Damn Weezy!

Wow! If you haven't heard already, the biggest news out of All Star weekend was Lil' Wayne's rant at Birdman's birthday party. Weed, codeine, promethazine, cocaine, alcohol and molly are a hell of a drug, but more importantly, so is ego. 

You probably remember some, if not all , of Wayne's many run-ins at sporting events. Back in 2011, he fired  off a series of angry tweets when LeBron and Wade wouldn't come over and talk to him during a game. (Seriously, a game they were playing in.) He arrived at a Thunder game during last season's playoffs expecting free VIP treatment, only to find they expected him to actually buy a ticket. Last month, he squabbled with a cameraman at the Super Bowl celebrity game, and earlier this month he either left or was kicked out of a Miami Heat game for feuding with fans. He claims he was kicked out, but the organization claims he chose to leave on his own. He also claims that he's been banned by the entire NBA due to this incident. In all these situations, Weezy's offered aggressive, negative responses, while the offending parties have offered apologies for the misunderstandings. This leads me to believe that Mr. F. Baby is probably just a huge douche. 

I'm hesitant to draw this conclusion. Really, I am. I'm hesitant to draw this conclusion because fame (or maybe the media, or the Illuminati, or whatever you want to call it) has seemingly driven some very successful black entertainers to (accused) insanity. Look at what happened to Dave Chappelle, and how people reacted. Remember when they found Martin wandering through traffic half-naked? Richard Pryor ended up so strung out on freebase (that's some old school shit right there) that he famously caught himself on fire. The list goes on. Obviously, it's not like black celebrities are the only people this happens to, because Lindsay Lohan is practically sprinting toward the morgue at this point, and although she's behind Courtney Love, she has a decent lead on Britney Spears. Chris Rock, on the other hand, seems to be completely stable, both mentally and financially. (Although maybe they let him off the hook because he let white people get away with saying ni**a.) All that being said, I feel like this is more ego than drugs. 

You fucked his wife? Damn bruh, you had to go there? I'm not disputing the validity of that statement, because it's certainly possible. He is famous, and she is married to an NBA player. On Mike and Mike this morning, Ryen Rusillo mentioned how he sees the same groupies at all of the big sporting events he covers, but obviously, this isn't a new phenomenon. "All About U" came out nearly 20 years ago, and it was happening long before that. Magic Johnson talked about this network of groupies in his first book, describing how they would know what hotels the players stayed in, and even what rooms, and that was years before the internet existed. And it's not like Bosh would expect his wife to be a virgin when he married her. Some guys might be into that, but I'm not one of them, nor do I know any who are. Still, this was over the top. 

We all know that Bosh can't really do anything about this but stay cool. Endorsement deals for NBA players are precious, and delicate. We've seen one player after another tarnish their image to the point of losing endorsements, from Kobe's rape to LeBron's decision, and I'm sure Bosh would like to keep his pristine image. He can't even get a divorce, at least not immediately, lest he call more attention to this whole fiasco. 

Come to think of it, I don't want to call any more attention to this nonsense myself. I still want to talk about how Macklemore changed the lyrics to "Wings" for the NBA suits, but that's later in the week. Until tomorrow, here's The Carter Documentary in it's entirety. Skip ahead to the interviews if you want more proof of Wayne's douchebaggery.