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Posted on 11/28/2005 8:03:01 AM PST by SDGOP
50 Cent and Kanye West are the only ones selected to be GQ's "Men of the Year" who have no false modesty about it — both of the hip-hop stars justify their big egos in the mag's pages. But they also have more on their minds
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50 Cent, Kanye West In GQ's 10th Annual "Men Of The Year Issue"
than just themselves. Like George W. Bush, for one. 50 thinks the president is "incredible ... a gangsta." "I wanna meet George Bush, just shake his hand and tell him how much of me I see in him," 50 told GQ. If the rapper's felony conviction didn't prevent him from voting, 50 said he would have voted for Bush. Meanwhile, Kanye basically called Bush a racist on national television, and has since rethought his strategy for speaking out. "When NBC edited it out on the West Coast, that was a wakeup call," West told the magazine. "It let people know how censored we still are. This is supposed to be America, but you can't get your opinion out. There's all kinds of things I want to say, but I need to pace myself, to make sure my opportunities to say these things aren't taken away too abruptly." Kanye says after giving us entertainment, his next goal is to give us "inspiration." 50's next goal? He wants to market a condom. ...
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How so? At the time that the bootlegging was taking place the attitude toward alcohol was very much the same as the attitude toward crack is now.
Who is talking about adults? My kids think gansta rap sucks and so do all of their friends.
You must be a white guy.
That's funny. So because your kids and their friends don't like 50 cent, that means he isn't popular with the youth of today.
Who is buying all of his music and making him so successful then?
So does this mean George Bush is America's second black president?
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When Rome fell to the barbarians western culture regressed for over a thousand years.
The same thing is happening in America today.
Yeah, bootlegging was such a time honored tradition that 18th amendment (prohibition) was passed. Check yourself before you call someone ignorant.
In the bible belt, alcohol has been demonized for a very long time and still is. Many counties in the south are still dry. You think this is just for tax reasons?
He must think the President really is Dave Chapelle's "Black Bush" character.
Old fogey syndrome.
I have always liked 50. I love his music, and I like the fact that he is the ultimate capitalist.
It went by the boards with "One-pack" Shakur.
The fallacy of prohibition was revealed when the 18th amendment was repealed.
Possession of alcohol is legal in all 50 states.
Anymore silly comparisons you'd like to bring up?
It is now, but it wasn't when the bootlegging was taking place. That is the point.
Even now in many southern churches, alcohol is seen as just as bad (if not worse) as crack.
Engaging the the trafficking of alcohol during the 20s and 40s was a very bad thing. It might seem silly now but at the time it was bad.
Even after the 18th amendment was repealed, many states still prohibited alcohol.
Satin? Seriesly? There's a hugh difference between Elvis and Satin...
For your argument to be valid you have to speculate that crack laws are going to be repealed and crack posession legal in all 50 states.
Do you think that's going to happen?
That is irrelevant. You don't like rap and that is fine - lots of people don't. I don't like bluegrass but I don't go around calling it crap.
My point is that EVEN artists that went on to become legends were initially demonized by the social conservatives of the day. I never implied that 50 cent will go on to be considered as great as the Beatles, Elvis or the Stones.
Remember when people thought that showing Elvis shaking his hips was scandalous?
Times change - and so do musical tastes.
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