Why's it "was" instead of "were?"

Native speaker’s answer
Rebecca
Grammatically, "were" would be correct here, but this way of speaking is fairly common in some places in the USA, and is considered to be more accepted now than before. Eminem uses "AAVE" in his song lyrics, African-American Vernacular English, which is a way of speaking English that has developed among African-Americans due to various complexities and often includes differences like this. Ex: We was going to the shops to get some ice cream. Ex: I don't need nothing like that. => anything = nothing