No one is celebrating his misdeeds. No one celebrates yours either. If you lived the life DMX lived I don't think you'd be too well-adjusted either. Consider yourself lucky. You come off as very sheltered.
Seems odd to weigh in on this thread for the sake of being a scold, but we've all got our own thing I guess. Had you heard of this person prior to this week?
We are celebrating the good he put out in the world and the good times we experienced through his music. We all know he had his demons and he was far from perfect. The man has passed and in a world filled with so much negativity its nice to focus on the good for a moment. Bringing up what you brought up in this moment is nothing but a dooshbag move.
Some posters here certainly appear to be celebrating his staying "hardcore" to the end, or as we used to say, "keeping it real." Sure, the man had demons, but that doesn't give license to shirking responsibility. If the thread was simply kept to the music, I wouldn't have commented. To me, white people celebrating "keeping it real" is simply another way of saying, "let's keep them in their place."
Yeah Ern, I'm well aware of him. I was more a Public Enemy guy for the music and the message. Have a number of 90s/early 00s hip hop CDs, but admittedly I'm less a beats guy as I prefer melody and melodic hooks. These days if I listen to hip hop/rap it's usually trip-hop or stuff like Theophilus London or Childish Gambino and that ilk of genre-bending artists.
XL, I'll happily compared "sheltered" status with you any time you want.
Champs, why not go into the Prince Philip thread and call people dooshbags for criticizing him for being a useless Royal. The guy was wildly entitled, no doubt, but invested a ton of time and money in charity work.
To be fair I never expected exactly stellar roles acting roles in most of the action movies that I care to watch but point well taken. Tupac was a legit natural at acting.
Common is probably a better actor than rapper, IMO.
