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The 2021 #VMAs received the lowest viewership ever, only 900k tuned in to a show that used to draw millions. Rumour has it that the irrelevant show is hiring an irrelevant actor to make an appearance this year because he is a violent abuser & the #DVMAs love violent men: a 🧵 
🪡: #VMAs 1989 - #AxlRose was charged with statutory rape in 1985, but charges were dropped due to lack of evidence. In 1987, Rose was arrested onstage for assaulting a security guard. #DVMAs #VMAbusers
🪡: #VMAs 1992 - Marky #MarkWahlberg has a history of racism & violence. In the 1980s, he was involved in several racially motivated attacks. A month before the 1992 #VMAs he assaulted a neighbor & fractured his jaw. #DVMAs #VMAbusers
#HappyMothersDay, America!
Mothers are not perfect. But, like old wine, as they age, the better they become as a person.
"If there's a heaven up above
I know she's teaching angels how to love"
The Spinners - "Sadie"
Mothers are not perfect. But, like old wine, as they age, the better they become as a person.
"If there's a heaven up above
I know she's teaching angels how to love"
The Spinners - "Sadie"
"Philippe Wynne of The Spinners, one of the greatest soul singers of all time was raised in an orphanage after his mum and dad divorced. "The hardest thing about being there was knowing they were both alive"
He died aged just 43."
He died aged just 43."
“Oh, Sadie
Don't you know we love you,
sweet Sadie? 🎶
Place no one above you
Sweet Sadie
🎶 Living in the past...”
Don't you know we love you,
sweet Sadie? 🎶
Place no one above you
Sweet Sadie
🎶 Living in the past...”
Shock G is a legend. He is a towering icon of Hip Hop culture, and quietly, one of the most groundbreaking artists of all time. If you didn’t know this—if you only knew Humpty, or that he discovered Pac—it’s ok, most people didn’t know.
But let me tell you a story... #ShockG
But let me tell you a story... #ShockG
I once went to Rakim’s house, and on his studio wall, he had an amazing poster-sized cartoon of himself on top of a giant cement block, crushing all the other MC’s beneath it. At the top, it said “The Master Poet.”
When I looked closer, I couldn’t believe my eyes. #ShockG
When I looked closer, I couldn’t believe my eyes. #ShockG
Rakim told me the story: in 1989, a kid had waited outside his dressing room in Oakland for an hour after a show, hoping to give him this giant cartoon. The “kid” was Shock G, but Digital Underground hadn't come out yet.
Three months later, "Doowutchyalike" blew up. #ShockG
Three months later, "Doowutchyalike" blew up. #ShockG
I've been rapping for 20 years / and you 20 years old...
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. Richard Lewis has been at it longer than most and remains a legend and a mensch #Curb #DMX instagram.com/p/BmEmVdAHYxs/…
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. Richard Lewis has been at it longer than most and remains a legend and a mensch #Curb #DMX instagram.com/p/BmEmVdAHYxs/…
