Steroids: Not just a sports story anymore!!!

[93Devil]

http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/N/NY_STEROID_RAID_NYOL-?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME

PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) -- A number of entertainers were named in connection with an Albany-based steroid investigation, but are not part of an ongoing criminal probe, according to a published report.

The Times Union of Albany cited unnamed sources in a Sunday report that R&B music star Mary J. Blige, rap musicians 50 Cent, Timbaland and Wyclef Jean, and award-winning author and producer Tyler Perry may have received or used performance enhancing drugs.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

I couldn't imagine 50 Cent using steroids.

I guess Fat Joe said it best in his diss to Fifty:

Its gonna be families grievin every Sunday service
End up with ya head popped off thanks to Curtis
But he don't care he stay locked up in the house and ****
Steroid up and he'll come up out that *****

 

[goalmouth]

There is no known drug that could possibly enhance the performance of rap.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

There is no known drug that could possibly enhance the performance of rap.

Snoop Dogg begs to disagree.

 

[Football_Bat]

I saw Mary J. Blige on Access Hollywood and she now sounds like Mark J. Blige.

 

[cranberry]

This info isn't really surprising but it underlines the inherent hypocrisy in the way this issue has been pursued. An investigation of Henry Waxman's district (Hollywood) would likely yield the biggest steroid problem per capita in the country. Vanity users -- models, actors, singers, bodybuilders and wannabes -- represent a much bigger problem, overall, than professional sports.

 

[bigpern23]

This info isn't really surprising but it underlines the inherent hypocrisy in the way this issue has been pursued. An investigation of Henry Waxman's district (Hollywood) would likely yield the biggest steroid problem per capita in the country. Vanity users -- models, actors, singers, bodybuilders and wannabes -- represent a much bigger problem, overall, than professional sports.

The difference is, nobody cares if people use PED for vanity reasons. They do care when it affects the balance of fairness in competition.

PEDs don't help actors win Oscars, nor rappers Grammys. They do help baseball players or other athletes set records, win games and affect the results of the competitions they participate in.

As far as the US Weekly crowd is concerned, Britney showing off her vajayjay and poor mothering skills is of much bigger interest than how 50 Cent stays ripped, especially when plastic surgery has been the norm in the entertainment industry for decades.

 

[old_tony]

I'm all for anything that puts a little rage in rappers. They're normally such a docile group.

But combine rage with an arsenal of weaponry, and hillarity is sure to ensue.

 

[outofplace]

bigpern, agreed, but where is the outrage from Congress? Wasn't their reason for caring supposed to be the bad example for young people? Isn't that why they paraded out parents talking about their kids killing themselves?

Congress should be jumping on the Hollywood types just as hard about this, but somehow I don't see it happening.

 

[JackyJackBN]

This info isn't really surprising but it underlines the inherent hypocrisy in the way this issue has been pursued. An investigation of Henry Waxman's district (Hollywood) would likely yield the biggest steroid problem per capita in the country. Vanity users -- models, actors, singers, bodybuilders and wannabes -- represent a much bigger problem, overall, than professional sports.

Speak softly, Mr. berry, or I'll be sending a plague of hungry rodents to your door! /Henry Waxman

 

[slappy4428]

Had no comment

 

[bigpern23]

bigpern, agreed, but where is the outrage from Congress? Wasn't their reason for caring supposed to be the bad example for young people? Isn't that why they paraded out parents talking about their kids killing themselves?

Congress should be jumping on the Hollywood types just as hard about this, but somehow I don't see it happening.

I don't see Hollywood as a big influence on kids using PEDs. Hollywood has a bigger impact on girls who try to be too thin and who want breast implants for their Sweet 16 (and, yes, this happens).

Looking good in Hollywood has always been more about plastic surgery than actually doing work (PEDs still require hard work to see their benefit).

Hell, if anything, I'd bet that the entertainment industry has been as influenced by athletes using PEDs as kids have been.

 

[Write-brained]

I'm all for anything that puts a little rage in rappers. They're normally such a docile group.

Nice post, tony, made me laugh.

 

[John]

Wyclef, whom I've always liked, has never seemed to me to be the working-out type.

 

[Steak Snabler]

bigpern, agreed, but where is the outrage from Congress? Wasn't their reason for caring supposed to be the bad example for young people? Isn't that why they paraded out parents talking about their kids killing themselves?

Congress should be jumping on the Hollywood types just as hard about this, but somehow I don't see it happening.

I don't see Hollywood as a big influence on kids using PEDs. Hollywood has a bigger impact on girls who try to be too thin and who want breast implants for their Sweet 16 (and, yes, this happens).

Here's one example of that:

http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1861/context/archive

Best line: "Her mother, grandmother, two aunts and stepmother have implants."

 

[terrier]

I am heartbroken to think Mary J. was on the clear when she recorded that kickass version of "One." I'll bet Bono's pretty bummed, too.

 

[21]

Somehow, there has to be a connection.

 

[93Devil]

I know it is still sports, but I could look at these before and after pics all day.

 

[slappy4428]

Somehow, there has to be a connection.

Wow.. I didn't think anything would top the pic I posted. Sadly, I stand corrected.

 

[bigpern23]

I know it is still sports, but I could look at these before and after pics all day.

Steroids turn you into a red x?