50 Cent Gets His Chain Snatched

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  dewfish

  November 28, 6648, 1:41 pm

  I agree with you on this. robbing is a lame route to take simply because you "don't like someone", but you have to be a fool to show off wealth in front of hundreds of people who have far less.
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  Mrco

  November 28, 6649, 1:41 pm

  …yeah, it’s an “educational device for anyone thinking of taking a visit to Africa”.., as much as the video of the teenage girl harassing the old lady on the Atlanta subway is an “educational device for anyone thinking of taking a visit to the USA”. Read that out loud and listen to how stupid you sound. Because 50 Cent got his chain snatched in Angola, the whole African continent is smeared?! There are tons of videos on the internet with y’all Black American folks acting a fool, not because you are poor, but just because you prefer to act a fool. I wanna see you use those as educational devices for anyone planning on taking a trip to Black America.
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  Shot Clock

  November 28, 6650, 1:41 pm

  "An educational device for anyone thinking of taking a visit to Africa?"???? Bomani Jones is even more stupid then we thought. Yo, Bomani, you're a writer - you're not a gangster. You don't know the first thing about Africa.
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  Bomani

  November 28, 6651, 1:41 pm

  Oh boy, I love it when the idiots leave for a while and then come back. Let's go slowly with this one... If you're walking through a rough neighborhood that you're not familiar with, would you think it's a good idea to walk around with a lot of jewelry on? I'd assume no. So, if you're in a place where the poverty is exponentially more dire than the circumstances you imagined in the previous scenario, isn't a super-icy chain an even worse idea? I would think so. That's not smearing Africa, Mrco. That's common sense. And, being that I'm not a gangster, I've got a pretty good idea of what NOT to do.
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  Rex

  November 28, 6652, 1:41 pm

  It was the one day a month the nut jobs above (of course, not you dewfish) were let out of the asylum to assimilate with society... I think after those two displays of their inability to do so, the men in the white coats nabbed them back and they're in their padded cells now. Really... Talk about taking things out of context! You made a pretty simple point--dunno how it was misconstrued.
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  FredBatiste, A Weapon of Mass Destruction

  November 28, 6653, 1:41 pm

  Shid Bo... Fiddy didn't hafta roll to Africa to get it snatched...He coulda been rollin in certain parts of my beloved home state for that... But usually the first rule of rollin into areas that are not your own...don't go around flashing, cuz you will get got.
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  Kirk

  November 28, 6654, 1:41 pm

  It never fails to amaze me that some people struggle so much with reading comprehension. It must be the lingering effects of a concussion - goddamn UN needs to watch where they drop those pallets of rice and overstocked Hypercolor t-shirts. This really is a pretty simple concept. You don't flash expensive jewelry in front of poor people just like you don't juggle cheeseburgers in front of someone who's starving. If you read that as a condemnation of anyone or anything, you're an idiot.
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  Kirk

  November 28, 6659, 1:41 pm

  There's only a jab in that sentence if you want there to be one. Pointing out that Africa has a lot of poor people (and that at least one of them might be tempted to steal a piece of jewelry worth more than they would make in 10 years) is a statement of fact, not a jab.
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  Marco

  November 28, 6655, 1:41 pm

  Fiddy didn't get 'got' bc he was in 'Africa'. Tupac got shot in an NYC hotel lobby when someone tried to snatch his... chain. Fiddys 1st big rap song was about... robbing other rappers chains (How to rob). Name them: Yung Joc, Mobb Deep, Yukmouth, Faboulos.. all have been involved in chain-snatching incidents. Y'all Black Americans wd beat up a dude at a packed club bc he stepped on your white AF1's. So if visiting the USA, should people watch out not to step on a MFkr's AF1s? because you could end up worse than getting ur chain snatched in Africa. P.S. The african chain-snatcher got turned in to the cops by his...mom. which of y'all moms out there would have done same and not broken the AA Golden Rule of "No Snitching"?
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  Marco

  November 28, 6656, 1:41 pm

  @Kirk "That said, if you walk around one of the poorest countries on Earth with a big ass chain on, you deserve to get it snatched. This here is the funniest video I’ve seen in quite a while, and an educational device for anyone thinking of taking a visit to Africa". @Kirk if you don't see the jab in the last sentence here, you my 'smart' friend, are an idiot. And those pallets of rice u mentioned, do u have any notion of all the robbery western nations had/have/still do to Africa? Africa, my friend, is arguable the richest continent on earth. Keep ur pallet of rice and leave our diamonds, gold, oil, human resources, alone.
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  Bomani

  November 28, 6657, 1:41 pm

  Marco, I must have missed the episode of "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" when they went to Angola. Tell the average Angolan -- who made $2,722 a year in 2006, according to the World Bank -- about those resources. Tell that Angolan he's rich. He'll think you're Ed Fuckin McMahon, because I guarantee you he will have had no clue of this richness you speak of until you tell him. Know why? BECAUSE HE IS POOR, that's why. What, do you think Angola went to the IMF hunting for loans to build new soccer stadiums? And while you're at it, tell the rest of the continent about how those foreign-controlled resources are making their lives so much better.
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  Bomani

  November 28, 6658, 1:41 pm

  Oh yeah, Marco...I get the feeling you're new here because I'd never seen you comment before. My name's Bomani, and it's nice to meet you. Thanks for commenting. But man, I gotta tell you something people that have been reading here for a while know -- if Shot Clock agrees with you, you might want to rethink your position. Of a less consequential nature, that also means everyone else is laughing at you. Welcome!
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  Tiffany

  November 28, 6660, 1:41 pm

  First things first. I've been to (West) Africa a few times: Ivory Coast, Senegal, Cameroon, and Ghana. I've met many wonderful people, and just as many hustlers trying to get anything they could out of me. These practices ranged from getting me to buy any and everything, to flat out expecting more money from me because I was a 'rich' American. Bribery was like drinking water-you do it because that's what's done. (Just to clarify, I was a matriculating college student or grad student during all of these times. This was also quite a counterpoint to my fellow black Americans who seem to think going to the 'motherland' is some social utopia. I could tell you some stories about the way I was treated--the good, bad and very ugly.) In fact, the only place where I encountered even more hustle was India. And you know why? Because folks were po'--and there were millions of them. Not, I can't figure out where the rent is coming from poor, but I ain't go no place to live, nowhere to go, and don't know where my next meal is coming from po'. I was not foolish enough to walk around masquerading my relative wealth in any of these places. It's not a value judgment to say that being poor makes you more desperate--and that goes for whether you're in any of Africa's various countries or in North Philly. That said, I was most interested in Mrco's comments about Africa being the richest continent on Earth. Well, if a small (and often corrupt) minority leave an tiny piece of the pie for the rest of the population, where does that leave Africa? Your blame of Western powers is certainly not ill-placed, but Africa's native sons (because it's mostly men that have been running things) ain't doing a bad job of rent-seeking and finding other creative ways to leave their countries in dire straits. Whether it's Mugabe who absolutely refuses to step down and die in peace, or Thabo Mbeki who refuses to demand accountability in his neighbors, governance is a problem. It's certainly not unique to the continent of Africa, but it is a problem. Just for fun, I decided to look up some corruption indices at Transparency International. In keeping with the theme of Africa being the richest continent on Earth, it seems that it boasts some leaders in corruption too! In 2007-Africa led the world in terms of people who had had to pay a bribe to get something done in the last 12 months (45 percent, more or less). Of the top 10 countries where people reported paying a bribe (also in the last 12 months), 3 of them were African countries (Senegal, Nigeria and Cameroon). The worst of all-the poor and middle income are the ones hardest hit by petty bribery. So basically, bribery is a regressive tax on the poor. Just a thought.
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  Kirk

  November 28, 6661, 1:41 pm

  That, ladies and gents, is why people don't call Tiffany names and laugh at her. Consider it an educational device for people who want to have something intelligent to say, rather than just have other people think they do. Bravo.
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  Marco

  November 28, 6662, 1:41 pm

  @Bomani Thanks for the welcome. Sorry for blasting into your forum with such hot words 4 you, but thats how I felt. My bad. By the way, i enjoy your blog. @ Tiffany I'm assuming by wealth, u r talking about dollars in the bank. The wealth I refer to is natural resources. @Bomani I believe when u hear $2722 a year, u start thinking: a burger costs $5, a pack of newports $7, rent $600.. how do these people make ends meet? Well, u gotta make adjustments for the exchange rate and the cost of living. $2722 may be an equivalent of about $12000 in the USA (random numbers). In the USA, $3000 a year and u gotta file taxes. Some people actually make just $3000 anually. @Tiffany As concerns Africa's corrupt leaders, most Americans, in the pursuit of the 'American Dream' have a price-tag on their very own souls. Ever watched Flavor of Love? Besides, Mugabe an'em are propped-up by.. guess who? Your western gov'ts. They just love that old man up there milking Zimbabwe dry for them. When a smart dude like Lumumba turns up, someone kills him. (i'm just randomly dropping names here bc I assume we all know what we're talking about). @tiffany what took u to Cameroon? Just curious.
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  Bomani

  November 28, 6663, 1:41 pm

  Marco, please stop using a bogus e-mail address. I'd prefer to e-mail with you rather than do this in the comments. That said -- I'm a trained economist. Tiffany's actually Dr. Tiffany, with a Ph.D in economics. We know what we're talking about. But even if we didn't, your point doesn't hold water. Doesn't matter what that $2,722 will get you in Angola. All that matters is that Fiddy was wearing decades worth of income on his neck, which is quite the incentive for someone to bum rush a stage and snatch your chain.
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  Thaps

  November 28, 6664, 1:41 pm

  Bo, just a reminder: Having a PhD does not mean I should listen to you. Good output does. You've been delivering that for a while now. There was a village in India that legalized bribery to some success in the recent past. The best way to deal with it is still to wake people up to the long-term disadvantages to the short con. It's hard to argue with 15 seconds of work getting you Fiddy's chain though.
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  zongo_boy

  November 28, 6665, 1:41 pm

  50 got his chain snatched because he's a dumbass and i fully support the punishment of dumbasses in this manner. he almost got his ass kicked in nigeria a couple years ago too. maybe africa is too gangsta for him. i'm from ghana and we can't wait for him to visit. sidebar: i love it when african americans talk about africa as if they are experts on the subject simply because they visited once. maybe i should claim to be an authority on mexico because i went to cabo last year...hmmm.
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  Tiffany

  November 28, 6666, 1:41 pm

  Sigh--Zongo--I'm assuming that was a dig towards me. I actually loved Ghana. I thought the people were warm, open, and refreshingly straightforward. This is in spite of the fact that my trip almost got ruined by a crazy assed taxi driver who assaulted me and a friend because he wanted more money from us. And the men who stood there and WATCHED. Note that I talked about MY experiences in Africa. They're not unique-I've heard them echoed by others as well. Secondly, one not need visit Africa many times to understand the crushing effects that corruption is having on its people. It breaks my heart, and angers me people are suffering. And just as an aside, if I had a quarter for every time I heard an African make generalizations about black folks here, I'd have enough money to feed the continent. Just sayin'.
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  Tiffany

  November 28, 6667, 1:41 pm

  And just so I don't have to come back and clarify, I am not stupid enough to misunderstand the effects of the exploitation of Africa by the colonial powers. But I think we can all agree that between that and corruption, it is putting folks in an unsustainable situation.
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  Shot Clock

  November 28, 6668, 1:41 pm

  If so many people agreed with Bomani Jones, then more people would actually read his shit columns on ESPN.com. Bomani, you're still a dumbass. Look at your damn intro page for this site, you're wearing a borrowed coat/fur (whatever the hell it is) and acting like an idiot right off the bat. What makes you a trained economist? You have an economics degree? Well that makes two of us. Woohoo! I'm a trained economist too. Dumbass.
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  Bomani

  November 28, 6669, 1:41 pm

  once again, thanks for reading. i'm sure you can appreciate the irony. e-mail me if you've got more. the one you're using doesn't work.