Dawg, none of what you said has anything to do with freedom of speech. Ross has the freedom to rap about date rape, Reebok has the freedom to pull his endorsements. Both are examples of the use of freedom of speech (Ross' endorsement by Reebok, and the related compensation, are a form of speech- advertising)
BREAKING: Reebok Gives Rick Ross The Boot..
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He is still free to rap about whatever he wants to rap about. Freedom of speech does not mean you are shielded from the consequences of what you say... just that the government can't keep you from saying it. ITs a pretty simple concept
kinda like when those dirty hippies kicked Danny Renaud off the team
ive seen it happen a lot.. remember Billy Pepper..?
And @fukkyalifestyle.. it was 4ce.. company that preceded Creative Rec..
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The irony here is that I was throwing a fit about what happened to Ross until you quoted me and tried to argue the definition of the 1st ammendment...
And you're right.. He lost his job because of his words..That happens everyday in this country and his zero to do with freedom of speech..
You know what?
Great news.
ive seen it happen a lot.. remember Billy Pepper..?
yep. who'd he get the boot from? DC? I remember he pulled a knife on that lady in shyt
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My point exactly. And that's why more prominent people in Hip Hop need to stand up.
At least 250k with that show that got cancelled.
The whole thing is hilarious though, for so many reasons. I am not even mad at the people doing this. Imagine how much better off black people would be if we stopped glorifying and celebrating crime. That people are angry that someone pulled Ross' card over this shows how fukked up our mentality is
50 stans coming out in droves. 
Are you really suggesting people need to come out and defend this dude's right to glorify date rape
nikkas can rap about and say whatever they want; I am just confused as to why they have to get paid to do it. Nobody is saying dude shouldn't be able to rap about date rape, just that companies shouldn't be forced to pay him to do so.
If you have a job and you don't represent them right, they should be able to fire you. It happens all the time and has nothing to do with freedom of speech
y'all are full of shyt
supreme court, c dolores tucker, all kinds of people were going at pac, snoop, luke, ice t, all the biggest stars of the 90s, and people could still say what they wanted
eminem and luda caught shyt in the 00s, and people can still say what they want
ross got dumped, people will still be able to say what they want
only difference, like everyone was saying was the only people who had something to lose was luda and ross.
you can say what you want, always have been, always will be able to. just don't expect to be put on a billboard selling shoes to kids in the midst of it, that's all
dont make this more serious than it needs to be, the sky is not falling, ross just played himself. he doesn't have the same free reign contentwise when you're representing a brand, like it or not, so when he makes shyt hot for them he's gotta go.
you can say "if this was jay-z" but it would never be because he knows what lines he can cross by and large
you can complain about why that particular topic caused controversy and his whole catalog didn't, which is fair, but that's not the point here. the point is freedom of speech and how you realistically give some of that up when you're essentially spokesman for a shoe company that wants to have as much exposure and market as possible, can't go into the taboo because it's too risky.
supreme court, c dolores tucker, all kinds of people were going at pac, snoop, luke, ice t, all the biggest stars of the 90s, and people could still say what they wanted
eminem and luda caught shyt in the 00s, and people can still say what they want
ross got dumped, people will still be able to say what they want
only difference, like everyone was saying was the only people who had something to lose was luda and ross.
you can say what you want, always have been, always will be able to. just don't expect to be put on a billboard selling shoes to kids in the midst of it, that's all
dont make this more serious than it needs to be, the sky is not falling, ross just played himself. he doesn't have the same free reign contentwise when you're representing a brand, like it or not, so when he makes shyt hot for them he's gotta go.
you can say "if this was jay-z" but it would never be because he knows what lines he can cross by and large
you can complain about why that particular topic caused controversy and his whole catalog didn't, which is fair, but that's not the point here. the point is freedom of speech and how you realistically give some of that up when you're essentially spokesman for a shoe company that wants to have as much exposure and market as possible, can't go into the taboo because it's too risky.
God Forgives, Reebok Don't