Scribbler's 'Boo This Man' Moment of the Week (Part I): Consequence

Remember how this guy from Half Baked ridiculed Thurgood Jenkins (Dave Chappelle) for being a marijuana addict in a room full of cocaine addicts? 

Hence, the name of this new series.  When I think people are on that fracka nacka, this is my way of tapping into my inner David Edwards--yup, the same one from The Real World: Los Angeles and fellow D.C. native.  (Let some tell it, this may be the highlight of his career.)  Now on to the bid-ness...

I originally said that Kanye West was the inspiration for this segment.  However, I've decided to make this week's "'Boo This Man' Moment" a three-part series and push Kanye down the list a bit.  (Besides, he's got enough publicity, so he doesn't need anymore from a slightly-above-average blogger like me.)

So my weekly "guilty pleasure" show is VH1's Love & Hip-Hop.  Granted, it's been most of the same since the show's inception: women screaming at other women, usually over rumors or men.  (Sounds like reality after all.)  In the last episode ("Redemption Song"), up-and-coming Brooklyn rapper Lore'l and Queens rapper and former G.O.O.D. Music member Consequence were collaborating on a song, but Lore'l was apprehensive about this line: "Light skin is the right skin/So you, you, you and your white friend."  He couldn't understand why she would have a problem since she's "the right skin", but even her "smile" when he was offering a "compliment" was an uncomfortable one.  Being a woman who has darker-skinned friends and fans, she didn't want to offend anyone.  Thus she consulted fellow cast member Raqi Thunda, who clued Lore'l in on his adamant defense of his girlfriend and baby mama--Jen "The Pen" Bayer, who in the midst of a heated falling out with Raqi said she wouldn't have a problem getting "hot" because "I'm white, honey it will get done".  Ultimately, she gave Lore'l this simple advice: "Deuce him."  In a later meeting, Lore'l respectfully asked Cons to remove the line, but he stood his ground: "When you live the life I live, you can say some of the stuff I say."  When she asked him how his brown skin female friends would feel about it, he was quite dismissive and essentially said that they'll just have to have a problem with it because he doesn't change lyrics for anyone.  Oh foolish mortal...

Now you know you can't say anything like that in the Black community without there being hell to pay.  However, here's Cons' attempt at putting out the firestorm of criticism on Twitter:

He's right about one thing in particular: he doesn't do damage control...at least he doesn't do it well.  If anything, he made things worse.  When Mrs. Scribbler and I watched the episode, she was immediately "done with him" and said that she has no interest in anything else he has to say as an artist--especially since he's supposed to be this "conscious" rapper and identifies with the Muslim faith.  Since Cons referenced Jay-Z in his tweets, perfect time for a Hov quote:

And y'all buy the sh--, caught up in the hype/'Cause the n---- wear a kufi, it don't mean that he bright/'Cause you don't understand him, it don't mean that he nice/It just means you don't understand all the bullsh-- that he write.

I've often been accused of playing "lawyer" and giving people the benefit of the doubt, but Cons' lyrics are not bars that I can defend.  Let's just break this down via his tweets, shall we...
  First, if you've been around the world and can appreciate beauty starting with your own sisters, then you can also understand why that line would instantly ruffle their feathers.  You might as well pick the white doll baby, dawg.  (Oops...too late.)  Second, if you think that a woman is gorgeous, try simply saying, "You're gorgeous."  See how easy that was without offending anybody?  Third, no one is hardly confused or needs your clarity, sir; in fact, we couldn't be more aware.  Saying you're a musician first and the TV ish is new to you in the way that you said it manifests your misunderstanding of the responsibility that comes with it, i.e., not saying stuff that's going to potentially eff your money up and keep you from "re-upping".  Seems like you need a little clarity yourself, Dexter.  Fourth, if you truly don't do damage control, then you wouldn't need to tweet about it eight different times.  Obviously, you're aware of the impact of your statement--especially how it will affect your popularity, which was never that high in the first place.  Fifth, saying that you've never had a filter or gave a [fill in the blank yourself, folks] is merely making excuses for your thoughtlessness.  Fifth, everybody knows that Love & Hip-Hop and most reality shows are for people who are trying to establish or reestablish their relevance.  Thus, insutling a newcomer because she's trying to exercise some sensitivity towards her audience manifests the reason why you're not that much ahead of her in the relevance department.  If she's so "amateur" and you're so "professional", then why did the amateur have to be the one to school you on professionalism?  Can she get a write-off for her charity work she just did for you?!?!  Sixth, if you think that you didn't make a political statement with that line, think again.  One definition of politics is "the total complex of relations between people living in society".  Yup...I'd say you just went beyond rap, cuzzo.  Finally, saying "Brown Skin's the Crown Skin" is tried-it because it's your attempt at a simultaneous apology and compliment--which in either sense is later than a woman's period on Day 56.  So for exhibiting such wanton disregard for your sisters' feelings, being completely unapologetic, and even co-signing folks saying "f--- Lore'l" simply because she respectfully declined attaching your nonsense to her product, I offer the following response (and say it loud with me, folks):  

BOO THIS MAN!!!!