"If your gonna put rappers in lead roles in movies have them be thugs and pimps and drug dealers cause thats what they are in real life so it wouldnt be that hard for them to perfect the role "
Okay Supertramp234, that is just stupid; so stupid in fact that you settled the age long debate of who is smarter, men or women.
Not all rappers are thugs, drug dealers, and pimps. Mos Def is a wonderful actor who is also an incredible musician and poet.
Are you serious? You critisize him for generalization and then do the exact same thing one sentence later.
Nevermind, I don't really care about that, but it was a bit TOO blatant to pass off as a good argument.
And I have to say that I laughed out loud at what he wrote about rappers playing thugs and pimps in movies. I think it was meant to be a funny shot at rap culture, and not a scathing attack.
Oh, by the way white kids in the suburbs are the biggest dealers and drug users, and gang violence is actually more prevalent in the white community, but yet you hardly see any white rappers. Go figure.
I'd love to aggree with you, but this is highly untrue. I'd like to see some statistics if you're going to pass this off as gospel. Most likely the only reason one would think this is because it would stand out as more of an anomaly in a high-class suburb community, whereas unfortunately this violence is so prevalent in poor communities that it is treated as the norm.
We don't have to go through a history lesson of rappers who have managed to find a good niche in the acting world.
It doesn't change the fact that at the base of it all, 50 Cent is just not a good actor.
Regardless of his roots, he is just a crumby actor.
Somebody mentioned earlier the pre-careers of Robert DeNiro or Sidney Poitier, and whether they should be based on the merit of what they did before they were actors. It's a simple answer really. People like this aren't admired because of the way that they grew up, but because they are damn fine at what they do.
50 Cent... not so much.
You can rattle off rap/acting history as long as you want. You can scold somebody for perceived racism or accuse somebody of being narrow-minded, but at the end of the day, 50 Cent is a bad actor. He does not deserve to be in movies.
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etdavis2005
17 years ago
"Okay Supertramp234, that is just stupid; so stupid in fact that you settled the age long debate of who is smarter, men or women."
"Are you serious? You critisize him for generalization and then do the exact same thing one sentence later."
furious_george13, you say that you laughed supertramps comment and thought it was meant to be a joke. I was joking about the who is smarter line. This can be viewed as more of a joke because you can't prove which sex is smarter, but the comment about rappers playing drug dealers, pimps, and gangsters because that is who they are is a stereotypical comment. But if I offended anyone with the joke sorry.
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Oh, by the way white kids in the suburbs are the biggest dealers and drug users, and gang violence is actually more prevalent in the white community, but yet you hardly see any white rappers. Go figure.
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"I'd love to aggree with you, but this is highly untrue. I'd like to see some statistics if you're going to pass this off as gospel. Most likely the only reason one would think this is because it would stand out as more of an anomaly in a high-class suburb community, whereas unfortunately this violence is so prevalent in poor communities that it is treated as the norm."
For the statistics on gang violence I have a link for you that shows that from 1976 to 2004 gang violence was higher among white people than any other group. ( http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/race.htm )It was harder getting something about drug use in the white community but here are two links. ( http://www.wpxi.com/health/2502760/detail.html ) and ( http://www.sullivan-county.com/z/drug_use.htm )
The point of what I was saying wasn't exactly a racial one; my point was that drugs and violence are everywhere and has to do with everyone, not just rappers.
Whether or not 50 cent is a good actor or not isn't something one can answer, based on one film. 50 was bad in Get Rich or Die Tryin but would you call Tom Hanks a terrible actor based on Joe vs the Volcano or Halle Berry based on Catwoman? Does 50 deserve to be in movies? Again that can't be answered because being in a movie isn't exactly winning a medal of honor. It is rare to see an important actor, but you often see great ones.
Oh, I liked your myspace page, F.I.S. especially.
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furious_george13
17 years ago
Ok, I really want to see Joe vs The Volcano now.
But it's also important to look at the actual movie in question. I haven't even heard of it but I assume that Joe vs The Volcano is supposed to be either very lame or very silly? And Catwoman was never going to be a great success.
But Get Rich or Die Tryin' was 50 Cent trying to pull off real dramatic acting in a movie meant to convey the difficulty of growing up in gang violence. Ehhhh, kind of a failure?
I was looking at the statistics. I appreciate your research on these things, but it's dificult to tell what parallels gang violence has with homicide (which is what the links lead to), plus I hardly feel myself qualified to debate racial issues. I grew up in one of the whitest towns in Canada.
Haha, and yeah, being in a movie isn't exactly a badge of honour, but it is something that a lot of people are trying to make a living of. It's never going to be solved, but hogging the spotlight with little talent to warrant it just leaves the little dogs in the dust. If 50 Cent pulls off a miracle and gets any praise for his acting ability in the future, I'll admit that I'm wrong.
And thank you for listening to my music! I'm actually astonished that somebody did! It means a lot to me.
But still... 50 Cent?
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