If he paid Trick it's actually worse, because that means any out-of-tower can clown the fukk out of local acts. If that's all it takes is money.
No it isn't, no it doesn't, and money is all it's ever been about.
What doesn't add up to me is, regardless of whether or not he got a pass, or paid, Trick did absolutely nothing to help his home team rappers be taken seriously.
How do you know this? And where does this coincide with your "facts only" standpoint? Oh...I get it. That only applies when it falls in line with your bias.
And it adds up perfectly. Gibbs makes a comment about rap acts in Detroit get beat up in their own city, but bet if he can't come through and get respect off top. Adding to that, he insinuated that he would speak on certain people and his arrival would mean something towards certain people when he touched down.
Contrary to all the talk before hand, Gibbs did exactly what everyone does when they come to Detroit, which was a much more typical end result then was instigated beforehand. During which, none of the internet or physical commentary that was insinuated would happen, happened. Crickets.
Added to that, Nickle and Trick Trick physically show up at the show, which I personally thought was an interesting touch. Speculation would say that out of respect for certain people inside nothing popped off inside, but once outside allegedly some hiding was going on. Allegedly, because we're still on the "facts only" part of the segment right?
He could've said "hey man, you can perform, but you need to apologize to them"....anything. Instead he chilled with Gibbs and posted a vague tweet about people need to stop thugging on Twitter.
Why would Trick Trick do that? It would be pandering which in turn makes him look bad at the end of the day.
And the cats he dissed never even mentioned "oh, he was copping pleas to Trick, he asked us to fall back". That shyt started on the internet.
Fred.
How do you know that's not what happened behind the scenes? Oh, because no one said anything on twitter to confirm that's what happened? Lol that's a bit ironic of you don't you think?
So let me get this straight: One minute you're reprimanding Detroit for having a city-wide hierarchy where a captain gets treated like a captain then the next you're campaigning for Detroit unity?
Funny.
One last thing: Let me just say I respect Gibbs as an artist, and I have no reason to believe he's someone that should not be respected, either as a rapper or a person. But there comes a time when logic should supersede being a fan of someone.