So Tity Boi got robbed in San Fran a few days ago. The interwebs seem to be a little amped up about him and his crew running. Well, when someone has a gun aimed directly at you, what's your natural instinct, to stand there??? Anyway, we all know these rappers typically aren't tough guys in real life and are just (in most cases) normal people with tough backgrounds, (in most cases) relatively new money, and a talent/gimmick that they've used to become famous as a rapper. With that in mind, I can't be mad at 2 Chainz for hauling ass when these cats tried to rob him.
This exact situation happened to me and two of my best friends in 1998 as we were leaving a party on Howard Univsersity's campus. We all jetted in different directions, I was the one that got caught and basically boxed in by two dudes carrying guns. I lost a pair of silver foamposites, a wallet with no money in it, and survived with my life. 2 Chainz is lucky he made it, just like I was.
It's easy to sit back and laugh at something like this and question how tough a guy is but in reality, probably 95% of us would all do the same thing because we value our lives. Anyone that stands there and plays tough guy either doesn't have anything to live for, doesn't care about living, or is just plain stupid. But in the end, this is what happens when you act tough on records, eventually somebody tries to find out first-person, just how tough you really are.
I watched this on 2dopeboyz and at first thought it was a Soulja Boy-created joke video. Then I realized that the girl is actually from the Bachelorette TV show and what they're rapping is that dumb crap they say to her on the show (clowns). So this video is a corny rap based on a corny TV show where everybody is faking like they're looking for "true love". Again, possibly the most corny thing ever written, recorded, and that has a video. I feel like I shouldn't even help give this crap free viral promo because I'm sure that's what the point of this whole thing is, lol.
This is pretty far off from what I usually post here as far as music goes but this is dope! Ran across is from a Twitter post from Phonte of Little Brother, which led me to this post.
But hold fast, apparently he was actually stripped of his scholarship because he put a bunch of profanity-laced videos on YouTube (rofl). And from there, his reasoning for pursuing his rap career was:
"I've been thinking about doing this for a couple of years now...I try to take advantage of every opportunity I get and for him to like my music and reach it to me, I really appreciated that. I’ve always had this in the back of my head, but never had the courage to tell my parents that this is what I want to do." (source: The Philadelphia Inquirer via The Bleacher Report)
First off, he said he likes to take advantage of every opportunity he's given. Oh really???? Second, who in the world reached out to him about liking this music??? Third, you don't have the courage to tell your parents what you really want to do but you have the courage to put your profanity-laced (and quite horrible) rap videos on YouTube? This kid's all over the place. This highlights just how much young kids nowadays don't get it and need responsible adults and role models in their lives.
Moreover, there's a gigantic difference between giving up your scholarship to pursue a rap career and getting your scholarship revoked then saying, "Oh yeah I wanted to rap anyway so Imma go ahead and do that. Also, he raps just like a kid that's gotten hit in the head too many times on the football field so I'm not so sure his rap career is going to take off. Then again, Gucci Mane has made a living off of rapping like he's mentally disabled or got hit in the head a bunch of times. I mean, nobody may believe in your dream but you and "do you" and all that jazz but ummmmmm, yeah.
Last but not least, I can't help but wonder if there wasn't a SINGLE PERSON in this kids life who mentioned to him that you can rap, play football, and get an education all [Future voice] at the SAME DAMN TIME! [/Future voice]. I hope someone that really cares about this kid sits him down and has a talk with him about his life and gives him some solid advice. Or maybe someone has already and he's just determined to do what he wants to do. Either way, I hope things work out for this kid in life, not necessarily in rap.
