her end. The Black-ish star announced Megan Thee Stallion as the Best Female Hip Hop Artist, but many were focused on the 16-year-old’s hair, not her announcement.

.@MarsaiMartin blesses Megan Thee Stallion (@theestallion) with the Best Female Hip-Hop Artist Award!

Congratulations 👑 @theestallion on your #BETAwards 20 win! pic.twitter.com/FaJ9R0ciEr

— BET (@BET) June 29, 2020

It was comments like this one that flooded timelines after Martin’s video…

Now Marsai Martin now that she had a grown woman wig on…that wig is too grown for ME. love her tho! do you sis! lol

— Kindra Moné (@itsKindraMone) June 29, 2020

But Black Twitter was quick to defend Marsai’s Black Girl Magic!

Who’s talking shit about our baby? pic.twitter.com/pnrhJ3UY9i

— neauxla heauxla (@tiabbea) June 29, 2020

what happened?? did we not just have a conversation about protecting little black girls a few days ago? leave #marsaimartin alone. pic.twitter.com/MwZvwjJGjf

— Kendra (@awhh_kittykitty) June 29, 2020

However, Ms. Marsai didn’t need any help — she took to Twitter to silence the haters herself!

Sorry some of y’all don’t like my hair. Or teeth … which are my actual teeth btw. Good thing I don’t put my effort into trying to please everyone. I like it. Chile I’m 16 this year, let me live. I’m trying to stay sane in quarantine. Enjoy the #BETAwards 😉

— Marsai Martin (@marsaimartin) June 29, 2020

Oh, and she had more to say on Instagram…

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A post shared by Marsai Martin (@marsaimartin) on Jun 28, 2020 at 7:01pm PDT

So, what’s the lesson here folks? Leave our young, talented, beautiful little sis Marsai ALONE! Also, she doesn’t care about you broke, bitter haters.