Okay. . . . . Half way through that interview I wanted to scream. Does overt wealth and a masturbatory lifestyle encourage baseline ignorance in the world of this man? But maybe he'd be the same person even if he hadn't been precluded from voting by a felony and was poor and struggling. BUT ---then he'd probably have heard of Obama because he'd have to entertain himself with cable tv and a newspaper instead of partying like a rap star . . . Here's me-- weeping again for the loss of another not living in the real world.
Craig Hickman
· 1 year ago
So.... um.... you brought this to our attention because... um.... you wanted to give this... um.... jokester another chance to look like an idiot?
Jack Turner
· 1 year ago
@craig hickman
good point. i just didn't want to suffer alone
Ms.Martin
· 1 year ago
Of course he is - why are we talking about him?
Villager
· 1 year ago
He has been elevated to Village Idiot on my blog today. Unbelievable that any person in America can be that out of touch...
peace, Villager
marc
· 1 year ago
now, i think this all is a bit too much of an bourgeois take on the rapper.
so he's stupid? well, ok, it's his life. you're all behaving like he owed you something. does he so because he's black?
not only blacks have suffered for their right to vote. that's basically valid for everybody. and this right includes the right not to vote.
so no special treatment for this black guy.
Leota2
· 1 year ago
It's not about being him being black . . . It's not about him choosing not to vote (the law chose for him.) It's not about him owing anybody. It's not about special treatment. It's about ANY American being this completely clueless. I don't care if it's a rich rapper or someone selling newspapers on the street.
marc
· 1 year ago
"I never thought I'd be happy a black man couldn't vote, but in this case, DMX has shown that right would be wasted on him."
and it's not about him being black?
Mama Hearts Obama
· 1 year ago
Jack, DMX is an extreme example of ignorance about the campaign, but I found myself getting an attitude when I went on a couple of black forums and there was zero discussions about the campaign. On at least one of those lists, people tend to be very politically aware, and yet there was not a peep about Obama. I don't understand it.
Lola Gets
· 1 year ago
Yeah, that man has done entirely too many drugs and has damaged his brain permantly. Completely.
L
Anonymous
· 1 year ago
I guess I can't take anyone who is named after a bike serious, and, since, I have no clue as to who he is other than a quick google search to see that he has some major "issues" this comes as no real surprise, and, that journalist really needs a new gig if this is all he cn get to talk to.
Nita
· 1 year ago
Marc, I disagree about bourgeouis only because of the name DMX took for himself in his career. There are deeper pools here than just random ex-crack addict never having trust in the system so fuck the system.
DMX... Dark Man X... why Dark Man X?
the man's making a gospel album now. Why bother? Was his career always a sham? always the appearance of love, struggle and strength in spite of adversity; never the reality? Dark Man X .... was his pride only stage drag, all along?
Dark Man X... DMX... DMX has several children. Did he vote before his felonies? What is he teaching his children? Is his attitude typical of everyone around him? Is it really the crack, or is this the real him all along? What does it mean to be Dark Man X?
I said in another thread that this interview was a tragedy. I hold to that. If you're going to call yourself Dark Man X, you better be striving to live as Black Superman instead of always taking the easy way out. DMX isn't. But he's going to make money putting out yet another album filled with all the right words, and folks will buy it because DMX is dark chocolate on the outside and he's 'suffered'. I'm disappointed in DMX. I'm disappointed in rap, for creating an environment where a DMX can successfully flourish in the first place. And I'm disappointed in the fans for allowing Pride to be just another commodity... but I should have known better after the X-Clan and bootleg red/black/green from the corner Korean store shit of the late 80s and early 90s, though, right?
if DMX represents the streets, whose fault is that?
Nita
· 1 year ago
mama hearts obama, i don't understand that either. NO discussion about Obama? what were they talking about, then?
were they not discussing in order not to jinx him? or not discussing because they aren't into him?
Mrs. M.
· 1 year ago
You know what...he's not the only. If you honestly stop some of our people and ask them about the current Presidential election, you just may get the same response. It's beyond sad; it's scary...
If we cannot be apart of the process, we will find ourselves behind stepped on by the process.
Caribbean Lionesse
· 1 year ago
I had to laugh when I read that interview- if not, I would cry. Can you not just feel the frustration and bemusement of the reporter in that interview- "You're telling me you haven't heard about him before...". And then the poor soul keeps trying to shine some light into DMX's addled brain with "I mean it's a pretty big deal if a Black...".
While DMX giggles over Obama's name with all the intellectual depth of an 8 year old in a playground.
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Half way through that interview I wanted to scream. Does overt wealth and a masturbatory lifestyle encourage baseline ignorance in the world of this man? But maybe he'd be the same person even if he hadn't been precluded from voting by a felony and was poor and struggling.
BUT ---then he'd probably have heard of Obama because he'd have to entertain himself with cable tv and a newspaper instead of partying like a rap star . . .
Here's me-- weeping again for the loss of another not living in the real world.
good point. i just didn't want to suffer alone
peace, Villager
so he's stupid? well, ok, it's his life. you're all behaving like he owed you something. does he so because he's black?
not only blacks have suffered for their right to vote. that's basically valid for everybody. and this right includes the right not to vote.
so no special treatment for this black guy.
It's not about him choosing not to vote (the law chose for him.)
It's not about him owing anybody.
It's not about special treatment.
It's about ANY American being this completely clueless. I don't care if it's a rich rapper or someone selling newspapers on the street.
and it's not about him being black?
L
DMX... Dark Man X... why Dark Man X?
the man's making a gospel album now. Why bother? Was his career always a sham? always the appearance of love, struggle and strength in spite of adversity; never the reality? Dark Man X .... was his pride only stage drag, all along?
Dark Man X... DMX... DMX has several children. Did he vote before his felonies? What is he teaching his children? Is his attitude typical of everyone around him? Is it really the crack, or is this the real him all along? What does it mean to be Dark Man X?
I said in another thread that this interview was a tragedy. I hold to that. If you're going to call yourself Dark Man X, you better be striving to live as Black Superman instead of always taking the easy way out. DMX isn't. But he's going to make money putting out yet another album filled with all the right words, and folks will buy it because DMX is dark chocolate on the outside and he's 'suffered'. I'm disappointed in DMX. I'm disappointed in rap, for creating an environment where a DMX can successfully flourish in the first place. And I'm disappointed in the fans for allowing Pride to be just another commodity... but I should have known better after the X-Clan and bootleg red/black/green from the corner Korean store shit of the late 80s and early 90s, though, right?
if DMX represents the streets, whose fault is that?
were they not discussing in order not to jinx him? or not discussing because they aren't into him?
If we cannot be apart of the process, we will find ourselves behind stepped on by the process.
While DMX giggles over Obama's name with all the intellectual depth of an 8 year old in a playground.
Sigh. Crack is a helluva drug.