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Rapper defiantly stares at eclipse, cancels Toronto show
CTV News ^ | August 24, 2017

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.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: eyedamage; rapper; solareclipse; whatanidiot
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1 posted on 08/25/2017 8:16:39 AM PDT by Gamecock
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To: Gamecock
Joey Bada$$

Joey Dumba$$.
There. Fixed it.


2 posted on 08/25/2017 8:18:35 AM PDT by Gamecock ("We always choose according to our greatest inclination at the moment." R.C. Sproul)
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To: Gamecock

He is product of government schools. Enough said.


3 posted on 08/25/2017 8:18:46 AM PDT by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: Gamecock

When a demographic group has an average IQ of 85, you have to realize that half of them have IQs below that ...


4 posted on 08/25/2017 8:19:04 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Islam: You have to just love a "religion" based on rape and sex slavery.)
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To: Gamecock
"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.

Yeah, they only looked up when they noticed it got real dark in the middle of the day.

5 posted on 08/25/2017 8:20:09 AM PDT by Slyfox (Are you tired of winning yet?)
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To: Gamecock

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.


6 posted on 08/25/2017 8:20:13 AM PDT by madison10 (Pray for President Trump and Israel.)
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To: Gamecock
"unforeseen circumstances"

Man, there's a boatload of irony packed into these two words considering the circumstances.

7 posted on 08/25/2017 8:20:37 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: Gamecock

lol


8 posted on 08/25/2017 8:21:49 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Gamecock

So typical that these rappers don’t know common English.


9 posted on 08/25/2017 8:22:34 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: Gamecock

Joey Badeye$$


10 posted on 08/25/2017 8:23:08 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: TMA62
They all are (kids in the USA)

I've been screaming that for over five years.

11 posted on 08/25/2017 8:23:11 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: Gamecock

I didn’t know that staring into the sun screws up your hair. Learn something new everyday.


12 posted on 08/25/2017 8:23:15 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Gamecock

"Are you serious?"
13 posted on 08/25/2017 8:24:07 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: HombreSecreto

“Joey, uhhhh Coolio called, first he says ‘hi’, and he also says can he have his hair back?”


14 posted on 08/25/2017 8:24:34 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Gamecock; All

Now they should call him ‘Joey Badeyes’


15 posted on 08/25/2017 8:25:16 AM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington D.C. has become the enemy of free people everywhere!)
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To: Gamecock

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!


16 posted on 08/25/2017 8:25:49 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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17 posted on 08/25/2017 8:26:11 AM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: Gamecock

Blind Melon Dumbass


18 posted on 08/25/2017 8:26:36 AM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: Gamecock

Didn’t Trump do this?


19 posted on 08/25/2017 8:26:47 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Gamecock

A single tear rolls down my face...


20 posted on 08/25/2017 8:27:13 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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