those so called men should be ashamed of themselves
Indeed, they should be ashamed.
Alot of brehs are too ashamed to admit that they grew up without someone who REALLY cared about them passing game down to them. It's understandable that most of us don't have parents will will pass don't anything that even resembles wealth down to us, but it would be great if there were fathers, uncles or mentors who passed some game along. Unfortunately, we don't get that. We get taught to not hit women, or go to college and get a good job, maybe how to cook, respect elders (even if they treat you like shyt), BUT what about the tools that you need to stay alive.
Often times we're not being taught finances, racial politics, socio-economic politics, importance of mental health, job-related politics + bullshyt and a sense of pride that we naturally have the ability to generate. Our folks are just happy with us not dying at a young age and getting a job, and later giving them grandchildren. With the exception of kids that are great at sports at a young age, no one is getting that push to do better and they're not being told that theyre special or have the capacity to be great.
So a dude like Tariq giving the game out is fine by me and if he sells a book or a DVD, so be it. Let that man cook and make some money. We, many times, feel like its offensive deep in our souls to see another brother make money in a non-athletic, non-music, non-c00nish platform. shyt, take his template, remix it and find a way to make your own. In present day, being a hater and an attention whore is the root of our own personal failures because we don't have people out here to grab us by the neck the second we start fukking up, and then lacing us with game. Sadly, we have to go thru a whole obstacle course of failure and despair before we wanna get our shyt together. And along the way we think its cool to shyt on the ones elevating their minds, not having kids early, not drinking/smoking or turning up excessively.