Can we still have an opinion on a subject even if we have skeletons in our closets?

that was the question swirling in my mind today.
i saw joe budden taking center stage for his alleged past shenanigans again.
everyone was clamoring for his take on diddy’s latest drama,
despite knowing the whispers that follow his DV allegations.
his exes make no qualms of calling out his past domestic violence.
in typical joey fashion,
he had some choice words for tahiry’s claims about him:

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Anyway, here’s a video of Joe Budden gleefully telling a story of how he left his tour and broke into Tahiry’s home because she wouldn’t answer his texts pic.twitter.com/0VRomBYGMJ https://t.co/Zgsd6RiOyx

— – (@BasedJane) May 22, 2024

as you know,
or didn’t,
but i believe joe has one of the sexiest voices in podcasting.
i’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t entertain that voice at 1am.
let’s get real for a moment tho…

Do people know what a victim is?

…or so they think everyone should operate the same?
we are all psychopaths who lack emotions?
i’ve been seeing some pretty gross things in regards to cassie.
i saw someone font she had enough time to run down the stairs.
others claim she was a gold digger but my follow up question is:

Regardless if someone was a gold digger or not,
do they deserve to be beaten for many years by someone who claimed to love them?

did they deserve drugged and raped?
to be kicked and dragged while not fighting back?
this is the same hyena that blew up a rapping wolf’s car.
we,
the public,
didn’t even know.
i didn’t think cassie would ever speak out but she did today…

Why is it that some people haven’t mastered the art of gracefully deflecting questions they’d rather not answer?

displaying ignorance and throwing temper tantrums is never a good look,
especially when you’re a black celebrity.
we don’t have the same luxury as white celebs have.
we are all thrown in the same box regardless if we are above it all or not.
from the likes of sexyredd,
and the numerous black male podcasters not doing the community any favors,
we been down bad for quite some time.

Cam’ron decided to throw his hat in ring on CNN last night with Abby Phillip

he wasn’t thrilled about being asked to weigh in on diddy’s drama.

So Cam'ron went on CNN tonight and it was an absolute disaster pic.twitter.com/xm3tCe9O7N

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 21, 2024

after the interview,
and he got the cheeks after getting his dick hard on air,
he explained why he acted the way he did on his own podcast…

if you would have told me that back in 2009,
a time before we ended up in this weird timeline,
that these two would become complete disappointments…

I would have slapped you for slapping me on the ass for calling me Susan.

the day amber rose found her voice was the day her mystique died.
it seems she wants her fame to die even faster because…

we live in an age where getting older means getting better,
and let’s be honest,
some males just age like fine wine.

Take Tank aka Durrell Babbs,
for example.
At 48,
he’s looks better than he did when he first debuted on the scene.

mature ‘n’ fine tank always been aging well,
but the way he has been lookin’ on the r&b money tour…

in this digital age,
what does it take for us to see through the smoke and mirrors?
take the above nonsense from kelly price,
for instance.
po’ po’ kelly price.
it made me think about all the celebs that church folks have wasted prayers on.

Rihanna’s bruised face was everywhere online, yet somehow, we were supposed to pray and forgive Chris Brown while Rihanna was painted as the villain by many in the black community. He went on to get awarded mad BET Awards that same year while BET continued to spite Rih.

R. Kelly preyed on young girls, dated a young Aaliyah, and abused them all. But we were still told to pray for him, while his victims were labeled “fast.”

Megan Thee Stallion gets shot, there’s video evidence, yet Tory Lanez is seen as the victim because she allegedly had a questionable past.

Diddy, with his history of abuse and power plays, makes an “apology” video, and suddenly, he needs our prayers and sympathy. Not only that, the rumors are Cassie deserved that beating because she alleged stole a Rolex from someone worth 800 million and continued to date this alleged “thief” after this.

ye,
trump,
so on and so forth…
do you see the pattern here?
whenever someone is a victim…