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Alright so let's get to the nitty gritty of the situation.
In Hollywood many of our stars have their fair share of issues and I felt this is a topic that needed to be discussed in light of the Bill Cosby guilty verdict. So let's analyze some of our cultural icons and innovators who had their problems.
Let's start with James Brown, if you look into his history you would see that he was infamous for giving woman the big pay back, including the late great Tammi Terrell who he is said to have beat down a flight of stares one time. Yet and still regardless of this his music was very much the source material for hiphop music in it's early days, especially as far as being used as a sample is concerned. He has went on to inspire many people such as Michael Jackson and Prince and still does even today.
You then have of course R Kelly who for the most part is praying on under aged girls and clearly has a problem. I mean a video even leaked with him urinating on a young girl back in the days, at least I have heard reference too it many times. He married Aaliyah when she wasn't of age yet and he also is accused by a young woman's parents to be holding her in a sex cult. Yet he has made songs like "I Believe I Can Fly" and "The World's Greatest" which are so inspirational it's hard to just discard them. He has made great love songs like Step "In The Name of Love", "Ignition" and many others. However he has also made some questionable ones too like Body's Calling where he sings the lyrics, "My mind's tellin' me no, but my body, my body's tellin' me yes" and in light of recent allegations as well as allegations from years ago where hush money was paid it seems down right disturbing when you listen to those lyrics though he is a clear musical genius no matter how sick he is.
Now let's take a look at Bill or should I say Pill Cosby and his situation. He was America's dad with the amount of love and notoriety he received for his show the Cosby show. The Cosby Show was no ordinary black sitcom or tv show, on the show he was a doctor and his wife was a lawyer for crying out loud which was a very positive image to show and one that was on the contrary to the normal image of African American's in media at the time. Outside of the Cosby show he was an advocate for education and seemed to be a person of high moral character. However as time went on we realized he was really a hypocrite who spoke against drug use but was sexually assaulting women after knocking them out with drugs. In fact here is a comedy skit where he speaks on it
60 victims have came forward but yet Cosby is behind A Different World, The Cosby Show, many great stand up albums and performances, as well as other TV Shows and movies. He has also done many great charitable works.
The names I mentioned are just the tip of the Ice Berg, you also have Elvis Presley, the Chris Brown - Rihanna situation and many many more proving that maybe of our artist and entertainers should not be held as heroes or role models the way many of us regard them to be.
With this said what do you think of all this? Me personally I can separate the art from the person with most of these people, with the exception of R Kelly because he used his celebrity status to pray on teenage girls who still have a lot to learn about life and themselves. Can you guys too separate the art from the person or is it not that simple? It's really a tough conversation but it needs to be had.
In Hollywood many of our stars have their fair share of issues and I felt this is a topic that needed to be discussed in light of the Bill Cosby guilty verdict. So let's analyze some of our cultural icons and innovators who had their problems.
Let's start with James Brown, if you look into his history you would see that he was infamous for giving woman the big pay back, including the late great Tammi Terrell who he is said to have beat down a flight of stares one time. Yet and still regardless of this his music was very much the source material for hiphop music in it's early days, especially as far as being used as a sample is concerned. He has went on to inspire many people such as Michael Jackson and Prince and still does even today.
You then have of course R Kelly who for the most part is praying on under aged girls and clearly has a problem. I mean a video even leaked with him urinating on a young girl back in the days, at least I have heard reference too it many times. He married Aaliyah when she wasn't of age yet and he also is accused by a young woman's parents to be holding her in a sex cult. Yet he has made songs like "I Believe I Can Fly" and "The World's Greatest" which are so inspirational it's hard to just discard them. He has made great love songs like Step "In The Name of Love", "Ignition" and many others. However he has also made some questionable ones too like Body's Calling where he sings the lyrics, "My mind's tellin' me no, but my body, my body's tellin' me yes" and in light of recent allegations as well as allegations from years ago where hush money was paid it seems down right disturbing when you listen to those lyrics though he is a clear musical genius no matter how sick he is.
Now let's take a look at Bill or should I say Pill Cosby and his situation. He was America's dad with the amount of love and notoriety he received for his show the Cosby show. The Cosby Show was no ordinary black sitcom or tv show, on the show he was a doctor and his wife was a lawyer for crying out loud which was a very positive image to show and one that was on the contrary to the normal image of African American's in media at the time. Outside of the Cosby show he was an advocate for education and seemed to be a person of high moral character. However as time went on we realized he was really a hypocrite who spoke against drug use but was sexually assaulting women after knocking them out with drugs. In fact here is a comedy skit where he speaks on it
60 victims have came forward but yet Cosby is behind A Different World, The Cosby Show, many great stand up albums and performances, as well as other TV Shows and movies. He has also done many great charitable works.
The names I mentioned are just the tip of the Ice Berg, you also have Elvis Presley, the Chris Brown - Rihanna situation and many many more proving that maybe of our artist and entertainers should not be held as heroes or role models the way many of us regard them to be.
With this said what do you think of all this? Me personally I can separate the art from the person with most of these people, with the exception of R Kelly because he used his celebrity status to pray on teenage girls who still have a lot to learn about life and themselves. Can you guys too separate the art from the person or is it not that simple? It's really a tough conversation but it needs to be had.
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Cosby came from an era where creepy mother fukkers did used to drug women and some still do it.