One has to love trends in Hip-Hop. The same way a flu bug can travel through an office and put a people out of work for weeks, Hip-Hop trends can be just as infectious with rap artists. Although it's usually a rhyme style, image or something fashion related, there are times when certain actions become trendy. Most of the time they are the most absurd actions you can think of.
These days, crying is the new hotness. If you want some quick publicity, squeezing out a few tears is the sure fire way to go. Just ask Young Buck and The Game who had the most notorious boo-hoo fests recently. Do you remember where you were when that conversation between Buck and 50 Cent leaked to the net? Remember how you felt? I do. I was at this very computer I'm writing this entry on and I got that feeling you get when you see that kid who was showing out at the grocery store begging for mercy from a fed-up parent about to layeth the smacketh down. You kind of feel bad for the kid but you know they had it coming.
The episode didn't do any real damage to Young Buck and ironically it reminded people that all of his vital organs still functioned. Too bad that didn't work for Jacki-O who turned on the waterworks during her impromptu phone interview with DJ... That one just came and went like her career. When 50 cried in his mock funeral for Fat Joe, it was obvious that his play date with Hollywood payed off. The one-eyed, tear down the cheek was priceless but The Game's sob job over wanting to be in the 90s era of Hip-Hop was just plain weird.
In this new age of digital distribution, it's way too easy for celebrities to act a fool. As you read this, Diddy may be conjuring up a way to have some sort of crying fit on his YouTube blog. I predict somewhere close to the end of his new reality show. Thus, I propose that we get the same rights record companies do when they see web content they don't like. Have that crap yanked off.
-The Blackspot