There are people who have been in “college” (on and off, online and campus) for years and years and don’t have degrees
There are others who continuously go back and forth to the same person in a relationship though that person is not right for them
Etc.
Becoming a celebrity doesn’t immediately change someone’s mentality if there is something that needs to be addressed. Meek didn’t grow up normally. A lot of our people aren’t growing up in normal situations. You get jaded, you live a life, you get stuck in patterns, you build relationships with people who have detrimental behavior, you’re awarded and applauded for glorifying detrimental behavior, etc. etc.
It’s easy to say “if i was in his position i would do X,Y, and Z instead of ABC” but you aren’t in his position. If it were that easy we’d all be millionaire rappers. He’s made decisions that have led him to where he is... good and bad.
He has a cocktail of circumstances that led him to his current situation. It’s not “image” it’s his literal lifestyle. The same lifestyle that made him see financial success that 1% of the world will ever see - bikes, being around drugs and guns and dirty money, being around “goons”, rapping, being out late, hustling, etc - are the same behaviors that lead him back to jail.
You can’t expect a bull to turn into a deer because it has money.
Our country has failed anyone who grows up in his circumstances. This whole “well why can’t you just change when you get money” is low key
Why do we have shytty ghettos where we have to do violent things to survive?
Why aren’t we investing in schools so our children grow up productively?
Why aren’t we actually “correcting” our offenders through rehabilitation efforts that actually work when they are in correctional facilities?
Why do we as a culture (myself included
) listen to rap music that glorifies and perpetuates a terrible reflection of ourselves?
It’s deeper than just “give me some money and i would stay outta trouble”...
