Twitter Beef gets someone killed

[fromthatown]

I mean we can sit back and say the internet is not that serious, but it's still a form of communication, that in this case, can be devastating. I mean whydo people argue or debate in threads on NT if it isn't serious??? Why do people always have the need to have the last word? To me, it's because we havea need to prove we're right. BonafideHustla said something on NT that will always stay with me. "We are truly all a bunch of screen names thatdon't really matter." It's true. But all we have on the internet is our thoughts and our words. That's why dudes will want to hurt someonebecause our words and thoughts are personal, me included. However, after someone dies or gets hurt over the internet, it does look bad on both partiesinvolved. It's no different from real life cause when tempers flare, rationality, morals, and values are thrown out the window, and then you have somethinglike this.

 

[solidgold]

Damn shame
RIP

 

[hennysmash]

moar rons

 

[memphisboi55]

%+$# just got real.

 

[lesfamilia]

Originally Posted by mytmouse76

it was only a matter of time...

damn shame tho

SMH... I can't disagree with you though. And I opened this thread really hoping it didn't involve our community.

 

[jthagreat]

dumb...rip

 

[flipnkraut]

 

[dmoney82]

What is his twitter name?

 

[ikari xd]

Originally Posted by Dead Stokc

I really hope @MayorNYC doesnt run into @Wale

And I hope his mother doesn't run into him either. Wale got real mad to say some +$$* like that

 

[pharelfor3]

it was only a matter of time.....

 

[nktran001]

Originally Posted by SuperAntigen

...sike.

 

[quincy powell]

I know people that knew Kwame SMH.

 

[dipsetgeneral]

Technology & Harlem U.S.A. don't mix well at all..

 

[nasdaq]

Shows how sad pple are. Taking twitter and words online so seriously.

 

[ill i am]

Originally Posted by daffy 016

Blake's arrest was particularly shocking because he showed up at Harlem Hospital after Dancy was shot and hugged his father.

Shotty to the neck? Damn.

Originally Posted by Nasdaq

Shows how sad pple are. Taking twitter and words online so seriously.

It didn't start on twitter tho'...this was something personal.

Originally Posted by SuperAntigen

Dudes walking around thinking going out like Big or Pac is what's up--glorified stupidity...

How'd you come away with that from this story?

 

[kidjs5]

 

[kien]

grown men still talking mess, grow up already.

looks like some people never mature.

 

[superantigen]

Originally Posted by iLL I AM

Originally Posted by SuperAntigen

Dudes walking around thinking going out like Big or Pac is what's up--glorified stupidity...

How'd you come away with that from this story?

1. Don't quote me out of context and then ask me what I'm talking talking about.

2. But to address you, that out of context quoted statement is in reference to our generation and its consumption of those psuedo-macho motifs which have cometo underpin much of hip-hop culture today. The very same hip-hop culture which, in its inception, was the voice of a marginalized people and the platform forsocial change, has now become, arguably, and is for the most part, a vehicle for gross commercialism; one that is largely, not entirely--but largely, imbuedwith messages of violence, chauvinism, and ignorance. Basically, "ignet" ishhh.

Essentially, you got dudes walking around thinking that, for example, a dude like Uncle "Murder" is a real man because he's a (self-proclaimed) Gwho won't entertain second thoughts of killing you, as the first thought is reason enough to kill you.

We've got youth chilling on the block selling ishhh that poisons their very own communities because hip-hop, by way of artists like Rick Ross (a formercorrections officer--an unfortunate irony unto itself), sees fit to romanticize and commercialize the felonious "art" of drug dealing.

We've got another dude by the name of 50 who made his fame, and then riches, by promoting violence, beef, and antagonism. Even worse is the fact that withall his riches, he continues to peddle violence and friction.

All of this foolishness, is then wrapped up and shipped to targeted audiences all across America. Although, you should make note of the fact that howevermutable this targeted audience is from time to time, its composition largely remains both youthful, African-American/black, and male. Evidence of this--look nofurther than the two dudes at the center of OPs "Twitter Beef" story.

So all across America, young'uns are being fed this crap and being taught "some very wrong things" which will likely prove detrimental to theirlivelihood, in more ways than one, if and when they choose to act out and upon these "...very wrong things".

Question--why would they choose act out these "...very wrong things" though? Well, simply stated, the shrewd corporate individuals responsible forpushing these products (and if I may add, the shrewd corporate individuals who always make an effort to live away from the communities that ingest the veryproducts they're pushing) have made an active effort to correlate these "...very wrong things" to masculinity--an intangible which just sohappens to be the holy grail in the black community, especially within a generation where father figures are wholly or largely absent from homes.

So now, you have people like Uncle Murder/Rick Ross/and 50 teaching the kids that it's better to die with bullet in your lifeless torso and be perceivedlike a G, like a "real man" (word to Pac and Big), than to live to see tomorrow and your future, and be perceived, instead, as un-masculine.Accordingly, it is better to do a bid in the "penn" like a G and in doing so, earn your stripes as a "real man", than it is to be a freeman and be perceived as un-masculine. This is what hip-hop has become.

It hardly teaches young black men to avoid confrontation and/or focus on academics. It glorifies violence and any avenue that promotes confrontation, and mockspeace and those avenues which promote diplomacy. The culture chooses to apotheosize men like Big and Pac, even though men like MLK and Malc-X did far more forhip-hop (FACT), than the formerly mentioned individuals. Peace and diplomacy become popular in hip-hop only when, interestingly but unfortunately enough, it isalready too late for peace and diplomacy, word to Big and Pac. Right now, as he sits behind bars, I'm willing to bet that Blake is wishing he'dentertained notions of peace and diplomacy when his "beef" with Kwame escalated. But as previously stated, people entertain these alternatives onlywhen it has become too late for their implementation. Of course, I could see why either one of them didn't think about resolving theirdifferences--especially when doing so would make 'em look like punks, un-masculine ones at that.

You live and you learn right; although in this situation, the statement applies only if your name is Blake and even with that, the lesson learned is a hardone, and will be revealed in the years he spends behind bars...

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But yeah, in a nutshell, that's what I meant by that out of context quote.


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[shook one]

Originally Posted by Dom90

damn

 

[esydc]

What the hell

 

[eight2one]

I got some serious twitter beef with some of u #NTers...

 

[j23s]

down with twitter

 

[sn00pee]

Originally Posted by SuperAntigen

Originally Posted by iLL I AM

Originally Posted by SuperAntigen

Dudes walking around thinking going out like Big or Pac is what's up--glorified stupidity...

How'd you come away with that from this story?

1. Don't quote me out of context and then ask me what I'm talking talking about.

2. But to address you, that out of context quoted statement is in reference to our generation and its consumption of those psuedo-macho motifs which have come to underpin much of hip-hop culture today. The very same hip-hop culture which, in its inception, was the voice of a marginalized people and the platform for social change, has now become, arguably, and is for the most part, a vehicle for gross commercialism; one that is largely, not entirely--but largely, imbued with messages of violence, chauvinism, and ignorance. Basically, "ignet" ishhh.

Essentially, you got dudes walking around thinking that, for example, a dude like Uncle "Murder" is a real man because he's a (self-proclaimed) G who won't entertain second thoughts of killing you, as the first thought is reason enough to kill you.

We've got youth chilling on the block selling ishhh that poisons their very own communities because hip-hop, by way of artists like Rick Ross (a former corrections officer--an unfortunate irony unto itself), sees fit to romanticize and commercialize the felonious "art" of drug dealing.

We've got another dude by the name of 50 who made his fame, and then riches, by promoting violence, beef, and antagonism. Even worse is the fact that with all his riches, he continues to peddle violence and friction.

All of this foolishness, is then wrapped up and shipped to targeted audiences all across America. Although, you should make note of the fact that however mutable this targeted audience is from time to time, its composition largely remains both youthful, African-American/black, and male. Evidence of this--look no further than the two dudes at the center of OPs "Twitter Beef" story.

So all across America, young'uns are being fed this crap and being taught "some very wrong things" which will likely prove detrimental to their livelihood, in more ways than one, if and when they choose to act out and upon these "...very wrong things".

Question--why would they choose act out these "...very wrong things" though? Well, simply stated, the shrewd corporate individuals responsible for pushing these products (and if I may add, the shrewd corporate individuals who always make an effort to live away from the communities that ingest the very products they're pushing) have made an active effort to correlate these "...very wrong things" to masculinity--an intangible which just so happens to be the holy grail in the black community, especially within a generation where father figures are wholly or largely absent from homes.

So now, you have people like Uncle Murder/Rick Ross/and 50 teaching the kids that it's better to die with bullet in your lifeless torso and be perceived like a G, like a "real man" (word to Pac and Big), than to live to see tomorrow and your future, and be perceived, instead, as un-masculine. Accordingly, it is better to do a bid in the "penn" like a G and in doing so, earn your stripes as a "real man", than it is to be a free man and be perceived as un-masculine. This is what hip-hop has become.

It hardly teaches young black men to avoid confrontation and/or focus on academics. It glorifies violence and any avenue that promotes confrontation, and mocks peace and those avenues which promote diplomacy. The culture chooses to apotheosize men like Big and Pac, even though men like MLK and Malc-X did far more for hip-hop (FACT), than the formerly mentioned individuals. Peace and diplomacy become popular in hip-hop only when, interestingly but unfortunately enough, it is already too late for peace and diplomacy, word to Big and Pac. Right now, as he sits behind bars, I'm willing to bet that Blake is wishing he'd entertained notions of peace and diplomacy when his "beef" with Kwame escalated. But as previously stated, people entertain these alternatives only when it has become too late for their implementation. Of course, I could see why either one of them didn't think about resolving their differences--especially when doing so would make 'em look like punks, un-masculine ones at that.

You live and you learn right; although in this situation, the statement applies only if your name is Blake and even with that, the lesson learned is a hard one, and will be revealed in the years he spends behind bars...

________________________________________________________



But yeah, in a nutshell, that's what I meant by that out of context quote.


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