Big Government Honors Thug Rapper
by Alexander Marlow
A key objective, if not the objective of the Big Hollywood blog is to illustrate that pop culture drives politics and not the other way around. Sometimes that case makes itself. Take a look at this AP article:
Rapper Pitbull, whose chart-climbing songs have made him a bilingual favorite, was honored Wednesday with the key to Miami—an accomplishment he said officially cemented his title as “Mr. 305.”…
The Cuban-American performer and Miami native, whose real name is Armando Christian Perez, was presented with the key by Miami Commissioner Thomas Regalado during the morning ceremony.
“Pitbull not only lives in Miami, but he’s been traveling the country and the world sharing a positive message of Miami,” Regalado announced. “So, we should honor not only the dignitaries that visit, but those individuals who make a positive impact on the city.”
Who is this Pitbull character, you ask? For starters, he is a rapper, he’s also a thug (he famously punched out a fan at a concert), but more importantly, he is probably someone who wouldn’t want me writing a blog post about him (I’m an NRA Lifetime Member–membership replete with “balls”).
He was given the key to the city of Miami because he is “sharing a positive message” with the world about the city. I think that message can be best illustrated with the lyrics to his song called “305 Anthem,” named for the Miami-Dade County area code:
It’s that little Chico Pitbull
[Chorus]
I’ll ride for my muthafucking click! For my click!
I’ll die for my muthafucking click! For my click!
I bust heads with my muthafucking click! With my click!
If a nigga talk shit, Watch my shit go click!
Click, click, click, click!…
PITBULL Nigga, I’m that Monster!
DB, them Chico’s is Monsters!
Lil’Jon, that Nigga is a Monster!
Everybody in the click is well equipped
Ready for Pit to take over shit!
This here is not a game…
This here is our lives…
We can’t fuck this up…
We gotta get it right…
If you wit us and you ready for war
Then let’s Ride!!!
LET’S show ‘em how we do in the south
Kick in they door, run in they house
Since them boys think they spit fire
Fuck It! Put the gun in they mouth!
Follow me now
All these bitches wanna swallow me now!
All these niggas that I don’t even know
Wanna hollah at me now
Cuz the wanna be down
But fuck’em man!
Me I turn it up a notch
To my hustlers be careful when they murdering the block!
To my killers be careful when you burning up the glock!…
HEY 305! TILL I DIE!
To recap: this is what the city of Miami thinks is a positive message for it’s city:
“LET’S show ‘em how we do in the south
Kick in they door, run in they house
Since them boys think they spit fire
Fuck It! Put the gun in they mouth!”
So you mean if I go to Miami, Pitbull and his “click” (clique?) will break into my dwelling and make his gun go “click” in my mouth? That sounds awful, but the double entendre is so entertaining… I’m jumping on the next flight! Tell Breitbart to call me if he needs me.
As always, his is just one example of how the pop-star-as-role-model permeating American life has gotten way out of hand. The most resounding example of this is how Obama parlayed his personality into the presidency… and people act surprised that things thus far haven’t gone according to plan. Obama himself had a text messaging relationship with Scarlett Johansson and was seen hobnobbing with Beyoncé and that inspirational fellow from the Black Eyed Peas at his inauguration. And who could forget that he kicks it with Ludacris? If I were President I would be texting the Congressional Budget Office, not goofball celebs (LOL!). The emphasis on personality and charisma have become more important, particularly to the left, than character or message.
To be fair, I don’t know much about this Pitbull dude and he may well be a charitable guy, or he may be like Joe the Biden, but his music is the same aggressive, vulgar, misogynistic hate that has defined rap for as long as I can recall… and it doesn’t even rhyme.
But in today’s America, where celebrity is king, Miami is happy to present a self-proclaimed “monster” its key. Because Pitbull’s the man, and everyone should know it.
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Golly, it's so sunny and nice in Miami. Why the heck is he so angry….um…..yo?
Didn't Miami spawn Perez Hilton, too? Boy does Miami have some 'splainin to do!
Oh come on Miami! If you really want to reward medicore artist you could of given the Key to the City to Greenday.
“LET’S show ‘em how we do in the south
Kick in they door, run in they house
Since them boys think they spit fire
Fuck It! Put the gun in they mouth!”
Hell why stop at just a key to the city, I think they could make a National campaign ad out of this. Put it on billboards, TV ads " Hey boys, come to Miami and see how we do it in the South"
“Pitbull not only lives in Miami, but he’s been traveling the country and the world sharing a positive message of Miami,” Regalado announced.
This might be a stupid question but after reading the article, uh… what exactly was that message?
When I was a senior in high school, we had the mayor come into our marketing class for a presentation. (She literally just drove to the school herself and we met her in the office.) She presented our teacher with a key to the city… but you know, he's just a teacher. I don't think he could compete with "I’ll die for my muthaf—ing click! For my click!"
I got cousins in Miami and they're probably hiding their faces because of how their government just embarrassed them.
Agreed. It's the elected officials glamorizing thugs like Pitbull which contributes to the crime in major American cities. One notorious example was the Dunbar Village gang rape, whose perpetrators are now finally going to court.
On that note, CB Hanif (a vet from Gulf War I) suggests that Pitbull wannabes should face some "shock and awe":
http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/2009/08/outr...
Violent, rape-happy thugs have much in common with Islamic jihadists. The only change I'd make to Hanif's plan is letting the US Marines deal with the homegrown terrorists
Chill out homiez. Pitbull is just the new millenium version of Ricky Ricardo.
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What- Does THIS guy think he's tough? Sh*t- dude hasn't seen nothing here- most of these gangsta wannabes are so soft, they could stand in for the pillsbury doughboy. Tough? Not hardly Tough Enough.
Dittos on the NRA membership! Let me know and I have your back. : )
I am not sure I agree that popular culture drives politics. Rather than the driving force, pop culture is the medium of communication in our society. Through nationalized public education and the dumbing down of our society, pop culture has become a common language that unites many. Politicians just seek to use the language and its emphasis on celebrity to fuel their politics but still consider themselves in the drivers seat. The left considers the unwashed masses ignorant and hedonistic so they adopt policies to help make it so. It is easier to herd those who have already devoted their intellectual abiity to the Brittany Spears' chronicles.
Liberalism and our own prosperity has brought decadence and pop culture reinforces that decadence. It does not challenge us to think, others will do that for us. Health care, we have more important things to worry about like Spears' comeback or Jessica going country. A pop culture that serves as an opiate to the masses and keeps them from realizing the political reality is to the benefit of the left. It is also to their benefit pop culture reinforces their values and attacks their opponents. That is why they reward slime and hurrumph character.
Given the words to the "song," does that mean Miami is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment.
Well written and comical article.
I would love it if this banshee represented me. He sounds like a winner. What a joke.
Not exactly the next Cole Porter, is he?
To be fair
At one time our state (Florida) motto was
Florida, the rules are different here! I think the town councel is just trying to live up that!
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I just read the article you sent me and googled the Dunbar horror. It's enough to make you want to pull your teeth out in frustration. These politicos are lower than the thugs they legitimize. They'd sell their mothers a$$ for a vote. I have this wonderful fantasy of one of our major roadways, lined with the hanging executed bodies of rapist with a sign posted on them. Saying " I Will Never Rape Again" sort of like what the Romans did along the Appian Way. It's the romantic in me.? No, more like a man who loves and reveres the women in his life and fears for them, in this crazy world but I like the Marine idea too. O.K. Brother thanks for the reply. Hope to talk to you soon. AA
I'm sportin' my Air Force one and my Helicpoter, playin' down that sucker Diddy! That sh#t is crazy, yo! I be hookin' up the economy like TA-DAOWW! Know what I'm sayin', homey? Hookin up all my hoeys and homettes with doctor care__Kenya In Da HOWWZE!
Perhaps Pitbull is shooting blanks and all they do is make the click noise. That would work for the sexual metaphor as well. Otherwise, I agree with you 100%.
I'm an NRA life member as well. I wish I wasn't. NRA supports gun control legislation now. They are co-opted by Handgun Control Inc. Your dues go to paying for their big glass HQ. Join GOA.
Except Green Day are from California.
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I see those guys with area codes tattooed on 'em and I always wonder what happens if they change the area code? I mean what if 305 becomes 315? Does the guy have to move up the road and represent a new barrio?
I thought Miami was a big city. Don't they have better things to do than this? It sounds like something they would do here in El Paso but Miami? What are the qualifications to become an elected official in city government? Is being retarded (yeah, I said it) a good start? I watch the meetings here and I think to myself, "Man, no wonder this town sucks." But it's starting to look like it's like that everywhere, man what a buzz kill.
Damn, I'd love to 'click' this asshole up the side of his head with a crate of his own CD's. Except something tells me that if he's dumb enough to brag about pointing an unloaded gun at someone (yo, stupid – click is the sound a Glock makes when you forget to put the bullets in it), than he's undoubtedly dumb enough to do himself in without any help from me.
What garbage…a debasement of society…may he meet a officer of the Federal Bureau of Prisons soon …and spend a very long time there
Didn't Miami spawn Perez Hilton, too? Lucy, Miami has some 'splainin to do!
How I hate rap music. It shouldn't even be called music. Makes me want to barf.
You're supposed to be "wid it" and say "put a cap in his ass".
The graveyards are full of tough guys like this Miami lowlife.Here's hoping he meets his Lead reward soon and saves the American tax-payer a few bucks and some family a lifetime of heartaches.
This comment is for Pitbull's benefit 'cause he obviously needs help. Pitbulls this comes from the Good ol' boys in North Florida. We are worried about you. You see when you depress the trigger of your gun and it goes "click click click" that means you forgot to put the bullets in. They's supposed to go bang bang bang see. Now if you crash into someone's house in North Florida with an unloaded gun the Good ol boy the lives there is gonna tag your @$$ with a birdshot from his shotgun. Then won't you and your posse be embarrassed.
Tell you what come to North Florida to the gun clubs and pistol ranges and you find a bunch of ol' white southerners and they will show you not only how to use a gun but how to have respect for it so you don't hurt yourself and others. Those good ol' boys are pretty good shots too. Plus the womenfolk make d@mn find Pecan Pie. Yes Sirree!
Being a citizen in the "305" I am not surprised he got the key. They probably got tired of him "kickin' in they door". The local government here is a disaster. It gets no attention thus it seems calm here. Pop culture like politics is a reflection of society. We the people have serious problems.
All these thugs always talk of their crew, click or gang. You never here them talk of walking the valley in the shadow of death solo. I've met and seen many of these guys. They're lost. You get them by themselves they're just regular folks and many aren't that bad to deal with. It's when they bunch up into a herd is when they get stupid.
Inventions, arts, music etc. has taken a sever hit. The real stuff is stifled and the fake is exalted. The pioneer, the warrior, etc. is treated with contempt. Even real artists are watering down their own talent to try and get another hit.
America needs a revival.
I surely do like pecan pie- oh, and hitting the target. Now that's what you call gun control.
Its kind of like writing a book- they say that everyone has a book inside of them. I say that sometimes its better to leave it there. Not everyone cares to know- TMI.
Perfect,and while we're at it.Do the same to THEIR mothers and sisters,see how they like it.I don't like/want war,but we have the right to exist as the founders envisioned our country.And I'm all for a little military intervention to drive home that point.
…and don't forget the danger of allowing others to think for you.They're following the Roman senate paradigm:breads and circuses.Those who post here knows what that means,sadly,90% in this country do not.
Cool!I'm from Fernandina,and concur!
Music?More like an abortion!
Hey, wait. What's the difference between rap that doesn't rhyme and talking?
"Hey, wait. What's the difference between rap that doesn't rhyme and talking?"
Talking that doesn't rhyme is just talking. Rap that doesn't rhyme is whining.
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Imagine everyone in the song in latex, and call it art. I do believe the National Endowment for the Arts would fund the video.
Exactly!
What's the message? Certainly the entertainment industry has gone from completely dysfunctional to desperate?
Or maybe it's because there are too many of these "muthafuckers" wanna be rappers floating around. I have two of the punk ass weasels (brothers) who live in my hood. Three times this year we have had minor domestic violence disputes. And I live in the lowest crime rate in the country.
Is it because of the rapsters like (rofl) Pitbull ("POODLE")? Of course not. If you met their mother you'd think they had a chance at Stanford U. But Poodle and the punk ass brothers don't mind crossing the line in a public way. And when people like Poodle run out of PR capital they'll resort to violence to regain their "magic."
Just hope and pray you and your family are not in harms way. The generation of Poodles by the way are the ones who will be funding your Social Security. You should be concerned that these "muthafuckers" are also completely clueless to everything but rap.
I have been to Amelia Island several times. Beautiful up there!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOTp3-jEMjQ
When Rap started out its message was positiv and it was also cool.
It is only when the Thug Rap craze took over that it became crap!
One more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsaepyi8MR0&NR...
Netiher song demeans women much less use the word ho!
I hate to say this, but this punk would have graduated at the top of his high school class in Newark, Trenton or Camden NJ based on his excellent grammar!
He should just TEACH ENGLISH in anyone of our inner city schools here in NJ! He'll not only get paid more than a rapper in our F'ed up teachers union up here as he can double dip and head up the Trenton High School Marching Band!
One of the main problems with the gangs in South Florida (Ft Lauderdale is actually worse) is the propensity to shoot cops. When I lived down there we'd here of a cop early in the morning dyeing from gunshot wounds when he stopped some gang member on I-95. There would then be an APB or message broadcast looking for some person or the license plate of a car. Almost invariably the broadcast would be corrected as we learned that some other gang members gave the murderers cover by snitching the wrong car or person. Then the cops would ask for information regarding the killing or would be looking for someone else. I remember this happening at least three times in the two years I lived down there. So yes in all seriousness giving the keys to the city to someone who promotes this crap is sending a very bad message .
I had nothing to do with this. I'm still atoning for Johnny Depp (Miramar).
*MissQuinn*
Bears do it in the woods and pittbulls do it in their backyard. This one has found a way to get paid for it. Odds are if Mr. Bull lives to be 50 the key will fit his public housing door just fine.
I'm a Miami native and lived there several years. This doesn't surprise me in the least.
Man, those lyrics are deep. The guy has so much to say and to offer to society.
ps. I am not really being serious.
I suppose they gave that other great Cuban American the key to the city too: Tony Montana!
Being a citizen in the "305" I am not surprised he got the key. They probably got tired of him "kickin' in they door". The local government here is a disaster. It gets no attention thus it seems calm here. Pop culture like politics is a reflection of society. We the people have serious problems.
All these thugs always talk of their crew, click or gang. You never here them talk of walking the valley in the shadow of death solo. I've met and seen many of these guys. They're lost. You get them by themselves they're just regular folks and many aren't that bad to deal with. It's when they bunch up into a herd is when they get stupid.
Inventions, arts, music etc. have taken a severe hit. The real stuff is stifled and the fake is exalted. The pioneer, the warrior, etc. is treated with contempt. Even real artists are watering down their own talent to try and get another hit.
Man, do I miss Frank, Dean and especially Sammy Davis. America needs a revival.
These 145 lbs. Latinos all think their Hispanic Rocky Balboas..what crap. I grew up with them on the border in Texas..they have to be in packs or armed, otherwise… they're Paris Hilton's Chihuahua…
These 5' 7", 145 lbs. Latinos all think their Hispanic Rocky Balboas..what crap. I grew up with them on the border in Texas..they have to be in packs or armed, otherwise… they're Paris Hilton's Chihuahua…
If that is true, then we are truly fucked.
This pendejo is a skidmark on the underwear of society.
Comemierda
I can understand you when you talk.
I went to Miami recently, it seemed like a dirty third world shit hole. Did I miss something?
Only if those guns are illegal and used for violent crimes. Police, white men, and conservatives will use them to kill, rape and pillage minorities. I saw it on MSNBC.
Note: Humor intended.
Only if they're smearing feces on a photo of the Virgin Mary while rapping about phallic gun images to promote their own sense of masculinity at the cost of dehumanizing females. Now that's art. It's better than the Mona Lisa. Professor Gates told me so.
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