I DONT THINK PEOPLE WERE AS PISSED HE WAS GAY AND INDIAN, I THINK MOST OF THE FOLKS WERE MAD BECAUSE HE COULDNT SING AND KEPT GETTING PASSED ON, THATS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME...
that's what was great about it. a brown "dude" getting far into it and he was garbage (according to people who actually watched that shit) it was like seeing OJ beat his first case.