Harrow's own Honey G has been branded a 'novelty act' by award winning singer-songwriter John Legend.
Singer John Legend said he was impressed with the vocal talents of Relley C and 5 After Midnight on Xfactor's live show on Saturday October 22, but refuses to give rapper Honey G the "red light".
He said: “There's been a lot of conversation about her, I'd heard about her but I hadn't seen any of the episodes leading up to it. She has attracted a lot of attention, all I told her was try and be the best version of her that you can be.
"To me, I think part of it is about choosing which songs you do and trying to execute the mechanical of being a good rapper, it's about flow, it's about how you use your voice, how you communicate to the audience so I tried to be as kind and sensitive as I could be.
“You know; people are obviously getting caught up in the novelty of it. The song she had chosen, I thought, heightened the novelty of her because it was referencing another novelty act, which I thought wasn't the best idea, so I told her that. What else do you want me to say?!”
Honey G has had her fair share of backlash this series, with Boy George branding her and Factor a ‘joke’ and comedian Steve Coogan refused to sing along with her own rap ‘When I say Honey, you say G’.
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There is still a lot of love out there for Honey G, but our poll shows that 81 per cent of the public do not believe she can make it through to the finals.
But what do you think?
Honey G and Louis Walsh @MrsSOsbourne @TheXFactor @TheXFactorUSA @LouisWalshXFact pic.twitter.com/iondWKGhFZ
— HONEY G - RAP ARTIST (@The_Honey_G) October 23, 2016
I am 100% in love with @The_Honey_G if she doesn't win it I'll kick off! #WhenISayHoney #G
— Danny Miller (@DannyBMiller) October 16, 2016
Love a bit of @The_Honey_G 🎶🎶🎶
— Danielle Harold (@DHaroldOfficial) October 15, 2016
@ honey g love you my queen you're gonna go so far i've bin here from the start FORGET 🙅🏻 the haters they just don't feel you 😏 queen 👸🏻 HG
— molly (@madeofwaxmoll) October 13, 2016
When i say honey you say G!!! Honey g for the win this year #crimbonumber1 😉
— Joeyyy (@JoeMoynihan2) October 24, 2016
Everyone slagging off honey gee but someone voting for her.. I say good luck to her, she's not hurting anyone! Keep living the dream #HoneyG
— Scarlett Moffatt (@ScarlettMoffatt) October 23, 2016
H to the o to n to the e I say honey you say ... G ,,, I love it 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
— Robbie Savage (@RobbieSavage8) October 15, 2016
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