Disclaimer: This entire post is because of a moment of rage that I had earlier today. It may potentially be quite harsh. But oh well...
First, artists act like they are rough and tough and try to play other artists like Kanye or Common or Jay-Z or whoever else for dressing casual, grown-and-sexy, wearing flip-flops, sweaters, blazers, etc.
Then the same artists calling people out will go and do this:
http://blogs.sohh.com/mr_irreverent/past_thoughts/2006/02/black-skin-care.html
Or get a manicure, pedicure, etc. For those who can't tell. That's Jim Jones of the Dipset getting a facial. The same man who called Kanye out for wearing tight jeans. WTF? I guess wearing jeans that you can't fit two people in are tight jeans.
Here's what upsets me. Once the artist calling people out gets called out his/herself they acts as if they're just doing it because "Ni99a I got money...I stay fly, fresh, flashy..." etc. etc. Basically because they have the money to do all these lavish things and YOU DON'T. Like wear couture clothing or other high-end clothes. Get manicures, pedicures, facials. Because they got the money to do it and YOU DON'T. So you must be either broke or a wack rapper if you can't do all the lavish and expensive things I do.
Why does hip-hop culture seemingly have this "hate on you" subconscious mentality? Why?
Why can't an artist just do him and that be it? Everybody has to make themselves feel like they're better than someone else. When it comes to rapping, that's part of the game...You're supposed to think you're #1. When it comes to everything else in life that's materialistic...Dudes still just gotta be #1. They gotta dress better than you; have more girls than you; more cars than you; more houses; better weed; etc. The shyt is silly! It doesn't really matter considering these are all things that can be taken away. Who cares really? People are people. They wear/buy what they want. That doesn't change the person.
Artists like Jay-Z, CamRon, 50 Cent, Fabolous, etc. all do this type of stuff in some way. Making people feel like they're less than you because they don't have the possessions that you have or because you don't dress like they do, etc. That's wack!
It gets on my nerves personally because I know I dress more on the Kanye side of town (LOL) for the most part. So a dude might see me and assume I'm soft or even a "fruit" (see PG county native for explanation). Then you realize you've got a mutual friend with this person...You meet him/her and that person realizes you aren't any different from them...You just dress how you like. Then they all-of-a-sudden mess with you tough because they realize you are just like them in a lot of ways, but you ain't afraid to do you and dress how you like, talk how you naturally talk, etc.
It's a lot of dudes out here fronting like they are "doing them" when really they aren't comfortable with themselves at all. Dudes need to stop fronting so much and just be who they are. The shyt blows me, man! For real. It all kinda just came to a head in my mind a couple seconds ago after I read that article on Jim Jones. Cuz he's one of the first dudes to talk about someone else or just plain hate on a ni99a and then play himself by doing something contradictory to what he seems to "stand" for. But regardless of how hard you try to front, when ish hits the fan, your true colors shine...Check out CamRon here:
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