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Why Are So Many Weed Carriers Being Shot?
Here’s Killer Mike, who once had a spark, on the Philant Johnson killing and violence in hip-hop:

I think the biggest insult since Philant has been killed is the [suggestion that] this is somehow rap-related because that doesn’t get to the real problem,” he says. “The real problem is that you have millions of young, angry, disenfranchised Latino, Black and poor white men who don’t have any real hope or outlet for hope.

My thing has always been this (nullus): If this isn’t a hip-hop thing, then why don’t you all of these killings occur in other genres of music? This year alone three major weed carriers have been shot and killed, not to mention a whole host of unimportant regional rappers (who or wtf is a Big Hawk?) and various assorted hangers on. (more…)

Another week, another dead weed carrier. This shit is hazardous (that’s word to Godfather Don). The unfortunate incident with this kid “maybe or maybe not” throwing money around reminds me of how a lot of today’s trends are just shittier versions of old ones. For example, the whole “Make it rain” deal with tossing wads of cash into the air is just a cornier version of the Houston tradition of “Big Bank Take Little Bank”, which involved local hustlers throwing down money clips in the bathroom in an attempt to outdo one another and take the lesser “banks” dough. At least they had the good sense to do that shit behind closed doors. (more…)