Through the course of American history, we the people have witnessed some great triumph. We’ve witnessed athletic feats that made us marvel in awe, and we’ve witnessed deft political maneuvering that allowed us to dare to dream of a brighter future. There lives a place where no dreams are deferred but thrive and persist.
Triumph.
We have bombed atomically. Socrates philosophies and high prophesies could NOT define how we’d drop these mockers and lyrically perform armed robberies. YES. It is enough to make you feel like you could flee…with the lottery.
Triumph.
And theeeeeen, there’s all this other sh*t. You see, without tragedy, there is no triumph. And lucky for us, there are more than enough people who are willing to tragically go where no man has gone before, except that’s not true at all since generally, letting men go where “no” man has gone before is usually what starts the tragedy in the first place, leading to th….SERIOUSLY WHY IN THE F*CK DOES OMAROSA HAVE A SHOW…the downward spiral of the funnel cloud in the second. What am I talking about? Glad you asked.
You see, in pop culture, we’ve witnessed folks who have taken the plunge so that the rest of us at least know what f*cked the f*ck up looks like. Who you ask?
Weeeeeeeeeelll…
1. Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill was the woman every man wanted and the woman every woman wanted to be like. She was hot. She could sing and she could rap better than most dudes. She could act and she had beautiful skin and hair. Le sigh. Then she met a Marley and got welcomed to Jamrock and 17 children and two bongs later, Lauryn Hill is calling the Pope a child molester IN HIS HOUSE. She releases The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, an album that redefines…something (I was never a huge fan)…and wins beaucoup Grammys and the respect of the world only to disappear and then reappear looking like Raggedy Ann’s stund double with a guitar and one chord. She could have been iconic. Now she’s the posterchild for what happens when you get in cahoots with a Marley. Nas, I’m looking at you. Glasses.
2. Maia Campbell
Hands down, Maia Campbell was one of the baddest chicks to EVER walk the planet. During the 90s she was the default baddest chick everywhere. Slightly hood with a face a thug and a banker could love. Even despite her myriad attempts to tank her own career through movies (Trippin’ - though I loved it and own it), the short lived TV show South Central, and LL Cool J’s In The House, nothing could stop her fineness. That is except crack. Apparently crack can f*ck your couch proper. She went from de facto prom queen to the chick in the car eating Cheetos coming straight from the ‘hood. Nobody wants to bone her anymore, which is sad because for a solid 7 years, she’s the one chick that everybody wanted for some birthday sex. And no, there is no good reason to actually own Jeremih’s album.
3. DMX
I kind of view him as the combo male equivalent of Maia Campbell and Lauryn Hill. All the musical ability in the world derailed by crack and his own inner demons.
4. Tupac
He dead. Tragedy.
5. Lauren London
This one hurts for real. So pretty. So young. So much potential to be so pretty so young. Then she becomes stop number 3 on the Lil Wayne Baby Batter Drop Off Express and made everybody stop and say, “wait, she boned Lil Wayne?!?! On purpose?” I can’t even lie. I lost so much respect for her that I can’t even watch the movie ATL the same anymore. You kilt me dead, New-New. You kilt me dead. Really she’s only a tragedy because she’s pretty. If she looked like Precious, I’d probably hi-five her and say good job.
Shots. Fired.
6. Martin Lawrence
America’s funniest man on TV to brandishing a strap and slapping an old woman on the corner of Florence and Normandie in South Central.
7. RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICKY
He dead too, y’all.
Anyway, those are just a few folks that came to mind who qualify for tragedy status. Good folks of VSB, who else qualifies? Who fell from grace…and stayed down? Who?
WHO SAID MY NAME?!?!?!
-VSB P aka THE ARSONIST aka VITAMIN P aka TANGLE JIG P aka GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRL, HE A 3
Jimmy Dean.
Also: No you DIDN’T say Lauryn got “welcomed to Jamrock”. *DEAD* HATE. YOU.
i know i should be saying RIP but all i can do is LOL @ the mention of jimmy dean. he dead.
…and Farmer John. Either my taste buds have evolved, or his sausage is nasty, now.
Funny you said Lauryn Hill. Saw her in concert yesterday in Nor Cal. She looked amazing. She sounded great (aside from the sound being bad for the first few songs). L Boogie is here to stay
i too, tituba, disagree w/ lauryn hill a bit. yea, that girl is off her rocker, but she’s still rockin for sure. that unplugged album brings me to tears every time. i dont know many who would still argue her in their top 5 all time.
Top 5 what? Not rapper. Not singer. Top 5 really talented jawn to go crazy?
@B. Collins – just cuz it brings you to tears doesnt mean its good. it means it brings you to tears. hell, i loved Shawty Lo’s “Dey Know”. doesnt make it a great piece of hiphop.
*Jogging In Place* LMAO!
b.collins-unplugged made me want to kill myself, to spare having to listen to any more of it. it’s depressing. hence your tears.
I’m hoping Lauryn Hill is back in her original form later this summer for the Rock the Bells concert…Crossing my fingers that she actually shows and isn’t somewhere being jamrocked at showtime
@ root
she is not “here to stay”.i mean if you mean “on earth”. Im sure
when referring to relevance in the music industry.
No.
dru hill still doing shows Hell so is Bobby brown.
and I would pay to see him before lauryn hill.
sorry
8. Gem of the Ocean
**see grad school record for a long list of failures and other series of unfortunate events**
Gemmie, you are a rock star of the neuroscience world and well on your way to obtaining your PhD so I’m removing you from this list. No hush up and go to bed! You are on internet time-out for at least 8 hours.
awwwwww i love you. thanks for the encouragement (but until i get that phd, i shall remain on the list!!0. and because im in a spirit of obedience, i shall go to bed!
Aww sookie now, I see your saucy minx avatar, MsEsquire!!
*e-blushes* Thanks for noticing! I like to try to give the people what the people want…
@MsEsquire77
Is your avatar bad or is it just drawn that way?
@Wu Young Agent of M.E.
Ha! Its funny that you still remember that line….the part that got me was the patty-cake scene. They didn’t show it, but with all that “Oooo baby…” going on between her and Mr. Acme, it was imperative that I take myself a cold shower each time I heard it.
Yeah…I’m liking the Jessica Wabbit avvie….I still say she’s just a light skinnededit chick. Can’t blame ‘em for wishing though. Hahaa…
@ Wu and Ms. Butta’sWorth
Ya’ll are hilarious! Thanks for the love
9. That Damn African
Why won’t grad school just let us be great?
Stop following Gemmie’s bad example
You (and Lincoln) will be better than great. Now finish that presentation and go to bed…now!
Yes mother lol! Bed is a luxury that I might entertain later. This presentation is working me hard. #thatswhatshesaid
right?? *pours out a lil likka for gemmie and tda–the grad school suckas*
@all y’all – this must be the “hug me” thread. i like hugs.
I do too. Just not from you. *beatbox*
(ETA: I not only like ‘em, I LOVE them.)
Great list but I’d like to add a few:
D’Angelo (Have you seen him recently?)
O.J. (I don’t care if he was acquitted!)
Steve McNair (A perfect example of why NOT to cheat on your wife)
Stevie Wonder’s hairline (His voice is magic but it hurts my eyes and soul to look at him.)
“D’Angelo (Have you seen him recently?)”
Not recently, but the last picture of him? *puke* Kodak shoulda sued him for being in a picture lookin’ like that.
“Stevie Wonder’s hairline”
I wish I knew how to quit you.
“I wish I knew how to quit you.”
Cheeks, we both know that this just isn’t true. You’re my e-BFF…FO’ LIFE!!!
This list is so evil. Satan. It’s so true though.
I saw a picture of him and it looked like he had lost most of his Precious weight, but he messed up with that legal trouble he got himself into. I was so excited to hear he was gonna drop an album this year, then this crap happens. *blown face*
Cries @ Stevie’s hairline. I swear every time I watch him perform nowadays that’s all I can concentrate on. It’s quite amazing to look at. And then I wonder, who is allowing this to continue? Cause I mean, Stevie can’t really see what’s going on. Don’t know if I can blame him completely for it.
Stevie may be blind but he hasn’t lost the sense of touch! He can feel the pending baldness yet he continues to let a bad situation get worse.
His stylists are evil, I know that effing much.
His wife (Kai Milla) is a fashion designer. She knows better. Which doesn’t explain his wardrobe, either.
hahaha me and my momma always clown his clothes. It must be some really good fabric that they have him touching and he thinks its okay cuz lawdddddd he has never been fly!
She has some nerve!!!
I remember my grandmother saying back in the 80′s in Steveland could see how he looked everybody would get fired. I used to think that it was just 80s style gone wrong, then I blamed it on the 90s…that bama is out of excuses.
The one person on your list that I feel really badly for is Stevie and his kente cloth scarf wearing self. Can’t really blame him for his attire. The hairline on the other hand….
ala Chris Rock: “can somebody please give Stevie a peek?”
His hairline??? HIS HAIRLINE???, Apparently I am the only person here who noticed that his hairline is no where near as repulsive as that jungle fungus of a goatee that he has just growing around his mouth. WTF is that? If you crop a picture of it and turn it sideways, your looking at something taken straight out of a 70′s porn flikk! At least he can blame the hairline on genetics, what excuse does he have for the pubes around his mouth!
(weeps) why won’t you let Stevie’s hairline be great….
“What am I talking about?”
That sentence was so on-time because that was about the time I said “what the hell is he talmbout?” Lol!
Man, I was a Martin stan. Every Sunday night at 8pm. Then every Thursday night. I used to record all the shows. (Tear). Why Martin? Whyyyyy???
@Gem of the Ocean–8. Gem of the Ocean **see grad school record for a long list of failures and other series of unfortunate events**
Aww, I don’t like the sound of this. You need a VSB group hug?
I’d go for a VSS group hug.
LOL, I’m sure you would.
David Ruffin ….ain’t nobody comin’ to see you, Otis!
Good addition. Especially because he had the best lines. Even if they were probably fictional and delivered by Leon. They were still greatness.
Hilarious. That movie was on VH1 Classic earlier. Never gets old. “He ain’t no David Ruffin!”
Um.
Your bobble-head Spidey made my night. That is all for now.
Lol. Glad you like it. It is by one of my favorite artists that does little bobblehead drawings of the Marvel Comics characters. Spidey’s my favorite.
@CBG
yeah i noticed this avi yesterday and forgot to comment on its greatness. loves. lol
@Muze,
Thanks. With a screen name like mine, it allows me to be pretty creative with avatars. lol
@Cheekie
I know right?….LOL
@ComicBookGuy
I’m watching it now….so this topic was right on the money. Its almost over though.
L-O-Freakin’ L!
The dude that sang splackavelli. I’m sure he thought he was on top of the world and know I’m sure
He’s somewhere trading s.exual favors for smack
Glenn plummer- aka OG bobby johnson. To be forever known for a role with the braids?
I mean fa real they couldn’t fit. 10 in the buget to have someone ree do them braids? Dayum
Yall were in south central!
Freddy jackson. Bet his love is real tasty after working a 10 hours on the fry machine
Tra-gedies
“The dude that sang splackavelli. I’m sure he thought he was on top of the world and know I’m sure He’s somewhere trading sexual favors for smack”
*dead* because Humble_One mentioned him yesterday on twitter and i had to go watch the video to remember exactly what it was. i remembered the title… that was all. so sad.
splackavelli shall be on no one’s list!!! I bet he is still getting ppl play in college. I love(d) girls in LDRs….
Lil’ Kim’s latest face. Epic Tragedy.
Yeah her face look like Ripley’s Believe It or Not.
Melted crayons game proper.
@cheekie
bwahaahahaha!
i’m going to send you to the corner like you do everyone else for that one. lmbo.
*sigh*
*sulks away*
Too through!!!!
i wish this had a like button
Michael Vick=>He had some of the worst homies ever.
Michael Ray Richardson=>Amazing player. He could have been the Eastern Conference;s Magic Johnson.
Magic’s Johnson=>It led Ervin astray.
Wesley Snipes=>He should have been an A-Lister.
“Magic’s Johnson=>It led Ervin astray”
This shouldn’t be funny but it is! I need to pray and go to bed…
“Magic’s Johnson=>It led Ervin astray.”
Lmao!
Speakin’ of Magic, I wonder if his pockets are busted. Why else would he be promoting products he knows wreak havoc in the black community (i.e., Hewlett Packard Tax Refund Advances, Rent-A-Center furniture)?
I was waiting for Michael to show up on this list.
Michael who?
Michael Vick. I wasn’t exaggerating when I said I was waiting for him to pop up, I was so distracted by it that I didn’t notice the other Michael.
Vick’s up there already…and i thought u meant michael jackson, which in all honesty, his death brought his career back to life.
Okay, maybe I was just trippin then, because I hadn’t seen him before Dash mentioned him and still can’t find him up there.
Ron Mexico/Mike Vick was the first person I mentioned. All of his “friends” broke the code of the streets when it came to him.
“Wesley Snipes=>He should have been an A-Lister.”
Can I start a slow clap for this. I have a love-hate for his dude that’s equal to the Rick James-Charlie Murphy. He made dreads look G-ROSS and he’s so full of himself to be doing absolutely nothing. But Nino Brown is definitely one of my favorite characters/villians of all time.
Wesley was so good in Demolition Man that every time I watch Judge Dredd I expect Wes to come out and save the movie. His talent is/was impressive. The A-List seemed like it was begging him to get his mind right, and join.
Little Known Fact: He was a finalist for a spot in the original cast of In Living Color.
All this talk about crack & no mention of Whitney? She went from classy to ashy.
Whitney! Bobbay!!
Dave Chappelle!
Gary Coleman (RIP) and the whole cast of Dif’rent Strokes.
This list is depressing me.
@Talulazoeapple
Bobbay!!
Bwahahaaa! I like this ^^^ version even better.
LOL! this list would not be complete without Whitney “crack is whack” Houston!!
I wouldn’t put Dave Chappelle on this list only cause he chose to lay low. He didn’t enjoy the pressure that came with his success and what he had to give up in order to be there, so he decided he’d take it easy. He never lost any of his talent though.
LMAO @ “Bobbay!!”
I think Dave was afraid of success and even more of afraid of failure. But flying to Africa at the height of your career and hiding out is a tad bit crackish.
Just saying.
“tad bit crackish”
OMG, I am dying!!!
I was wondering if anyone was gonna mention Gary Coleman…and the rest of the cast of Dif’rent Strokes….I was about to but I was afraid it was too soon
I started to mention her…AND
I love youBobbieeee!!!But he’s on the same level as Frankie Lymon.
**Vanilla Ice
**Pookie (“it” just kept cawlin’ him…)
**Star Jones (her azz looks inflated…she looked better when she was fat. No diss.)
**Jermaine Jackson (while does that chile look like he draws his very own hairline with shoe polish?)
who else….???? Hmmm…
**Jermaine Jackson (while does that chile look like he draws his very own hairline with shoe polish?)**
@Ms. Butta’sWorth
I swear Jermaine Jackson was one of the original california raisins.
BwaHAA!!!
I agree on Star Jones. She’s looking like the crypt keeper nowadays. Team Chunk FTW.
@miss t-lee
LoL. I mean….I’m not intentionally out to tear another person down for trying to better themselves or their health…but she seems to flaunt it as if she reached her desired goal already when that ishts still in progress. She really should work on toning those muscles. I know she like many folks are going for the younger…fresher look…but she has entirely too much wattle (think rooster) hanging from her underarms.
She has that classic gastic bypass look. I have a step-cousin who looks the same way.
Sad to say that even though Star may be healthier, she certainly doesn’t look it. My beef with her is that she tried to perpetrate like she lost the weight naturally when we all (team chunk) knew what time it was. *snickers*
she tried to perpetrate like she lost the weight naturally
Exactly.
She could have been straight up and said: “That’s nun-ya damn bidness”…and that would have been better…and even more entertaining.
Beat skippin’ and hoppin’….beatin’ round the bush??? She’s too old for that ish.
YES! I also understand her health concerns, but I hate when folks go too far. Simply put, not everyone looks normal skinny. Some people just carry weight better. And since I have nice fluffy cheeks, I weep for her sunken-in non-cheeks.
Hey Miss…fluffy, you say?
“Hey Miss…fluffy, you say?”
I said it.
clearly I meant deflated….smh.
**Vanilla Ice
He’s in a South African beer commercial.
So at least he’s gettin’ his…
My stepdad used to draw on his hairline with shoe polish. He didn’t think anyone noticed.
o_o
*DEAD*
@Carmie7373
“My stepdad used to draw on his hairline with shoe polish”
*blank stare* (while trying not to laugh at your stepdad)
@CNotes
Ayyye people used to call me that too
Oh but my mom didn’t hold back….AT ALL
She was like…he must be going through a midlife crisis LOL!!!
@Carmie7373
O_Oooops.
I’m dyin’ though… *snicker*
Speaking of Whitney have y’all seen her new look? Unbelievable! I’m still not sure if it’s really her…
http://www.flystylelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/whitney-houston.jpg
Da fukk??????????
Lawd, this just hurt my mind’s eye – she looks so bloated!
What the fukk Whitney??
O Lawd no,
That might be a clone but that is no Whitney
Soooo..that’s where 50′s weight went?
*too soon?*
I can’t say how this list makes me smile on the inside… I would laugh, but you know, folks is sleep and ish…
I can’t even add because I know for sure nothing I can add will be up to the caliber of this list. So I’m not trying… *backing away now, still snickering*
Cocaine..hmm..It’s one helluva drug..
Chris Brown- he need to hang it up. After playing rock em’ sock em’ boppers with Rhianna’s forehead he’s been Public Enemy #1.
Judy Winslow- She went upstairs only to return as a z-list porn actress addicted to weed.
Brandy- I used to want to change my braids up every six weeks like Moesha, now I’m just perplexed at why her hairline and eyebrows look like they’re at war with each other
LOL oh Brandy and her lacefront!! sigh…..
“Judy Winslow- She went upstairs only to return as a z-list porn actress addicted to weed.”
oh my. LMBO! that’s really like, exactly what she did. … don’t forget her brief stint as a member of the R&B-group-that-never-was that Shaq put together. sad sad.
Chris will make a comeback. He still has fans who want to see him live. He just needs to keep touring.
He also needs to just fall back and chill on all the songs allegedly about Rhianna, quit whining, quit complaining, and quit singing for boxing matches and such….
Chris Brown really does need to fall back for a little bit….He should’ve gone into hiding after that incident for about 6 months or so, and then came back strong and apologetic. Bad decision to apologize, beg and then turn into a crybaby about record sales, but i have no doubt that he’ll come back.
Yeah, I feel sorry for Chris….
Yeah, Brandy looks odd to me. It is like my friends do not seem to see it when I point it out but she looks like an alien to me. Very odd looking…
Yaay, the only time I can comment is midnight east coast time (I’m in LA, triiick!)
Panama, I thoroughly enjoyed “The Race” Omg, I died!!! Especially the Drake references!! I laughed so hard.
Guffaw.
Wait, I didnt do the it right. Sex.
Wait…….
I’m gonna move on.
Okay have any of you seen Whitney Houston lately!!? Talk about a FAll to F*ck!! She looks tragic, just awful.
Sisqo from Dru Hill. Wasnt he like about to blow up into superduper stardom??
Honorable Mention::
Usher ALMOST, ALMOST fell off – He was so close…..
Lil Kim – but is she coming back??
Thats all I got!
VivalaVSB!!!
And I have to disagree on Lauryn Hill. I think she had a period of time where we wondering, but bish can still sing and although you didnt like Miseducation, to me that is a classic album. Thriller (did i do it right??? O_o)
Welcome to the joys of being on the West Coast, even if it’s only temporary. I still had to quit trying to beat Cheekie to first post, though. I’m not sure how that worked out.
Don’t quit! Quitting is for folks who quit.
…
o_O
I’m just not always at home right at 9pm and it’s hard to read the article and comment from my phone before you are already up there. Besides, you tend to have more to add to the discussion.
@Kenisha–Speakin’ of Magic, I wonder if his pockets are busted. Why else would he be promoting products he knows wreak havoc in the black community (i.e., Hewlett Packard Tax Refund Advances, Rent-A-Center furniture)?
I thought that I was the person disturbed by this! I lost all respect for him as soon as I saw the Jackson Hewitt and Aaron’s commercials. All respect.
Whoops! Set me straight! I got the company names wrong (like I’m stuck in a Madea malaprop warp).
No, you’re not the only one, but sho’ understand. I thought I was the only one havin’ a fit, that is, until Ryan Mack wrote an open letter about it.
He put Russell Simmons on blast, too.
Didn’t something tragic happen to like the majority cast from “In the Heat of the Night” ? …I could be wrong. And I used to love watching/listening to Bubba. LoL
Yep. Howard Rollins and Carol Occonor’s son battled drug addiction, which claimed O’connor’s son’s life. Rollins died of cancer, I think.
Carroll O’Connor’s son, Hugh O’Connor, was one of the actors on the show and he was a drug addict who committed suicide. I think he was the only tragedy though.
If only I could get my facts straight.
I think I should get somewhere and just sit down.
“Yep. Howard Rollins and Carol Occonor’s son battled drug addiction, which claimed O’connor’s son’s life. Rollins died of cancer, I think.”
You were somewhat correct. Hugh and Howard were both on drugs. I live in GA and I was here when the show was being shot in Covington. There were many stories. Carroll O’Connor tried to really help Howard. Howard was gay and ended up dying of AIDS. A very sad end to such a promising career. He was so talented.
That was a great show. Sparta always reminded me of my hometown sans the 2520s. Bubba was my favorite racist cop ever. I saw an article with Carol O’Connor and he said he would always feel guilty about his son who played Lonnie and Mr. Tibbs. He felt like he failed them.
Mystikal
“Dan-guh!”
He wa’n't lyin’, was he?
he was on vh1 Hip Hop Honors: The Dirrtyy South, which was horrible how can you honor the south without Outkast(Andre&BigBoi), three 6 Mafia, 8 Ball MJG, etc. Vh1 failed, idk if it was money, behind the scenes drama etc, but the show wasn’t all that (sorry ’bout my rant!) but ATLiens is the ISH! even now!
apparently Outkast and Three 6 declined to be honored. i’ll find the linkage to the article. bc errrrrybody was up in arms about that. lol
Scarface didn’t want to be honored either because he didn’t want to be known as just as a Southern artist, which in reality, he isn’t. He’s hip hop. There are a lot of NY and LA cats that were greatly influenced by Scarface, including Jay-Z. The show shouldn’t have been about honoring a particular region but about honoring hip hop legends. VH1 really dropped the ball on this and I didn’t even watch it. I kinda saw it coming.
You get the slow clap for that. I was STUNNED, you hear me, STUNNED that Outkast, Three 6, and 8Ball/MJG were not honored. I don’t care if they declined…honor them anyway! Thafukkk!
Most of the people on the Hip Hop Honors.
I found myself saying “oh yeah I remember that song”
….as I struggled to remember the words to their songs….
You must be an anomaly b/c who didn’t love Miseducation of Lauryn Hill??
And, why/how did u have respect for lauren london in the first place????
I have a confession to make:
“This is my confession…”
I fell in love with the album only after listening to it every night for a month or so, while I delivered newspapers.
Before then, I could stand to listen to some songs, and would cringe at all the whining.
***Correction***
I LOVED to listen to some songs…
And, why/how did u have respect for lauren london in the first place????
This was touched on awhile back and I wondered the same thing. Being cordial or in favor of someone is one thing but Respeck (respect)????
Dang…how could we forget…
‘Retha. Lawd….lawd….lawwwddd…
Diana Ross (does she receive botox every morning before breakfast?)
Florence Ballard (might as well climb into the pot too…)
Tevin Campbell
yeah. his downfall and how it transpired is the reason a lot of gay rappers and entertainers keep and would kill to keep a ‘straight’ image.
I told this one guy that he sounded like Tevin Campbell when he spoke (because he sounded like Tevin Campbell when he spoke…no other reasons)
I think he got offended.
(checks her phone) Haven’t heard from him since :/
The problem I don’t think Lauren London KNOWS she fell off. She still thinks she’s got a career- just taking a career break. And Maia, I’m sorry people with mental issues can’t help themselves. But if that’s the case, I guess Lauren Hill should get a pass too, right? What about Lela Rochon? Aside from a crazy ass baby daddy she doesn’t have an excuse.
What happened to Lela Rochon? She married Antoine Fuqua, had babies and is happy right?
Exactly. I thought Lela said to herself, My husband is rich and I’m good looking, Imma chill.
Kid. From Kid N Play.
Cat is doing suit commercials now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGqn5i3mvo4
This video killed me.
“is that pierre cardin? that’s gotta be pierre cardin.”
Jaimee Foxworth
It was cruddy (but funny) how they wrote her off the show. Homegirl just went to room and never came down. Then she goes on to the porn industry, which I guess isn’t rock bottom for everybody lol.
Merlin Santana/Lamont Bentley
R.I.P
Chris Henry (NFL players were taking some serious L’s in 09)
Allen Iverson (Dude should still be playing…pride just effin w/ him, tho)
Tweet’s career (Talented singer, dope albums…yet Rihanna is an international pop star…life just ain’t fair)
Bodie (nuff said)
*And I have to respectfully disagree w/ you about Maia, folk…she definitely has some issues…but properly medicated, she’s still quite hittable
Bodie? My Preston “Bodie” Broadus?
Spoiler Alert for all of you who refuse to watch the Wire despite the daily plugs it gets on this site.
Is he on your list because he tragically died or is there some other reason I’m missing?
There was supposed to be more spaces between the spoiler alert and the spoiler but they disappeared and I can’t go back to edit.
Sorry about that.
He’s on the list because of how he died…plus he was just a likable character…like you could actually see yourself rooting for Bodie, dope boy activity and all.
Tweet. Oh man, I still love that Southern Hummingbird album. Especially “My Place”. Dayum shame she’s M.I.A. (no paper planes)
Dayum shame she’s M.I.A. (no paper planes)
That line right there was too funny.
*curtsies*
i was so sad when Bodie died. seriously. i felt like i should’ve been at the funeral. lol.
and i watched the wire like 2 years after it went off the air.
also… Dookie being strung out broke my lil heart. sadness.
@Muze
I was pulling for Dookie ever since he put the fan to his class mates face after she took the blade to the chick that was bothering her. He and Matt Saracen from Friday Night Lights can’t win.
Re: Dukie – I actually teared up a little bit at his demise. That kid just didn’t stand a chance did he
I honestly can’t even hear his name without tearing up a litte. His death scene is probably one of the few scenes of television that I’ve rewatched over and over. I’m a glutton for punishment I guess.
Dukie shooting up is one scene that I can’t watch anymore, it just takes too much outta me.
“Bodie (nuff said)”
YESSS Lawd! I cried for two things in my life: Bodie and Argentina.
I’ma have to add Antoine Walker to the list. He’s broke and I just read that he has to stand trial for unpaid gambling debts.
Brandy & that dayum lacefront: clawdamercy!
Apparently crack can f*ck your couch proper. <-tbs said that was funny
and ppl REALLY gotta stop using Precious as the all encompassing synonym for ugly. seriously or we're gonna find her hanging from a ceiling fan.
“and ppl REALLY gotta stop using Precious as the all encompassing synonym for ugly. seriously or we’re gonna find her hanging from a ceiling fan.”
Right?!? I hope Gabby doesn’t have a Google alert set up to find out whenever Precious is mentioned.
this entire post is killing me *however the mental picture of Gabby hanging from a ceiling fan* DEAD…that is all
PJ didn’t say Gabby, he said Precious. Gabby is walking around with a nice weave anddesigner dresses. Presious is…. well, Precious.
@nia girl come on now. putting a weave on it doesn’t change that she still looks like…well herself. it isn’t like she put on weight or changed herself aesthetically to play the role…it’s a shame, bc she isn’t the ugliest person walking the earth, she seems sweet, but i heard she’s not nice.
Please God forgive me…LOL!
“a ceiling fan”?!?! I’m on the metro holding back tears when I read that. It’s so wrong!!??! I can’t help it. I look crazy! Aight i’m done.
That would be a severly botched suicide attmpt. And a simply ripped the f*k out the ceiling ceiling fan.
Not to be all serious and ish but Maia Campell was not simply another durggie. She was mentally ill compounded by the drugs. It is dcumented fact that these two conditions are often co-morbid. (DMX as well)
http://www.bvnewswire.com/2009/09/11/maia-campbells-family-speaks-out/
No bueno making fun of somebody who demise was not totally their own fault. No one goes up to a mental hospital and says ” Can I have a bag of schizophrenia, please?”
@B nB
No bueno making fun of somebody who demise was not totally their own fault. No one goes up to a mental hospital and says ” Can I have a bag of schizophrenia, please?”
Im sure PJ was unaware of her mental condition
One of my friends has schizophrenia. It’s a hard thing to watch happen to someone you care about.
@ BnB: thank you for setting the record straight about maia’s mental illness and co-occuring conditions . maia has bi-polar disorder and refused to take her medications at during periods in her life. her mother is bebe moore campbell, whose last book “72 hour hold” about a desperate parent trying to get her mentally ill daughter treatment had some serious parallels to maia’s struggle. i’m sure PJ didn’t know about the mental health aspect of maia’s story, but thanks for speaking out and attempting to spread some truth about mental illness. that’s real talk.
Amy Winehouse went from crack to worse.
Whitney has fallen & can’t get up.
The SATC broads are just *elderly* now.
Brian McKnight has kids coming out of the woodwork. When was his last album?
Eddie Murphy and trannies get insufficient backdoor love (near vacant buildings & behind various dumpsters).
BP’s stock price simply must fall farther faster so that I can cash out these put options.
This.com
After that vid with of am and her bf singing a racist song, goodbye fanbase
Had to wash my eyes seeing the lastest Whitney pic.
SATC 2 end up being a Fail ship
BP Stock the last I read has drop nearly 40%
It hurt my heart to delete all of Amy Whinehouse’s song because “Back to Black” was the s**t!!!
“Troy??” aka the Little brown skin girl from CR00KLYN by SpikeLee??
Ananda Lewis??? other BET hosts (Free & AJ, etc) what dey at now?
“Laura Winslow” aka Kelli Williams??
“Lisa”? in Coming to America (Daddy owned McDowell’s, what happened to her???
Laurie Beth Denberg! Kel Mitchell? all the other folks who were on Nickelodeon in the 90s
Lindsay Lohan ->Eat and get off drugs. In that order. Nice rack tho, saving grace?
Oh and Aretha!!! I love her but, her voice is gone, she looks like a walking heart attack, and her hat choices are questionable….that hurt me to rag on her. she was funny in the snickers commercial, tho, saving grace for her too?
1. 50 Cent.
Legend of the absolute fall-offs. Homey went from sold out shows and near stadium tours to now barely filling up Houston’s Arena Theater. Plus, that straight to DVD movie career of his has got me saying .. “damn homie, in high school you were the man homie, the flocka happened to you?”
2. The Bald Spot In Rasheed Wallace’s Head
Taking losses ever since ‘Sheed came in the league.
3. The University That Let Plies Get A Degree
Wheelchair Jimmy can’t get a GED but Algernod has a diploma?!
@Brando
Haha at the Degrassi reference (I think) i.e Wheelchair Jimmy
I know he’s been mentioned already but damn Mike Vick smh you was supposed to bring us Super Bowls
Meagan Good I mean she still fine and all but I ain’t seen her do anything in a minute
And I can’t even express how much I agree about Lauren London I swear when ATL came out it was my mission to find her, kidnap her, and marry her… I mean introduce myself please don’t report me
MySpace. Remember how you used to risk getting fired for logging on at work at got behind on your schoolwork spending hours on that damn site? Now, no one wants to show some love
BTW – guess who one of the bachelors on Omarosa’s new show is? Al B. Sure. Now, if I were a producer on a reality show, one of the question on the application would be “Is Diddy raising your son? And what’s a bigger failure, that or the unibrow?”
smh @ Al B. Sure who knows what that crazy baby mama Kim or SeanPDiddy/Diddy/Puff/Puffy/PuffDaddy/seanJeanCombs have some weird contract/childsupport or somethin’ who knows Diddy is “raising” them hell all that ninja seems to do is Make babies, spend $300,000 on sweet 16 partiesdicatate his servants/future broke artist..remember DABand all that ish about walkin’ gettin some damn cheesecake? what badboy artist doin’ somethin’ now? and ,
Hey – baby daddy issues aren’t sexy, but unibrows are. There’s nothin’ wrong with him gettin’ his Oscar the Grouch on.
(I’m serious, by the way. I dig the male unibrow.)
OMG, about Al B. Sure!!! WTH. I guess light skin not coming back…
Santa Claus
Nobody’s seen him since he bolted out of Woodcrest Mall. Did he ever “…pay what he owe”?
love the boondocks reference. lol
All he wanted was rims…not even the whole car! But they were in the ‘hood, Santa ain’t show a nucca NO love.
Wesley Snipes, Ron Isley, Vivica Fox, Monica and Brandy too an extent.
Why does Jamie Fox’s R. Kelly parody, “Big Toe”, flash across my mind whenever I hear Ron Isley’s name?
* Every rapper mentioned by Kat Stacks is over.
* LisaRaye – on her reality show she said she married her ex-husband because he told her he had $180mil, and that she didn’t really know him. During her marriage she – no joke – spent more money on clothes per year than Princess Diana. Now she’s judging pole dancing contests.
Antoine Walker – after Basketball Wives, I see why he and Evelyn were perfect for each other
I know Mike Vick’s been mentioned, but how do 43 people testify against you?
Mystikal – just did time for rape. Mind you, his beloved sister was raped and murdered. Fail.
Missy Elliot – where is she?
That could be the answer to those aforementioned “where’s Tweet” questions. Isn’t she her Cassie? I didn’t say that.No Limit Records – you can stop, yes you can….
Hey, Mystikal had the dopest set at the Hip Hop honors. You know we’ll give you a pass if you can make good music…
So because L. Boogie “fell off” she can no longer be considered an icon? I’m confused, Please explain. Ok Ok maybe i’m just a true L. Hill stan in denial, but either way…I’d like an explanation. Please
DMX
Where my dogs at? No longer here dog! *DMX voice*
Remember when Ma$e’s twin sister tried to have a rap career? i guess you have to on in order to fall off so she probably doesn’t count
Baby Stace! wow……
and for that matter…Ma$e… i mean Pastor Betha…how you gon’ fail at two careers?
Vince Young – losing his starting job, the mental breakdown, and now a fight at the strip club. Seriously?
JaMarcus Russell – dude is one of the biggest busts EVER.
“JaMarcus Russell – dude is one of the biggest busts EVER.”
Yeah, but when was he ever up in the first place? The dude’s hype machine was based entirely on TWO games in college and a workout; he wasn’t exactly a can’t-miss-prospect. Add in the fact that the Raiders took him and you knew this project was going to freefall before it even started.
Anyone that was taken first in the draft and then cut 3 years later is a huge bust. Even if taken by the Raiders. If he just sucked and managed to remain in the NFL, I wouldn’t consider him a bust. Did the Raiders decide if they are going to try to get their money back from him?
@Charla
The team is trying to get fat boy’s money but I haven’t heard if they can. F***in’ Al Davis.
This makes me weep for my (and JaMarcus Russell’s) hometown …. le sigh
I hate getting to posts like this too late, all the good ones is taken. Um, lets see….man, I gots nothing but sore abs from laughing at the replies.
Stephon Marbury – He was an NYC ballin prodigy and then came home to lead his hometown Knicks. But we all know how that turned out. But it doesn’t end there, the boy started infecting youtube and went cuckoo. Cocoa Puffs. Where’s he at now? China? Even Yao doesn’t want to be in China! Damn…
^I really loved that he had affordable kicks for the kids though. Starbury’s……Families could buy everyone shoes (he donated a bunch too) without the Jordan price tag.
Even the place where they sold the Starbury’s went bust, Steve & Barry’s… #ultimatefail.
I think I got a couple…
Death Row Records and Suge Knight. Went from beatin em down to gettin beat up in the span of a decade and some change.
Bad Boy, where Diddy is the real star and no one lasts more than 3 albums. ‘cept Diddy.
Houston. When all you’re known for is taking your eye out with a spork, it’s time to lay off that angel dust.
Chingy, who left Ludacris and DTP Powerballin, but came back to them contrite and without a career.
OH, Kwame Kilpatrick, aka The Anti-Obama.
Oh Lawd, how can i have forgotten about Kwame??? Thanks for the reminder, sad as it is…..
Houston. When all you’re known for is taking your eye out with a spork, it’s time to lay off that angel dust.
HOLLLLLLLEEEEE!! I forgot bout dat!! That was some MESSSSSED up ish!! Your song was a Mc’D's jingle. PAAAAPER!!
“Houston. When all you’re known for is taking your eye out with a spork, it’s time to lay off that angel dust. ”
I remember I never knew about this until miss t-lee told me on here. It slayed me. Buffy.
OMG, yeah I forgot about Houston. Are you serious? Was it really that bad you had to take your eye out? Couldn’t you have just closed your eyes….
Yeah I was a Chingy fan to but he lame (he was actually lame then, I just did not know any better because I was young)
The lesson in today’s post is never stop to play a lotto scratch-off when a wide-nosed dude with a shotgun is looking for you.
1. Maurice Clarrett- All your monkey a** had to do is stay in school for one more year but you get arrested with vodka, a hatchet, an AK-74, and a bullet proof vest. You caused Jim Tressel to cry on his sweater vest.
2. East Coast rap. Stop pretending to be something you are. *Barrage fired*
2a. Bad Boy artists. They don’t even fall on before Sean dumps them.
3. The NY Knicks. There is no reason to suck this bad.
Maurice Clarrett is probably the dumbest football player of the last decade that isn’t named OJ Simpson.
… or Rae Carruth. Or Lawrence Phillips. Or Mike WIlliams.
You Get the point…
…or Mike Vick or Vince Williams or Pacman
i mean REALLY??? suing the NFL??? and thinking you gon win???
Al Davis has been going toe to toe with them for DECADES son. AND has millions.
*mutters jacka** and walks away.
Cool to see a Canadian woman that knows her NFL football. AL Davis has been the black sheep of the league since the AFL-NFL merger. The Raiders are one of those teams that when you are doing well, the league is doing well as a whole.
@ CBG: My pops got my mom into the NFL. Then my mom carried (aka instilled the NFL) tradition. When I was 9, and I wanted to watch cartoons, my mom said (direct quote):
“If you want to be a part of this family, you better learn to love football”. Took me a while, but I’ve been hooked ever since.
I somehow managed to catch the ESPN mini-doc about Raiders in LA. I don’t know why so many people are worried about NFL in Toronto (aint gonna happen, not enough fans, not enough money, not enough demand, politics as long as Roger is commish) when LA doesn’t have one.
@ Wu. I swear he does ish, just to say.. I’m AL DAVIS BITC*ES!! I give him props for living this long. Jerry Jones at least still makes good bidness decisions. (Although I bet he’s VEXXXED the ’14 SB is going to a cold destination when he just built the Jones-mahal.
@Keisha Brown,
That is really cool that your mom carried on the tradition with you. Ice Cube did a good job on that film about the Raiders on ESPN, even Al Davis looked like the Crypt Keeper. Don’t worry about Jerry missing out on the 2014 Super Bowl. The Super Bowl will be in Dallas in January. He is already going for the 2016 Super Bowl.
@ CBG,
I dont doubt for a second that he’ll get it eventually. too much money was spent. lol.
As a Raider fan I will be glad when Al Davis steps down. After this crap with JaMarcus and Darius Heyward-Bey I think it’s only a matter of time.
*Note to Cowboy fans Jerry Jones is a snort of coke and a stroke away from becoming Al Davis.*
@Wu Young Agent of M.E.,
You may be right, but at least Jerry can get a stadium built. Al couldn’t get a new stadium built in Oakland or LA. He better go in with San Fran on their new stadium. Everyone clowned Jerry for building that stadium, like he wouldn’t make his money back. When he hosted to two World Cup qualifying games that had Mexico in them, in Texas mind you, I was like that man is a genius. I may not like his decisions all the time as a GM, but as an owner, that man knows how to make a dollar. Lots of them.
“The NY Knicks.”
They have been mediocre for the majority of their history. I have come to the conclusion that there is something in the water.
Blasphemy!!
We have two rings from the 70′s and were a playoff mainstay during the 90′s.
…don’t forget about Atl rap (not Outkast…more like Lil John). smh
I think Lauryn Hill will always be on someone’s list of “they’ve fallen.” She is touring on the Rock The Bells concert this year, so although she hasn’t had any new material, I’m glad she reappearing…maybe this will give her some motivation to come back. How different would the R&B scene be if Lauryn Hill was still apart of it??!
Hands down, Whitney Houston should definitely be on the list. She went from singing and starring in movies like The Bodyguard, from not being able to complete a entire song without craking and sounding out of breathe when attempting to perform. Trying to come back was a bad idea; She needs to go somewhere and just sit down!
Bad Boy records of the 90s when everyone was considered an artist of the label and not just “Puff Daddy”. When artist from Bad Boy Records actually made records:112, Faith Evans, Biggie, Lil Kim, Mase
@A Dive State Of Mind
Yea Whitney should have most DEF been on the list. matter fact PJ need to replace Martin with Whit! LOL
“She is touring on the Rock The Bells concert this year”
I was going to say this. I am sooo glad Lauryn is on the Rock The Bells Tour. That got me even more excited because she was my shero back in the day.
Also Faith just dropped a single with Snoop last week and it is dope!
1) Jodeci – crack kills…a voice.
2) Entire cast of “A Different World” – Did any one other than Lena/Jada Pinkett do anything after leaving Hillman U
3) Sunshine Anderson – yes I heard it all before…but I hadn’t heard from ya since.
“Entire cast of “A Different World” – Did any one other than Lena/Jada”
Cree Summer has had an interesting and productive career post-Hillman. A lot of it occurred behind the camera though. Her music is good too.
Cree Summer is getting stupid paid doing voices for cartoons. She has probably made more doing that than she did on A Different World. You’d be surprised how much her name comes up on credits for big cartoons.
for real if Jada hadn’t married Will, she’d fallen off too..I’m just bein’ honest, what movies/film has she been in since the “Set it Off Jasons Lyric, and Matrix”, I just saw an episode of ADW and wondered about everyone else like Jasmine Guy looks bad now, idk if it’s aging or an illness
Yo where did Jasmine Guy dissapear to? She working at a Denny’s somewhere?
Sad to say- I agree. I love Jada no doubt but if she wasn’t married to Will… she would have been another washed up ADW member.
That other black girl don’t remember her name but she played on Cosby Show to. She was “Pam’s” friend that talked really fast. She does a lot of cartoon voices to (I don’t think she has the same list as Cree tho). She is also married to Malcom Jamal Warner (Theo).
@CBG
You are so right about Cree Summer! She’s probably at home swimming around in her money as we speak. I promise she’s played damn near every Black girl in a cartoon since the 90s! Her list of credits has got to be a mile long. I need to get on her program: big money, little spotlight/drama.
I didn’t know Cree did music. Yeah, she is almost every little black girl cartoon on tv plus some of the white girls to. The other day I was having a conversation about her with my friends. Of course we had to check out the wikipedia page and her list of “behind the camera” stuff goes on and on.
LMAO!
3) Sunshine Anderson – yes I heard it all before…but I hadn’t heard from ya since.
LOL, that was my girl too.
You know what’s not a tragedy? Today is Mama Cheekie’s 58th birfday!! *beams*
Happy Birthday to Mama Cheeks.
Beautiful! Happy Birthday to Miss Mama Cheekie!
@ ComicBookGuy and legitimate_soul,
Thanks, ya’ll!! Much obliged. Bubbles.
Awww..Tell Mama Cheekie happy birthday!
Thanks, Natasha!!
I’m just catching up on here, Cheekie…
Awww….Happy Birthday Ms. Lady!
Sucks when you start out strong then turn around and miss the remainder of an interesting discussion…
This list was on point with the exception of Martin Lawrence. I don’t think he has fallen…he is just enjoying his riches and his life. He doesn’t have to hustle like he used to. He can make a movie or not….its on him. I did hear a “Bad Boy 3″ is in the works!
The others are tragedies…yes. Especially hurtful to me is Dave Chappelle, he seems to be dealing with some mental issues as do they all, actually…..wow. Well, you have to do what you have to do to remain current in the Hollywood..and they have not. Omarosa is doing her thang! I can’t stand her but she is a hustler….lol.
Good post!
see now we got beef. i’m a lauryn hill stan and miseducation and the unplugged album are both genius. nothing less. AND she’s doing the rock the bells tour (which i WILL be wherever she be) and that’ll be dope.
but she got “welcomed to jamrock” and “apparently crack will f*ck your couch proper” had me laughing for a whole 5 minutes. lmbo.
maia campbell… gosh i couldn’t believe it when i saw that video. made me sad. i think sometimes people should realize that medication does help. why be in denial of a mental condition that makes you look like a crazy crackhead on youtube? sigh. and her mom dying… the book about her mental condition… just all sad.
i don’t think Martin fell off. i mean, he did for a minute, but i just saw him in Death at a Funeral (which was an epic fail in general, but still)… so at least he’s working.
everyone already said the good ones… so i’ll leave it be. i’ve learned in general that whenever someone is touted to be ‘the next big thing’… they usually fall in a big, epic fashion. so even though i abhor lebron delroy lindo james, i’m glad he lived up to that 90mil that nike shelled out for him before he ever played one game in the national bball association.
@Muze
i don’t think Martin fell off. i mean, he did for a minute, but i just saw him in Death at a Funeral (which was an epic fail in general, but still)… so at least he’s working.
That ish was funny…at least to me!
And Martin did have period of fallen offness….when he was harrassing Gina…and she left the show…him running in LA in a Missy inspired garbage bag…son was wilding
@LaBakir
I WAS hilarious!!! Yea I agree with yall. Martin hasn’t fallen off.
*IT
Death at a funeral was one of the funniest movies I saw this year…next to Hangover. I stan Lauryn too but she’s claiming she’s a prophet..o_O icant
see now we got beef. i’m a lauryn hill stan and miseducation and the unplugged album are both genius.
This!!!
Reason why, this list has been dismissed by moi. There.
Cuba Gooding, Jr…..from “Show me the money” to Ill do anything for some damn money. smh
Eddie Murphy
50 Cent
Ja’Rule
Yeah am I the only one that thinks Cuba looks like he’s in his late 60′s?
Cuba looks like some kinda dog to me. Not cute at all!
Yeah, I was just looking at that Temptation whateveritscalled movie with him and Beyonce and I swear I was super creeped out by the whole thing.
@Cheekie
Hehe…yea, I didn’t like his as her love interest.
You’ve seen Jay-z..trust that is Bey’s type.
@Smartfoxgirl
LMAO You do have a point…
So nobody is going to mention Lil Kim huh?
I think someone mentioned the fall of her face somewhere up there…
@T
Thanks
Yeah.
Final Score:
Gravity: 635; Lil Kim: -2
Image Kim’s face close to your face…scary! *shivers*
@SmartFoxGirl
LMAO…I def don’t want to bump into her in a dark alley. I used to say that about MJ too. Scare the begezzus outta ya!
basically Nicki Minaj took over with that Barbie ish neon colored wigs effin’ errybody on the label
Michael Jackson…even before he died.
Is it still too soon?
No. Just in time in fact
That was my whole issue when he died. Everyone and they 2nd cousin were in tears crying over MJ with all the “I miss you”s & “I love you”s. Three days before he died if you would have went to 119th and asked about MJ all you would have heard is that “weirdo with the lace front”. Don’t get me wrong I respect him deeper than anyone else as an artist but personally he never got a miss you. Why would I, he hadn’t put out anything (other than that oh-so creepy documentary/interview) in a decade.
Yup. He tried to make a comeback with You Rock My World and even added Chris Tucker in his video hoping for some ratings (btw Chris Tucker fell off too) and failed miserably…
“Michael Jackson…even before he died.”
Yeah, his life was a tragedy a while before he died. That second child molestation trial really did him in. It’s truly sad…
how long before i see drizzy on this list? pause.
thank me later in stores today!! lol.
people sleeping outside stores for autograph session KILL me!!
and no i aint one of them.
Yeah the Lauren London thing was sad. fukin with little wayne raw she probably got a super strain of herpes. I disagree with the chapelle instance though. He is still doing sold out standup shows all across the country and that was always his primary career.
Man I saw riddick bowe in a mcdonalds in md a couple of months ago. He couldn’t even say his order smh
question: Riddick Bowe is known for___________________.
NEW YORK from flava flav. Bare with me now. She was known for being the reality tv Diva aka an abomination for black women worldwide. She wasn’t worth knowing but you have no choice but to know of her since she was running VH1 or VH1 was running her yo no se. Then all of a sudden poof she’s gone…
You know every now and then I wonder about her. She provided some great one-liners. Such as “blist” (instead of bliss) and “Only thing I can offer a man is another mothaf**kin problem”. Glorious times.
Don’t know if any of these may have already been mentioned:
Britney Spears
Dennis Rodman – he looks like he glows in the dark
Dru Hill – Nokio looks like a parrot’s stepchild
@YGB I disagree with Britney Spears.
Yeah she had some rocky couple of years but has been going uphill since her trip to rock bottom. Plus some of my fav B Spears songs have been post-headshaving.
Yea I was gonna mention Dennis Rodman but I got scurred just by the thought of him…
The thing with Dru Hill is how are you going to go to Keith Sweat to help resurrect your career. I mean, really. I may just watch that show to see what madness ensues.
Keith Sweat’s Platinum House on Centric is ‘spose to be a reality show with Dru Hill!
OJ Simpson
Lil Bow Wow
@LaBakir
I co-sign on Bow Wow cuz he used to get mad love and now it’s like he annoys everyone. SMH
Maia C is pretty but barely all that. Her doing crack didn’t surprise me as she’s in hollywood. Now letting local crack heads film you naked? YES that surprised me. Poor thing.
Lauryn Hill *moment of silence*…I used to love her. I have no words.
I knew Lauryn London was a jump off long before her getting prego by Wayne. Sorry, that’s not news.
But what about Devonte from Jodeci – Google recent pics of him..Gat DANG! I used to dream about that man.
“I knew Lauryn London was a jump off long before her getting prego by Wayne. Sorry, that’s not news.”
I don’t even know if it was her being a jump-off that hurt Panama’s heart. I mean, he’s a sidepiece himself. I think it’s because it was motherlovin’ LIL WAYNE. She fornicated with a roach. That would ruin anyone’s day.
NFL: Terrell Owens – a d*ck attitude gets you nowhere but Buffalo, fam.
MLB: Ken Griffey Jr. – first-ballot Hall of Famer now fallin asleep during games.
NBA: Vince Carter – as explosive as he was, i predicted he would be the next Dominique Wilkins. i guess that’s what happens when you use up your knees after 6 seasons. well, then again, he did become the next ‘Nique.
Also, cousin T-Mac gets honorable mention along with Steve “Franchise” Francis.
Ay now! Jr. knew he was facking up and retired at least.
a much-harried retirement after isht was hitting the (last remaining) fan…
and i wish slugger would have at LEAST a HR record or something…
…should’ve shot up with BarryBigHeadBonds.
He had always planned on retiring in that fashinion. I get what you’re saying, though. He’ll still always be loved around here though.
Vitamin Water on the VSB website. Does that count?
In slight defense of Maia Campbell, she’s been diagnosed with a mental illness, either bipolar or schizophrenia. At one point she was doing what many with mental illness do, self medicate with drugs or alcohol. Unfortunately, you have a hard time convincing these individuals to remain on their meds.
::exits stage left::
Maia was just crazy, there were too many parallels with her mothers book, 72 Hour Hold. And Lauren London pissed off every black person in America with her stupidity. Maybe he slipped her a ruphy.
Peace, Love and Chocolate
Tiffany
Honestly, most of the celebs doing reality shows have fallen off somewhat…hence the need for a reality show to stay relevant (there have been a few exceptions). Apparently, ppl still wanna know all about a celebrity’s hangups and neuroses, ‘cuz VH1 is making a killin’ off of all those shows…
Just my .02…
-CHINGY-Where is this dude at now? I know I know…On somebodies milk carton. 0_0
-LINDSEY LOHAN-She had potential to be a great actress but fux it up for some crack…SMH
-DREM-R.I.P. to another Badboy girl group
-ALL THE BAD BOY ARTISTS-Nuff said
-CHINGY-Where is this dude at now? I know I know…On somebodies milk carton. 0_0
OMG OH SWEET JEEZUEZ IM SO GETTING FIRED TODAY. For real where is this dude?
@T
I think he decided to ‘start his own label’ too early and effed it up for himself. He can’t blame Luda, It’s his own fault that he fell off.
Now let use take a moment of silence…………….R.I.P Chingys career.
***DREAM
OMG, Dream! The hell they at?? lol
“OMG, Dream! The hell they at?? lol”
Same place as Carl Thomas, Danity Kane, & The Bands careers…NOWHERE. o_o
-CHINGY-Where is this dude at now? I know I know…On somebodies milk carton. 0_0
(somewhere grabbing them ankles…)
-FOXY BROWN
-EVE- I really liked her you know…
Eve is looking to make a comeback. I watched her Behind the Music last night.
Eve is looking to make a comeback. I watched her Behind the Music last night.
currently fist pumping
Yeah, I really enjoyed her Behind the Music!
-EVE- I really liked her you know…
Me too! her first album was tha sh*t!!!
Marion Berry.
Milli Vanilli.
HBO actually did a documentary on him like a year ago…
He was, in fact, hands down, DC’s best mayor. He was looking to make a comeback and actually had a spot in City Council, but overall, he was kinda looking pretty broke, washed up and out of it ever since that Chuck Brown/Mambo Sauce music video.
Well, darn….if that’s the case, add Kwame Kilpatrick to the list as well…
MC Hammer – Went from 2Legit2Quit to 2Broke2Care.
Ricky Martin – Was Livin’ la vida loca , now Lovin’ la vida batty.
Prince – Where is this little man?
Wesley Snipes – Perhaps if he didn’t shave away his facial hair, his career wouldn’t have fallen off along with it.
El Debarge – Mr. Fallsetto, you FellSoLow. If only your career could once again rise as high as your voice can go.
Ja Rule – Career? Muuurrdddaaaahed.
Amil – It was “Jigga what, Jigga who”. But last I heard it was “Welcome to Target, how may I help you”?
Black jesus – Did he ever find out what that thang smell like? RIP BET uncut.
@Mr SoBo
Doing the Steve Urkel
*hehehehehe snort snort* I’ve fallen and I can’t get up
Prince has been doing well. His tours have been well received. He has a recent Superbowl half time show under his belt, and his own club in Vegas. Lotus Flower flopped, but he is still in good shape because he has some of the world’s best stans.
If Prince ever fell off, I don’t think he would know:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy_cLJ19HMg
Kevin Smith recounts his week with Prince. Hilarious.
LOL. Everyone who spends anytime with Prince comes back with hilarious stories.
he’s gonna be honored at the Bet Awards this year, I don’t think Prince ever fell off..ever time I hear a damn Dream song or Alicia Keys the 808 bass reminds me off some purple rain era ish
“Ja Rule – Career? Muuurrdddaaaahed.”
LOL. That mofo need a lozange. Wasted arse throat.
HOLLLLLLLD UP WAITAMINUTE!
I’mma ask you a favor….please remove The Artist That Used to Be Known as The Symbol Can’t Nobody Pronounce from the list, thanks. =)
They killed Radio Raheem!!!!
add to your list NAACP and their latest ‘outing’ of hoops and yoyo’s graduation cards. Like really NAACP? have we nothing better to patrol!?!?!? Panama and Champ…write up on that!!!
Im too lazy to read all the comments
Did Tevin Campbell and Devante from Jodeci get mentioned??
I would say all of Jodeci but Kci and Jojo managed a decent spin off for a while idk abt the other dude
Oh yeah and the whole list was hilarious especially RIIIIIIIICCKKKYYY!!!!
Day26 – Were supposed the next best thing in R&B since sliced bread. Now, Brian can’t stay out of the clubs in Houston. Dude, go make some music. I blame Diddy.
Babyface, actually good R&B as a whole – His music is the reason why I was trying to holla at my older sister’s friends when I was 6 years old. Tried to give them flowers and the whole nine.
Dave Chappelle – I know you are on a self-imposed exile from the industry, but I didn’t think $50 million would scare a ninja that bad.
Nelly – I guess people got tired of the pop rap and singing instead of rapping (see: Ja Rule)
TO – He is a future Hall of Famer, and yet couldn’t understand the simple concept of no player is bigger than the QB. Nobody.
Lenny Kravitz – You made little black kids want to play guitar. Where ya at, buddy?
Lenny Kravitz – You made little black kids want to play guitar. Where ya at, buddy?
I don’t know why but this made me laugh out loud. I used to have a thing for Lenny in my earthy deep days. Then I came up for air.
Day26 – any artist who would wilingly signs to bad boy in hopes of stardum deserves what they get
I met Nelly once and for some reason I don’t feel sorry for him at all. Big head…and big cheater. He’s what I call a clown rapper.
Have you disappeared cause I swear I haven’t seen you on here in a couple of days? Yes I’m stalking you. Don’t judge me…
I took a few days off last week and I was pretty busy yesterday. The grind was getting to me, but I better get used to it. About to see a lot of airports this summer. Didn’t know you were Jamaican until yesterday, which makes sense since you live in Florida. Cool.
ALL of Diddy’s bands were supposed to be the biggest thing since cocoa butter.. including “Da Band” (points for originality).. i would think, as a singer (artist, rapper etc.) that the meanest thing that could ever be done for me musically would be for Diddy to put me in his band…
see: eden’s crush, o-town, da-band, danity kane, day 26… alla dat!!
now diddy has a house down here and you can’t KEEP him outta parties.. i understand you need to make your money.. but go back to NY, son!!
i WILL say “co-star” (day-26) makes me wanna groove with someone EVERYTIME.. Hardcore groove!! so i’ll give Day 26 that..
i’m sorry, but i totally understand why TO needed to come out with that reality show.. he’s trying to show his softer side.. blah blah.. but i can’t get past the fact of what a d*ck he is whenever he’s on a team.. his reputation preceeds him and yet teams are STILL willing to take a chance with him because of his talent.. and yet, he doesn’t look at each new team as an opportunity to start over, take a humble pill and stay outta the media.. he’s STILL a d*ck.. it’s like he can’t stop, won’t stop (bad boy)
Hey, I beat God of War over the weekend. On God of War II right now. So glad I took your advice. These games are very true to Greek mythology. They did a good job on that.
you see.. now THAT’s the type of stuff that makes me happy!!!
it doesn’t take much!!
and what you tryin to say about Jamaican people and Florida?? not all jamaicans live in florida you know!! (just a good chunk, i can’t front..)
and i hope one of the airports you see this summer is FLL..
glad that there’s a GOW 3, so you know what to get after GOW 2…
Girl, you know I ain’t trying to say anything about Jamaicans and Florida. That’s like talking about Latinos in Florida or even Texas for that matter. You are a part of the makeup of the state. It would be weird if you and SmartFoxGirl said y’all lived in Iowa or South Dakota. There’s nothing wrong with those states, but it would be weird.
GOW II is getting good. I love the grand scale of these games. Fighting the Colossus of Rhodes and walking a giant chain to get on top of giant horse and making them walk. I love swing the Blades of Athena like a mad man.
Nicks right, we’re everywhere…Yam power to di world!!…and let me find out you’re ever in FLL. I’m not against a misdemeanor for kidnappin yo *ss
@Nick and SmartFoxGirl,
Believe me, I know y’all are everywhere. We had a good population of Jamaicans in college, plus it is a bunch down in Houston. One of my good, good friends from college is Jamaican. He owes me a bottle of Overproof next time he goes to see his mom.
Oh yeah, I won’t be in FLL. I don’t cover Florida or even GA, but every other state of East coast. Sorry. lol
i can’t explain the awesomeness of that game..
oh.. and my aunt works at J Wray and Nephew..
as we say “we have rum ovah yeh fi stone dog..”
needless to say, my house is never short on rum…
and not to ghey you out or anything.. but if you watched dancing with the stars, i STRONGLY suggest “so you think you can dance”.. it’s real dancing by real dancers.. and it’s the reason i live every summer (football is the reason i live every autumn).. but i’m an ex-dancer, so i think i have a special place in my heart for any kind of dance..
nicole was good.. i can’t deny that.. she deserved it.. that show is the reason why i always want my guy friends to take lessons with me.. ARGH!!
*DEAD* @ Eden’s Crush. I used to rock that one song they had. O-Town too. Good times. Good lame times.
Eden’s Crush is why I fell for Nicole Scherzinger. She is fine. Her and Chad Ochocinco are the only reasons I watched Dancing With The Stars this season, to see if Chad could pull it off and just to see Nicole. She is chexy.
And she won!
Lenny is somewhere hanging out with some white wimmen.
“Day26 – Were supposed the next best thing in R&B since sliced bread. Now, Brian can’t stay out of the clubs in Houston”
Him and Carl Thomas….hahha
1.Mike tyson..you go from making over $250 million in cash money in your career to being broke…uh!
2. Robin Givens….b!tch fuck u !
3 Joe ( the r’n'b singer) damn..in high school you were the man homie!
4.Antoine Walker…..for some reason i dont wanna feel sorry for dude
5 Coolio..from gangster’s paradise to EBT card heaven….priceless
6.Blu Cantrell….damn baby where are u? at some point it looked like you were going to be the reigning queen of this r’n'b sh!t and then……….
*latino edition*
-Lumidee? where is she now? talk about one hit wonder……
-nina sky??? hello..is anybody there? uh
-Jennifer lopez…….when you go from selling 6million records of your first album in the US to being married to a man who can play DRACULA with no special effects…….i nomiate Marc ”scary” Anthony ,man it doesnt get more gutter than this
-Gloria Estefan……..hopefully she got a spot in a Sunrise Assisted Living facility by now
-Fat joe………..crackkkk…..crackkkkkk you hear the echo, i bet his own kids wouldnt buy his own records even if you paid them….i actually bought J.O.S.E
*DYING* @ Lumidee and Nina Sky. WOW…
I don’t know if you can throw Gloria in with that. Her and Emilio are sitting fat right now, enough to be part owners of the Miami Dolphins. She can afford to all off.
what happened to Amanda Perez??
that girl that played “Taina” on Nickelodeon?
after that nightclub incident/breakup with Sean/Puffy/PuffDaddy/Diddy/P.Diddy/SeanJohn Combs,
Ben Affleck, that Background Dancer, jlo hasn’t been ths ish since!, I remember when she was the Ish, she’s a better actress/dancer to me than a “singer”
I know it’s late in the game, but Jodeci…them falling off hurt my heart. They were the thugs of the r&b/hip-hop scene. And, now all of them look like have PTSD. I’m still waiting for the tell all cuz something, beside crack and hoes, had to have happened for them to be walking around shell-shocked and occasionally falling out on stage.
Oh I asked the same quest above. They all look sickly like they have a big secret. That’s more than crack…especially devante (who looks dead or about to be). So sad.
Some of y’all might want to read/watch this as it relates to some of the artists you all mentioned:
http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=3925
This is also a pretty decent series if you allow yourselves to watch this with an unbiased view:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DikoLMfnEgE
The Los Angeles Clippers…I be rootin’ for em’ to get it together.
I’m FAR too amped about the Triumph reference to do anything else right now…….
I peeped that, too. Inspectah Deck at his best.
Co-sign!
In addition to Devante swang..the whole of Jodeci. Yikes
Rass Kass (West Coast Rapper) – After dropping one of the heaviest albums for 96, I thought he would rule the West for a few years (at least lyrically). Unfortunately, like so many other artists with potential, his personal habits were his undoing. Pre-album he got a DUI (states this on “The Evil that Men Do”) and then violated parole and caught additionial DUIs and was on the run. Around the time he was a fugitive, Two albums should have and could have dropped but didn’t, letting him linger in “He couldabeengreat” obscurity.
Truffff!
Awesome sauce-om post, Mr. Threesy. I wanted to add to the list:
*That old dude in the club- he be trying too hard, and all he ever ends up with is a balled up snot napkin and a deflated sense of pride.
*J-Kwon…like ^^ they’re the only ones in the club gettin’ tipsy (wayy after it closes)
*blackplanet- it was myspace before myspace. now it’s the old cat lady from the simpsons.
*Cephus and Reecie- I never got the Chrimmuh album!
You may as well put Myspace on that list too
I forgot to add myspace. Dangit.
Twitter killed facebook who killed myspace who killed blackplanet who killed… *shrugs*
Other things that fell from grace…….
Gumbi – Has anyone seen him? Or the hairstyle?
Jem & The Holograms – What happened to her music career?
Big @ss sour Pickles – Do corner stores still sell them? Who said its not cool to eat these in public anymore?
Sunflower Seeds – See Big @ss sour Pickles
Now&Laters – Legalized neighborhood cr@ck for kids. Cherry Coke and Apple flavors. *sigh*
The Jheri Curl – I just thank my parents for not allowing me to do this to myself.
Big @ss sour Pickles – Do corner stores still sell them? Who said its not cool to eat these in public anymore?
Man hol’ up. I will tear up a sour pickle in a minute.
I may hafta make a corner store run in a bit…lol
MC Hammer…
any VH1 pawn (Chili, T.O, Chad, Ray J (was he ever ‘on’), Brandy, etc)
Dave Chappelle
Silk
Ja Rule (that damn 50)
african hairbraiders in shops (now you can just go to their house)
african hairbraiders in shops (now you can just go to their house)
I almost spit out my tea when I read that.
I don’t get my hair braided but I have heard that people who would spend $300+ for a hairstyle can now get it done for $50 and a goat (too far?) ‘kanye shrug’
Wow…..
I just read this whole thing and no mention Gabrielle Union.
She was the IT black girl in teen movies during the 90′s
Came back when Bad Boys was hot.
Now she is a side piece to Dwayne in his divorce to Cruella de Vil and hop on the now canceled show Flash forward.
Honorable mention: (I’m not sure if this counts) Spongebob Squarepants, U couldn’t run away from this TV show. Merchandise was everywhere, it had a club song and dance. Then after the movie it just faded away. Ghost.
1. The Rock……excuse me Dwayne Johnson
2. The Entire Debarge family…..they ALL did drugs.
3. Murder Inc, ….more specifically Ashanti…just garbage.
4. Where is Morris Chestnut?!?!?!
5. Lisa Bonet……need I say more?
6. Pink Oil Moisturizer….we now know its just pink wax.
7. Eric Benet
8. Tyrese
9. Floetry,,,they should have stayed together!
10. Anybody seen Montel Jordan…”this is how we do it”…..do what? where are you?
11. Blackstreet
12. Fila…….do they still make those?
*****DEAD at Ja Rule “muuuurrrrrddddeeeerrreeedddd”!!!!
Morris is on “V” on ABC – terrible show, but the ratings are good so it got renewed. I’m so glad Morris got a job, lol! & the flick w/ Taraji wasn’t too long ago, he’s still out there
How did the Rock fall off (I was just watching him in a tutu…never mind). He still got it.
Okay!!
I will watch every crappy movie he puts out, just like I watched all the questionable wrestling back in the day.
Shonuff still go it…..
Flavor Flav: I didn’t really know him before, but I’m pretty sure he used to be so much more than just someone SINGLE-HANDEDLY setting back the Black community 50 years…
Whitney Houston: Please go sit down somewhere and rest.
Mariah Carey: I know she’s still making music TECHNICALLY. But it’s not even a SHADOW of what she used to be doing and this whole Nick Cannon situation is mad suspect.
SELENA!!!!!
Jonathan Brandis: Man, I used to love “Ladybugs” and “Sidekicks” and all those movies and now? Suicide is a bytch.
Almost forgot Lisa Nicole Carson. Man, she was awesome….
Lisa Nicole Carson is sad. She would be one of my top pics to play Phyllis Hyman in a biographic film.
What’s over: LeBron James in Cleveland. What? Too soon?
^Not at all! LMAO!
Good read – too funny, too sad! All the good ones have been mentioned so I’ll refrain. I do still miss Lisa Nicole Carson but I know she’s having some issues, still loved to see her act though.
& where is Larenze Tate? Last I saw him on Rescue Me but it’s been a while.
Man you almost lost me when you said you weren’t a huge fan of Miseducation but i gave you the benefit of the doubt because you started out with the Wu. Good read. You forgot the homey D’Angelo. He fell off musically and physically. (No Homo)