Melyssa Ford fights back of Game ’s song
By M.I.A on Nov 24, 2006 in Melyssa Ford | | | |
November 21, 2006 — MAYBE The Game can get away with insulting other women as slutty “bitches” - but not Melyssa Ford.
The beauty told Page Six she is “confused and saddened” by the song, “Never Get Far,” in which the rapper lyricizes: “And all these new video bitches tryin’ to be Melyssa Ford/But they don’t know Melyssa Ford drive a Honda Accord.”
“I am really confused and saddened that he decided to include my name on a record that disparages the characters of women who have worked hard in the industry to make successful careers for themselves,” said Ford (who, in point of fact, does not drive a Honda Accord).
The song also says of Ford, a video model and TV personality: “She a video vixen, but behind closed doors/She do whatever it take to get to the Grammy Awards.”
The Game - who was recently arrested in Midtown on charges of impersonating a police officer (he allegedly wanted his taxi driver to go through red lights) - also uses the number to accuse Gabriel Union (”Running With Scissors”) and Meagan Good (”You Got Served”) of sleeping with rappers in order to gain success.
In the track from his album “Doctor’s Advocate,” the misogynistic musician tells women in the music and movie industries, “You wouldn’t get far if you kept your legs closed.”
Ford is also hurt that Kanye West, a good friend of hers, performs with The Game on “Never Get Far.” “I don’t want to ride anyone’s coattails towards fame,” Ford told Page Six’s Corynne Steindler. “That line . . . it’s just horrible.”
Ford started her career as a music video model, appearing in videos for Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. She’s also slated to appear on one of the five covers celebrating King magazine’s fifth anniversary and is currently “transitioning into the film world.”
While she may be catching flack from The Game, Ford still enjoys the support of her wide fan base. “Nobody understands why I am on this record,” she said. “I am the blueprint for this industry because I have respect for myself.”
TRACI BLUE | Nov 27, 2006 | Reply
WELL IT’S LIKE THIS. IF YOU DON’T WANT HIM TO TALK ABOUT U LIKE THAT, DON’T LIVE THE LIFE. VIDEO WOMEN ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING BUT SHAKING THER ASSES IN THE WORLDS FACE, CALLING THEMSELVES, MODELS,,, WHAT A JOKE !!!!!
shabakah | Dec 9, 2006 | Reply
U up there talking smack.. ur just jealous because u dont have the goodz to be a video whoe*
your proaly some fat, bored, ugly strtech mark covered chick that admires Melyssa Ford so u follow her daily bad news to make ur self have a benefit of a doubt. Video whoe or no videl whoe i would still tap that ASS!
Unreal | Mar 3, 2007 | Reply
Poor Melyssa…women are always put in the worst situation. If you shake your ass your a hoe; You make it to the top of a corporation you’re a bitch and slept with the CEO; You marry an NBA star you are a gold digger; You become a stay at home mom, your lazy! We can’t win. It is a money making industry…who care’s what the Game had to say, Melyssa is making her way and so is he. What I can’t understand is why us black women are always used and then left out to dry by our black men. Black men, start treating your black women like queens…So quick to take white women and treat them like princess, and so eager to throw us to the dogs! Kim Porter should be our example…
shabakah are you for real?
Red SaGE | Jun 4, 2007 | Reply
Be serious Melyssa Ford is a whore..she said shes worked hard in the industry??at what working hard sucking dick and shacking her ass!!she has not talent shes a slut that knows how to get money by degrading herself…she is nothing and wont ever be shes pursuing acting??no real professional producer would hire her because shes so unrespected and low. Women like that give women every where a bad name they use sex as a stepping stone to get ahead but they dont realize they aint shit. You can be sexy without being a whore…she just prefers to be whore…and thats just what shell always be. She’ll never be more than that “fine bitch in so and so’s video shaking her ass and poppin her p.” so please give me a break the game is juss spittin the truth