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Given his history, character, and song content, I can only think it's for the best. If I owned a service, I wouldn't touch his stuff with a 50 ft pole. I thi
by axaxs 6y ago
Given his history, character, and song content, I can only think it's for the best. If I owned a service, I wouldn't touch his stuff with a 50 ft pole. I think it's in a good spot... it's not outright banned, and people can find it if they want, but kudos to major services for not putting him on a pedestal.
- casefields 6y agoIf we go down that path how many famous rockstars were banging underage teens as well? Lots.
- paulryanrogers 6y agoAnd as the allegations are substantiated (such as in court) then they too should be shunned.
- catalogia 6y agoDidn't he also plead guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and armed robbery, among other things? That's what wikipedia says: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_the_Nine_Trey_Gangsters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_the_Nine_Trey_Gangste...
- ta17711771 6y agoWait til you hear about Jay Z and DMX's rap sheets!
- catalogia 6y agoBoth seem to fall short of Takeshi's conspiracy to commit murder (though it seems like Jay-Z probably got pretty close to murder with that stabbing.)
- ta17711771 6y agoBoth seem to do a slightly better job evading law enforcement, would be my take.
- lonelappde 6y agoThis person directly funded a violent criminal gang with his music revenues. Not just having sex on the side.
- majormajor 6y agoSeems like a good reason to go down that path, to discourage more people from doing it in the future.
- ferzul 6y agowell i don't know how many, but if it's two, isn't that two too many?
- zepolen 6y agoExcept now they are putting him on the biggest pedestal that exists via Streisand effect. Almost every single new genre of music from hip hop, rock and roll, country etc. went through a stage of condemnation by the previous generation that didn't approve of it before being finally accepted. Just history repeating itself. Up to a few decades ago your comment could be referencing a black/gay person instead and no one would bat an eye.
- anigbrowl 6y agoI don't think it has anything to do with the genre or content of his music (which is far from unique), but rather the fact that he's still technically serving a custodial sentence and apparently shot a video violating multiple public health and safety guidelines. I think it's legal for him to engage in commercial activity, but the federal government will probably take most of his profits until his sentence is complete. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/17/books/curtis-dawkins-graybar-hotel-prisoner-book-deal.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/17/books/curtis-dawkins-gray...