I am mad at the culture that bred and borne his lifestyle, not because he was black, or rich beyond the pale, or anything of that sort. I'm not a racist, a bigot or a homophobe, but I belong to the society that frowns on the gangster lifestyle, or the gay lifestyle, etc.
You don't praise destructive lifestyles or behaviors, and you don't praise people who willingly and knowingly under free will, participate in the destructive lifestyle or behavior.
"Doing drugs is part of the rapper lifestyle". That's bulls--- and everyone knows it.
Yeah dude, that was cool. Go get that tough rapper who's in the morgue and show him who's boss. Sometimes I am simply amazed at the lack of human dignity we ascribe to. No Mr.Jones wasn't a "good" guy, but he sure wasn't the "gangster" you suppose he was either. If you had heard any of his raps, he was mainly a clown, a comedian sort of raper. I grant that he was a lousy adult, and an irresponsible one to boot, but so is my brother and many of his little friends and sure as hell won't point out that they were al "little thugs" if they were to die from some jackass decisions they made.
At the end of the day, take a deep breath and remember that this guy was a person. An irresponsible adult, and a faulted human being yes, but a human being nonetheless. He made criminal mistakes of a non violent manner for which he paid a debt to society. He then (from all accounts) got out of jail and tried to clean himself up. Sometimes people are too far gone to clean up (as this was probably the case with this guy).
Making comments such as "I won't getting all choked up over another rap assholes death" neither adds to the point or remedies the ailment that any substantive point could be invested toward. Keep that to yourself. Making that coment out loud shows a disdain that runs deeper than visceral, skin deep level into an evidence of pent up anomous. For what? Why does it matter in such a negative way to the point of evoking wordsthat vent the temptation to piss on a grave, or pile on?
I don't get. Keep in mind that I am no "bleeding heart" asshole either. I know full and well theat this guy was an irresponsible and wreckless adult, but he was also young, and I can't celebrate the death of youth in any event.
Perhaps you can, have at it.
I heard somewhere that the guys that make it big in rap music are really geeky types that are just imatating the thug thing.
I don't know however don't watch music videos or listen to hardcore rap.