Jemele on Larry Johnson

Sportsbruh · Dec 7, 2006

bigpern23 said:

Sportsbruh said:

What does a studio Gangsta have to do with playing football?

Either you put up or get CUT!

The Black hiphop community dissed Eminem - yet he's still selling cd's. Jemelle's article is Whack. Yes, Johnson is from a 2 parent home from the surburb - so what! He killed Polomalou(sp) by snatching him down from behind. How she going to say he's a FAKE runningback?

What she know? This bish is OUT OF ORDER. He's the second best Runningback in the league.

Too often Black Americans diss other black Americans coming from a two parent home as being "special" "lucky" "silver-spooned" - This ignant bish KNOW NOTHING about the TORMENT that might have existed in that home.

Besides, she's trying to nudge groupies girls aside to get into the ballers jocks herself.
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To say the black hip-hop community dissed Eminem is wildly inaccurate. Sure, he was probably dissed early on as he was trying get his career off the ground, but anybody who has seen tapes of his battles in Detroit knows the crowd quickly wound up on his side. The fact that he was EMBRACED by the black hip-hop community is what has made him so successful.

Without the "street cred" he gained from the respect he was given by the black hip-hop community, he wouldn't have ever hit it big. It was, after all, Dr. Dre who signed him to his major label debut. That's a pretty heavy hitter to have on your side.

Eminem avoided getting slapped with any kind of Vanilla Ice tag because people quickly realized he wasn't some suburban poser and he's a skilled lyricist.
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Actually, Eminem CD's were bought by White Surburban kids - in love with a Trailer Park self-depreciating loser. Dr. Dre gave his voice an audience. Eminem in turn gave us 50 Cent.

Double J · Dec 7, 2006

Self-depreciating? Like when you drive yourself off the car lot?

Herbert Anchovy · Dec 7, 2006

If this was a "great column," then I must be reading too much crap lately.

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