Posted on 08/25/2017 8:16:39 AM PDT by Gamecock
For a rapper whose debut single was called "Unorthodox," Joey Bada$$ isn't one to accept conventional wisdom. Defying widespread warnings, he proudly stared at the solar eclipse without protection. It didn't turn out to be a great idea. The rapper cancelled three shows starting Wednesday as he complained about his vision.
The 22-year-old Brooklyn rapper on Monday shared on social media that he was gazing into the sky without special glasses as the United States witnessed its first coast-to-coast total eclipse in nearly a century. "This ain't the first solar eclipse and I'm pretty sure our ancestors ain't have no fancy eyewear. Also pretty sure they ain't all go blind," he tweeted.
But he also said that he was seeing in different colors. He said his three shows -- in Cleveland, Chicago and Toronto -- were canceled due to "unforeseen circumstances" and hinted that his vision was to blame. "Seeing double, stacking triple," he tweeted Wednesday, using hip-hop slang for cashing in.
The rapper -- whose latest album, "All-Amerikkkan Bada$$," tackles racism, mass incarceration and other issues facing the United States -- had unlikely company in his defiance at staring at the eclipse. U.S. President Donald Trump also looked into the sky without protection as cameras were on him, but only briefly. He has not reported any vision issues since.
Joey Dumba$$.
There. Fixed it.
He is product of government schools. Enough said.
When a demographic group has an average IQ of 85, you have to realize that half of them have IQs below that ...
Yeah, they only looked up when they noticed it got real dark in the middle of the day.
Where was the President at the time? Those in the full eclipse areas, as we know, could look at it longer than those of us in the 80% zone.
Rapper none too bright.
Man, there's a boatload of irony packed into these two words considering the circumstances.
lol
So typical that these rappers don’t know common English.
Joey Badeye$$
I've been screaming that for over five years.
I didn’t know that staring into the sun screws up your hair. Learn something new everyday.
“Joey, uhhhh Coolio called, first he says ‘hi’, and he also says can he have his hair back?”
Now they should call him ‘Joey Badeyes’
Don’t know what difference it makes if he can see or not. He has a brain that doesn’t work so what’s the big deal? Well, MAYBE he has a brain - can’t really tell!
Blind Melon Dumbass
Didn’t Trump do this?
A single tear rolls down my face...
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