The day that the battle mentality is erased from the genre is the day I put rap down. Because, to me, that is the quintessential essence (together with expression of anger and survival inherent in almost every early rapper save Fresh Prince) of rap. Without it, it's all just (and I say that lovingly, for the most…

You and I do not disagree on the weight of the "I have 3 [minority] friends" argument. I think I'm trying to nuance that a bit by using Elton as someone who has never had a problem calling out homophobic comments/individuals/issue in the past as a counter to the "it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, smells like a…

"killed his child's mother"

Don't fight it. I fought it when his first single "Hi My Name Is" first came out. Another Vanilla Ice, I said. Then I was forced to listen to his entire first album on a beach during spring break in Miami. . . I've been a die hard Eminem fan ever since.

Because it is. But only because it is incorrect. (Ha!)

Thank you.

Responding only to get this more participants because I am genuinely interested in the answer here.

I feel like he/she gets an exemption because it created its own hole in your body through which to murder you/be born?

I don't even like peacoats, but those are kinda fresh/rad/dope/sweet/nice/hot/da' bomb/the shit

"Big Fucking Surprise."

And quite frankly, I for one would TOTALLY understand his choices if this turned out to be true.

and no one knew what they died of, BECAUSE NO ONE KNEW!!!

Thank. Yo.U!

Don't need to expect it from him. Expect it from the media asking him the question.

Suspended players don't conduct media interviews in the locker room, because they are suspended. And therefore barred from the locker room. And being asked questions. By the media. This was his first interview in which he was asked about Marshall's comments. By the media. In the locker room.

'where' should be 'were'?

God damn being black can be tiring. Also, how I felt reading this story:

And Michael Fucking Wilbon who should have known better as he actually covered the kid locally.

It is irritating when people refer to their city as "the City" in any circumstance other than talking with neighbors of theirs in the suburbs of said city. Otherwise it is obnoxious.

YES!