boogie hands Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 ....seriously, dudes are doing roids just to perfect their "look". wow. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/arts/music/15hiph.html Jeepers, Rappers, Where’d You Get Those Arms and Torsos? By BEN SISARIO Published: January 15, 2008 When news surfaced over the weekend that 50 Cent, Wyclef Jean, Timbaland and other rap stars had been implicated in a steroids investigation, some hip-hop fans were shocked, but to many in the industry the accusations seemed inevitable. Although public accusations of steroid and human-growth-hormone use by rappers and R&B stars — like Mary J. Blige, who was also named in the investigation, according to a report in The Times Union of Albany — are all but unheard of, the latest news struck a chord about the increasing pressure on these performers to maintain perfect, even superhuman physiques as a part of their overall image and brand. “The spectacle of hip-hop now is so much greater than it’s ever been,” said Jeff Chang, the author of the hip-hop history “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop.” “There’s always the battle aesthetic at work, this idea that you’re going to go up there and show that you’re badder than everybody else. It’s part of the swagger that hip-hop carries.” The investigation, by the Albany County district attorney’s office, has focused on doctors who illegally prescribe drugs for nonmedical purposes. None of the celebrities have been accused of breaking the law, though The Times Union, citing anonymous sources, reported that the stars have received packages of prescribed steroids and human-growth hormone at their homes, at hotels around the country and at the offices of a Long Island chiropractor. But the recent news highlights an issue that has long been whispered about in hip-hop as some performers have leaned ever more heavily on a Schwarzeneggerian body as part of their public image. The producer and rapper Timbaland, whose real name is Tim Mosley, weighed more than 300 pounds before his dramatic turnaround a few years ago, when he began a rigorous exercise regime and transformed himself into a bodybuilder, dropping more than 100 pounds in the process. Representatives for Timbaland and 50 Cent did not respond to requests for comment yesterday. A spokeswoman for Ms. Blige said that the singer had never taken steroids, and a spokeswoman for Columbia Records had no comment about Wyclef Jean. Anabolic steroids and human growth hormone can have immediately visible results in rappers as in athletes, decreasing fat tissue and increasing muscle. But the long-term consequences of the growth hormone can be severe, said Dr. Alvin M. Matsumoto of the University of Washington and the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System. “If you take it in excessive amounts, it will stimulate a lot of soft-tissue growth, make the jaws larger,” Dr. Matsumoto said. “There could be a lot of the manifestations of organ enlargement — heart enlargement, liver enlargement. All tissues are enlarged, basically, because of growth-hormone stimulation. And that’s not good.” Talk has swirled about many rappers who have maintained suspiciously Olympian musculatures. But for 50 Cent, in particular, the news could affect his business. A former boxer, he has long promoted himself as fit and abstemious. He also has a line of vitamin water sold through Glacéau, which was bought by Coca-Cola last year for $4.1 billion. “The marketing of the images is so key now to so many different bottom lines,” Mr. Chang said. “Not just the music industry, but a whole range of consumer products. Your body is your brand and you’ve got to maintain that image. The machoness and braggadoccio, that’s always been a part of hip-hop. What’s different at the highest levels of the money game in hip-hop is the size of it all.” How the allegations will be received by fans, however, is far from clear. Illegal or unsavory behavior carries little stigma in some corners of the hip-hop world. And troubles with the law can even help the all-important celebrity story line. “Fans watch these people like they are watching movies,” Danyel Smith, editor of Vibe magazine, said. These kind of controversies, she added “are considered another arc in the narrative. People will wait to see what good, and what tragedy, will come of it.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcelain Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Re: rap...its official...officially gay.... why were hip hop fans shocked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Re: rap...its official...officially gay.... good for laughs. i bet some of these roid rappers can't wipe their asses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spectr Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Re: rap...its official...officially gay.... haha... man mary j. blige in the cnn photo looks like a fucking dude... fuck the photo won't work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcelain Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Re: rap...its official...officially gay.... they can. they just gotta do it from the front hahyahahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drue_Down Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Re: rap...its official...officially gay.... Rap fans can read? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-walk Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Re: rap...its official...officially gay.... why is there even an investigation? not like roids help them rap better for some type of national championship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcelain Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Re: rap...its official...officially gay.... thats what i was thinking roids are illegal in the rap game cause remember to some rappers it's just a "game" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Re: rap...its official...officially gay.... they can. they just gotta do it from the front hahyahahahaha hahahahhaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Re: rap...its official...officially gay.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1eikyMlX8I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some1 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Re: rap...its official...officially gay.... why is there even an investigation? not like roids help them rap better for some type of national championship are they gonna lose recording contracts and endorsements who the fuck care!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Re: rap...its official...officially gay.... they'll be publicly ridiculed for having an unfair advantage to make shitty rhymes over shittier beats. its horrible. will someone think of the children. i'm pretty sure rap's been GAY for a very, very long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EGG Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Re: rap...its official...officially gay.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Re: rap...its official...officially gay.... are they gonna lose recording contracts and endorsements who the fuck care!? we'll never see fiddy be president. and the world weeps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gat Bush Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Re: rap...its official...officially gay.... Yet another distraction from the reality that the state of the world is fucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tear1personality Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Re: rap...its official...officially gay.... i didn't need to find out that 'fiddy' was on the juice to know that mother fucker can't rap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcelain Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Re: rap...its official...officially gay.... anyone can rap like 50. just bite down one side of your molars and start busting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Mamerro Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Re: rap...its official...officially gay.... Rap with steroids can only be harder, better, faster, stronger. It wins no matter what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLIK$ Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 the funniest thing ive noticed on this forum is anyone who isnt 110lbs and wears clothes from baby gap. or some sloppy doughboy bodied nerd is obviously on steroids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earmuffs Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 true my nigga.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tear1personality Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 trust that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blart.BOS Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 gliks does the roids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 gliks does the roids i heard that he does so much juice that a small group of latvian rebels set up a country on one of his shoulders. they constantly in fight with the serbians that took refuge on his deltoids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tear1personality Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 sounds like a legit movie plot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 sounds like a legit movie plot srsly: OJ sued to get his nickname back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatetown Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 50 cent on steroids is believable but wyclef??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
podrido Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 rappers do drugs jesus potato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatetown Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 steroids aint drugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerkspot Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 snooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 snoop needs to do some....dude is mad scrawny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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