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.
There was a black guy anchoring news out of Eugene, OR a few years back. He asked his co-anchor if it was OK if he looked at a lunar eclipse.
ROFL
“I am SpartaLEE”
Another rap Rhodes Scholar./s
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First order of medical treatment’ the Nurse’s Aide takes a shiny pair of scissors and snips each of those crooked braids off while the patient is under sedation.
“Mah hair! What happened to mah hair!??”
“Doctor’s order’s, Mister BadAss. Sanitary reasons.
Those braids had not been washed since the Bush Administration!”
Proof positive that the eclipse was raciss.
“He is product of government schools. Enough said.”
So are a lot of other,very bright,people. Enough said.
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How can you stare at it anyway? TOO bright...your eyes would just squint till their shut...
99.9% partial eclipse ==>. NOT OK
Not when you’re on method or whatever
Calling the genius a rapper says it all
method= meth
I guess he showed everyone...
That was a LOL for me. Clever.
LMMFAO!!
Now that is funny!
Pretty sure your ancestors ain’t as dumb as you HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Yes, but he's a demi-god...
“Blind Melon Dumbass”
Hilarious.
Yo Yo Yo
Check it out...
I’m bettin’ ya
My retinas
Can stand the sight
Can see the light
I’m super starin’
Always rarin’
For a fight
This sh*t’s not right
My eye doctor’s
A Cracker
Talkin’ smack
I don’t play that
Jack
It was a lark
Now kinda dark
Can’t drive or park
Or see that shark
Clark
Optical fragility
Got me
On disability
Oh silly me
Say, can I see?
NO!
word...
LMAO!
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