Sucks To Be Cheap

I apologize offhand for this because I have Jay Z as the main picture on this post when Jay-Z is not the one being cheap at all. But yea. Making millions upon millions of dollars comes with alot of responsibilities. Well .. one major responsibility as far as I'm concerned. If you are at restaurant, pay the damn bill. Don't act cheap and skip out before paying. That's for people like me to do (haha, I don't do that stuff by the way).

Allegedly, Jay-Z and friends tried to avoid paying a popular Chelsea club for a pricey night out, according to the owner. In February, Atlantic Records executive Michael Kyser and Universal Music Group honcho Shawn Costner took Jay-Z and his posse out to M2 in Chelsea. But owner Joey Morrisey claims that Kyser and Costner are refusing to pay their $1,500 tab.

"Jay-Z ordered a bottle of Patron Platinum and some expensive champagne, and everything was going great. The waitress has known him for five years, and he's a good friend of Joey's, so we ended up comping a lot of their bill. Kyser and Costner were making a big show of wanting to take Jay-Z out, so they started arguing over who got to pick up the check. Jay-Z ended up tipping the waitress $500 and going outside to wait."

Eventually, Develin says, the two decided to split it. After Costner's corporate MasterCard was declined, however, Kyser agreed to foot the entire bill. Before they could get him to sign it, he left the club. That's just tacky, sloppy, stupid and cheap. You are making money I, and alot of people, can only dream of at this present time. You can't pay a bill that you rung up at the restaurant? That's not a good look at all.

Like Father Like Son???

Kim Porters son, Ouincy, recently wrote a letter to his father Albert Brown a.k.a. Al B. Here is an except from what was written in the letter:

"… I grew up without my father, an irreplaceable force and influence that was absent in my life. I watched other kids enjoy the embrace of theirs, and I searched for a way to reconcile the meaning of my circumstance. Despite my pain, I’ve imagined a life as a good son with my father. I’ve stood in front of audiences to receive awards. I heard their applause and praise. But, the accolades have been absent the sound of his clapping hands and encouraging words … his voice that I could distinguish in my sleep. Where has he been?"

"'Al B. is my biological father, but Sean Combs has been a father figure in my life for as long as I can remember. Sean Combs is the person whom I look up to and appreciate as a father. He is the one who help mold me into the person I am today and will always try to live up to his expectations. He has always been supportive of me and I will forever love and respect him. As far as my biological father goes, the “spitting image” is all I have taken from him. Throughout my life, I’ve always wondered about him; Where he was? What was he doing? and most importantly, was he even thinking about me? The absence of my father has given me a better understanding of what type of man I am going to be. I am grateful for my mom’s love, support, guidance, and for her strength."

I feel his pain because I too has grown up without a father, as many black males in this country probably has as well. What I cannot wrap around my mind is the fact that he looked at Sean Combs (Diddy) as a father figure. Diddy is nothing more than a snake, a liar and a backstabber. He is not the type of person to look up to as a father figure. Maybe a business man and that's about it. Nothing else.

R.I.P. Proof .. Three Years After

Three years later after his passing, we remember the late Detroit rapper Proof (Deshaun Dupree Holton). Probably, one of the most underrated artists in all of hip hop when he was with us. He was the best friend of Eminem and was killed three years ago in a Detroit nightclub after a brawl fight gone wrong. So many African-Americans are dying over nonsense, when will it stop honestly.

We must arm young black boys/men, not with guns, but with that insight so they can find peace before death or jail finds them.

R.I.P. Proof (October 02, 1973 – April 11, 2006)

You are missed. Here is a rare interview of the man, the artist .. Proof.