Stevie Wonder defends Bruno Mars against "Culture Vulture" critics

[midnightman]

https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/975024220433301504

We got the musical legend Friday night in Bev Hills leaving Mr. Chow, and he squarely takes issue with activist Seren Sensei who called him out in a web series, calling him a karaoke singer who rips off other artists.

Stevie calls BS on that, saying Bruno's a great talent and the idea that certain types of music should be walled off is ridiculous.

For those who won't play the video [[because TMZ's messy sometimes), here are his quotes:

"God created music for everyone to enjoy and we can't limited ourselves by people's fears and insecurities," he said. "He's a great talent. So that other stuff is just bullshhhh [[bullsh*t).

"He was inspired by great musicians and great artists, songwriters, so that's good," he added.

When the cameraman asked him if that gives Mars "a pass," alluding to the singer being half Puerto Rican and half Jewish, Wonder answered back, "It's not about a pass, God created music for everybody."