It’s not that I think he’s a disgraceful Buddhist or that he shouldn’t pursue the path, it just makes me cringe that for many people this Tiger Woods scandal is their first introduction to Buddhism. Thanks a lot, Hume! In Tiger’s apology speech today, he cited that his lack of practice in recent years is what led him to committing sexual misconduct (as defined within Buddhist ethics) many times over:
Part of following this path for me is Buddhism, which my mother taught me at a young age. People probably don’t realize it, but I was raised a Buddhist, and I actively practiced my faith from childhood until I drifted away from it in recent years. Buddhism teaches that a creation of things outside ourselves causes an unhappy and pointless search for security. It teaches me to stop following every impulse and to learn restraint. Obviously, I lost track of what I was taught. — CBS News
This is how your beefs start, Hip-Hop. You will all remember this day. Not because Cormega has a project dropping today (who knew?), but because he thinks Drake is an insufferable rich bastard and therefore should not be rapping. If you have never sat a little black and white television on top of a busted floor model, or feasted upon Top Ramen and syrup sandwiches for dinner, or shook the roaches from your sneakers before heading off to public school, then you are not Hip-Hop, Drake! If you have not suffered the entire narrative of Ghostface Killa’s “All I Got Is You”, then put the blasted mic down! Find another job, you horrid Canadian tool! How dare you sully Hip-Hop’s good name with the stench of your middle-class lifestyle and honorably-earned, wheelchair-bound Degrassi money? The entire legacy of Hip-Hop is drowning in a pool of tears due to your transgressions!
What do we think about when we think about douchebags? The definition can be broad in the midst of applying it indiscriminately to average buttholes we dislike. But there are a few tried and true characteristics of douchebags particularly in Hip-Hop, a culture that has become a sanctified bosom within which rabid douchery can cultivate and at once thrive. Let’s rundown a few shining examples of douchery in Hip-Hop with these infamous Hip-Hop douchebags, rated by your requisite and handy vinegar-to-water ratio. Haha. Fun happens now.