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sickenoughsteve · 1 month

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Beef, Bars, and Banter: Navigating the Drake vs. Kendrick Feud and the Hilarity Ensuing

When I first came across Pop Base’s prompt to write something for their newsletter based on modern-day pop culture, like Drake, I wanted to hire a ghostwriter.

Allegedly! Anyway…

I went to ChatGPT to see if I could streamline the process and create something funny, witty, and on-trend without spending too much time. It didn’t work at all. What came out (with specific prompts, even) was incredibly corny and very clearly written by AI. This is why we need REAL writers to be compensated fairly and given the correct resources to entertain and inform us properly.

Anyway, that’s my little rant on writing. But let’s go back to Drake. Right now, this man is getting cooked by the entire industry, yet it seems he’s holding his own? Whether our favorite cornball, who everyone admits is actually somewhat appealing in a way none of us can explain, is your favorite, or if you like the Pulitzer Prize winner, Kendrick, you must tip your hat to the revival of beef in the rap game.

This is fun!

I mean, The Weeknd is out here singing sultry diss bars, Future is butt-hurt for what seems to be the first time ever, Metro Boomin is catching strays simply because he’s good at making beats but doesn’t rap, Rick Ross is on IG calling Drake “whiteboy”, J Cole avoided a massacre but might have lost some respect in the process, Pusha T is somewhere saying “I told you so,” Kanye is continuing to be his same insane self… even Quavo and Chris Brown are getting intensely and perhaps almost violently disrespectful on the undercard for this headliner beef.

That said, rather than diving into this beef from all angles, I want to acknowledge that this is a lot of information to digest, and many battles are going on in this war. That’s why I will do my very best to give a bird’s-eye view of this whole situation and see if this perspective can help all of us enjoy it for what it is. Not necessarily to tell you who to “support” but rather to recognize that negativity might save us in 2024.

We’re missing pop culture events that unite and get us all thinking about the same things. That’s where I believe Kendrick and Drake are doing a massive service to hip-hop. Putting it all on the line gives us something great to sink our teeth into. I, for one, love it.

So, as far as comparing this beef to past beefs, I remember in middle school, hearing Nas on ‘Ether.’ It rocked my world. I was raised on Nas and thought of him as the ultimate rapper. A rapper’s rapper. Instantaneously upon hearing “Fuck Jay Z” several times in succession on the song, I became a bonafide 100% Jay Z hater.

Did I have a problem with Jay? Not really. He was a star. I liked his music and had absolutely no issues with him. But not anymore! Nas had set the stage for me to learn as much as possible about Jay Z and become skeptical of everything about him.

This time around, the same feeling is back. However, it’s even weirder because the internet is out here internetting. Drake has a team of social media people who ensure he has the best and most impactful content strategy any rapper in a beef could ask for.

The internet is all about timing and trolling. Drake and his team are certainly better equipped there. And it’s showing to be necessary. However, one could argue if the bars are all that matters, Kendrick might have him beat there. Hence, the need for Drake to win these small battles on social media.

I think the best thing about beef between world-class musicians is that we are instantaneously reminded that everybody is insecure and we all make mistakes. The goal of beef is to expose those missteps and air out those insecurities. Before, I never would have guessed Drake had a BBL, fake abs, and other body modifications. Does that make me hate him? Not really. Does it even bother me? No. Does it make me think he’s very weird? Hell yeah.

In this politically correct world, toxic masculinity makes a resounding comeback whenever rap beef is declared. That’s probably the most upsetting thing about this all, but at the same time, let me reiterate that it’s fun. In a world of Israel and Palestine headlines, one of the most significant elections of our history, climate issues, and other general sad, sad truths, this is something we quite certainly NEED.

Silly bullying.

Drake making fun of Kendrick’s shoe size is, frankly, hilarious. I don’t care at all that Kendrick is short. Why would I? It doesn’t matter one bit. But if you put it on a song, it’s GOING to be funny. But of course, he refers to him as “midget” a few too many times for our PC culture to be happy with him. I found this most interesting when stepping back and thinking about it all. To come across as “real” also means NOT being politically correct.

Drake came for Kendrick for making music with Taylor Swift. Meanwhile, he’s in a commercial singing and dancing to Taylor. Is working with one of the biggest stars of all time something you should be ashamed of? Clearly not. But it’s not manly. So we have to be embarrassed by it. Beef is confusing in 2024; that’s all I’m saying.

And Kendrick isn’t guilt-free, either. He told Drake he doesn’t like it when he says the N-word. Of course, Drake has a black father but was primarily raised by his white mother. Now, he must feel bad about using our culture’s most controversial word. Of course, there’s a lot a sociology professor could unpack about why this is wrong, but in rap beef, it’s fair game. And it works as a way to poke holes in Drizzy's entire being! So it plays.

Another thing. Before we had Rap Genius and could look up what these guys were saying, some more subtle jabs would go under the radar. But now, the whole thing—from Kendrick naming the song ‘Euphoria’ because of the HBO show Drake is a producer on—and the connection there to pedophilia to Drake calling his diss ‘Push Ups’—there’s simply lore everywhere you look.

I used to write for a company that covered Marvel/DC, comics in general, and action franchises, and the main thing I took away from it was that people love Easter Eggs. We love digging into the material and finding references to the past or things meant to not just be on the surface. That’s what we love most about rap beef - especially nowadays.

We want to make discoveries about these greats that make them less untouchable, to bring them down a peg. Interestingly, human nature is to humiliate those on top whenever possible.

But alas.

So, whether you “don’t trust” Drake or love and agree that he’s winning this 20v1, you must admit this is “for the culture” and far from over. So buckle up; this will be a hilarious and fun ride.

#rap #hip hop #hiphop

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white-boy-bracket · 1 year

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people will make Discourse out of anything istg

"Michael Afton isn't white" well he WAS white and that's what counts. Before he became a corpse he was Rick astly.

(Though like seriously HOW IS THERE WHITEBOY DISCOURSE-)

(istg I'm surprised I haven't gotten anyone on my super smash bats posts trying to argue that like hotel fransylvania dracula isn't a vampire or some shxt I honestly would not be surprised if that happened at this point-)

You should have seen before the polls came out. It was a mess

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all-about-news24x7 · 1 year

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Is Layton Simon Still Alive?

Layton Simon is the inspiration for the character Lamar Silas on the BMF TV show. Simon discusses his career. Also, the interactions with other Detroit street legends such as Chester Campbell, Butch Jones (YBI), Whiteboy Rick. Also, The Flenory Brothers. Layton also describes his time with Big Meech. Most of the characters in BMF are based on real people involved with the Flenory brothers. Many…

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alex-at-the-movies · 6 years

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Introduction Post

Okay first of all, welcome to my new blog where I will be posting reviews about movies (and maybe shows) that are both new and old. As an AMC A-list member I typically see about 3 movies a week as long as they interest me, gotta get my money’s worth after all lol. Anyways my reviews will be purely my own opinion and how I felt about the movie. For movies still in theaters I'll try to avoid spoilers, but I'll always tag anything that may spoil the movie. Some movies I'll even include my thoughts going into the movie as well as my thoughts after the movie. I may update my reviews after I let the movie sink in more or if I see it a second time, but that's really only if there's anything significant to add to it. As for other reviews and reviewers, there may be times where I criticize their evaluation of a movie or use their review as support for mine. All in all I hope you enjoy reading my thoughts on the movies I watch, especially the ones I really enjoy, now hopefully I'll be able to think of a rating system I can stick to by the time I make my next post just in case it's tldr and you'd rather just skip down to the rating.

As for the movies I will be reviewing starting tonight (depending on your time zone and if I actually feel like doing it) they are:

Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (2009)

Peppermint (2018)

Searching (2018)

Kin (2018)

A.X.L (2018)

Alpha (2018)

The Happytime Murders (2018)

Mile 22 (2018)

Whiteboy Rick (2018)

And many more as I think of them, don't expect any kind of regular schedule, but I'll try to post at least once a week. Ideally I'll write many of them in advance and schedule them, but that all depends on if I can find the time and focus on writing them long enough while also working on my works of fiction and any college work I have.

#movie reviewer #movie blog #movie critic #writer #cirque du freak #peppermint #searching #kin #axl #alpha #the happytime murders #mile 22 #whiteboy rick #movies #alex at the movies #alex goes to the movies #introduction #intro post #new blog

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escondidolibrary · 4 years

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National Hispanic Heritage Month is only a few days away (September 15th - October 15th)! Celebrate with us by checking out the following titles by and about Latinx Americans through Curbside Pickup, or digitally through our various free platforms!

- “A House of My Own: Stories From My Life” by Sandra Cisneros (also available as an eBook and eAudiobook on CloudLibrary)

- “Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation” a DVD PBS miniseries by Ray Suarez (also available as an eAudiobook and video on Hoopla)

- “Burro Genius: A Memoir” by Victor Villaseñor (also available as an eBook on Libby, OverDrive, CloudLibrary, and Hoopla; eAudiobook available on Hoopla)

- “Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle” a DVD documentary directed by Phillip Rodriguez

- “Fruit of the Drunken Tree” by Ingrid Rojas Contreras (also available as an eBook and eAudiobook on CloudLibrary)

- “The Crusades of Cesare Chavez: A Biography” by Miriam Pawel (also available as an eBook on CloudLibrary)

- “ Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States” by Felipe Fernández-Armesto

- “Cheech is Not My Real Name… But Don’t Call Me Chong” by Cheech Marin (also available as an eAudiobook on Libby, OverDrive, and CloudLibrary)

- “The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature” by Ilan Stavans

- “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter” by Erika L. Sánchez (also available as an eBook on Libby, OverDrive, and CloudLibrary; available as an eAudiobook on Libby an OverDrive)

- “Clap When You Land” by Elizabeth Acevedo (also available as an eBook on Libby, OverDrive, and CloudLibrary; available as an eAudiobook on CloudLibrary)

- “Citizen Illegal” by José Olivarez (also available as an eBook on Hoopla)

- “Cantoras” by Carolina De Robertis (also available as an eBook on CloudLibrary)

- “The Grief Keeper” by Alexandra Villasante (also available as an eBook and eAudiobook on CloudLibrary)

- “The Truth Is” by NoNieqa Ramos (also available as an eBook on Hoopla and CloudLibrary)

- “Undocumented: A Worker’s Fight” a graphic novel by Duncan Tonatiuh (also available as an eBook on Hoopla and CloudLibrary; eAudiobook on Hoopla)

- “Under the Fifth Sun: Latino Literature From California” Edited by Rick Heide

- “All the Agents and the Saints: Dispatches from the U.S. Borderlands” by Stephanie Elizondo Griest (also available as an eBook and eAudiobook on Hoopla)

- “The Book of Unknown Americans” by Cristina Henriquez (also available as an eBook and eAudiobook on Libby, OverDrive, and CloudLibrary)

- “Mexican WhiteBoy” by Matt de la Peña (also available as an eBook on Libby and OverDrive)

- “The Latino Reader : An American Literary Tradition from 1542 to the Present” edited by Harold Augenbraum and Margarite Fernandez Olmos

- “Sabrina & Corina: Stories” by Kali Fajardo-Anstine (also available as an eBook and eAudiobook on Libby, OverDrive, and CloudLibrary)

- “The Book of Lost Saints” by Daniel José Older (also available as an eBook on CloudLibrary)

- “Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge” by Cheech Marin

- “My Beloved World” by Sonia Sotomayor (also available as an eBook and eAudiobook on Libby, OverDrive, and CloudLibrary)

- “Pedro E. Gurrero: A Photographer’s Journey” an American Masters DVD documentary co-directed by Raymond Telles and Yvan Iturriaga

- “Bless Me Ultima” by Rudolfo Anaya (also available as an eBook on CloudLibrary)

- “Children of the Land: A Memoir” by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo (also available as an eBook on Hoopla and CloudLibrary; eAudiobook on CloudLibrary)

- “Always Running” by Luis J. Rodríguez (also available as an eBook and eAudiobook on Libby, OverDrive, CloudLibrary, and Hoopla)

- “Definitely Hispanic: Growing Up Latino and Celebrating What Unites Us” by LeJuan James (also available as an eBook and eAudiobook on CloudLibrary)

- “Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicana and Chicano Literature” by Cristina García

- “Willie Velasquez” Your Vote is Your Voice” a DVD documentary directed by Hector Galán

#escolibrary #national hispanic heritage month #latinx heritage month #latinx #chicano #library #escondido ca #read #latinx american

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bandkidlife · 3 years

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What It's Like to be in Band: Chapter 3

Okay, picture this: it's March 4th. You're in band class with your friends. Suddenly, cringelords spring out of nowhere. one is 50 and balding, and the other is my principal (btw he's 60, and also balding). They wanna take me to the office for having certain sexual relationships with a trumpet (aka grooming a trumpet in an innapropriate manner).

Btw, when is Rick and Morty season 5 coming out??? I only saw epic fan animations on NewGrounds of it. Leeme just say this one thing: PICKLE RICK IS SEXY AND SHOULD BE IN THE NEW SEASON. I would also like it if Pickle Rick is called Picle Penis lol. If Justin Royland doesn't put Pickle Rick in season 5, I will literally commit tax fraud on him XD!!!!!!!! dabigchungusamungus

So, back to the story. I went to the office with my two sus, balding teachers waiting for me outside. I waltzed in to the vice principal's office only to be met by a big-chungus tiddie'd goth GF. I immediately screamed "SHEE THICCCCC." and immediately got a troy boner. I swear on ChinChin I almost splooged my pants like that one Thelonelyislandsong. So, she suspended me. Frick.

big chungus мы смотрим, как идет Джо, мы смотрим, как идет Джо. Вы играете среди нас? красный свет мигает. Он мигает сегодня вечером. Большой и яркий. Позвони мне ночью поиграть в 8-мяч. Я совершу налоговое мошенничество. Я люблю чипсы. Ешьте чипсы, если хотите быть геем. Я гадю, играя стройного человека.

Sorry, guys. I had to speak soviet national anthem for a sec. Just wanted to flex. I didn't want to be convicted of not being a comrade. In fact, just for this special occasion, I bought myself an Adidas tracksuit and a genuine ushanka. Also, I watch CrasyRussianHacker on the reg.

Skip to today. I walk into school and a line of people welcomed me. They are all chanting, "GO WHITEBOY, GO!" in honor of my time served. Little known fact, I am 5% Spanish and 0.002% African. But I digress. I ran to the bathroom since my mom's house doesn't have one. As usual, I picked the urinal with someone standing next to it. As I let the snake loose XD, I peeked over to the person on my right. It turns out HE WASN'T PEEING. HE WAS PUFFING THE WAX PEN (aka vaping).

I immediately screamed and said, "NOT COOL, MY GUY. You shouldn't vape in the restrooms or AT ALL." I got closer to him. It was almost kissing distance. I spoke again: "DO YOU WANNA DIE? HUH? YOU WILL DIE." I cannot believe the nerve of some people. All he said back was, "Bro, pull your pants up." I didn't realize, but my peter was out (aka shlong, cock, penis, cum cannon, etc.). I shoved it back in my jeans, but it was pretty difficult. A) I went commando, and B) I was hard.

So yeah. I left school embarrassed and flaccid.

- Sean

#embarrassing #band

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class-act-theatre-demon · 5 years

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Wwead thaw boowks uwu Pewwcy Jaksown and the OwOimpiawns are suwuper good books wittewn by Rick Riordan. Theres proper LGBTQ, Latinx, Black, Muslim, and Jewish representation. It takes a few books to get there but do not worry my sweet child, percy's whiteboy life is all part of father Riordans plan to trick Disney into letting him write inclusive content.

This is the most woke anon I've received in a long time. BLESSED BE THE BOOWKS OF PEWWCY

#handpicked posts from maggie #Percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #broadway #theatre nerd #broadway theatre #theatre arts #musical theatre #theatre #Maggie's asks

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doperepublicinc-blog · 5 years

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Dopeboy Ra - D$ivii: Hard (2019)

Kingpin Statue

Animal Kingdom + Back Ballin

Trap House Trippy

Izzzzz Up

Crack Pot + Time Back

Jake Da Snake

Whiteboy Rick

Triple Double

Dawg Azz

Pull Up

Slum Luther King

Bless Da Trap

Police Azz Nxgga

Born In Da Drought

Trophies

Good Die Young

Thought You Was Real

Cry

#DopeRepublicInc

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gtwilight313 · 4 years

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Allies are cool, but you wanna know something that Black people have not discovered that is better than allies? Infrastructure!!! For instance, WhiteBoy Rick will be getting out of prison in a few days and already he has tons of job offers.. he'll probably come home to a job making $50K a year with no education beyond high school.. I mean, dude has been sitting in prison for 30+ years and before that he was a cocaine wholesaler.. but yet, his peoples got him.. meanwhile, Black college graduates like myself struggle and have to take jobs beneath our qualifications just to put food on our tables.. even with no felonies (mine was expunged). Is that fair? No.. life is not fair, nor was it made to be fair.. life was made to be lived and it's up to you to make it fair for yourself.. but the reason many Black millennials have found ourselves in this predicament is because our parents, be it Black Baby Boomers or older member of Black Gen X were busy begging for a place at someone else's table instead of building their own so that they could put us in a position to win as technology evolved.. now don't get me wrong, some did.. but most didn't. Instead they told us to start from scratch and do things the exact way that they did... but the game they taught us how to play doesn't exist anymore.. INFRASTRUCTURE!!! That's what we need... until we get on code financially we will continue to be exploited nonstop.. and no amount of marching, protesting, or voting will stop it. 💯

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