Rapper Dolla shot dead

Gee….how shocking……

why say gee how shocking.. your sarcasm angers me like you are implying,”oh another black rapper? how shocking”

well this is a tragedy, i dont think he went to LA planning on getting shot in his head, he was working on his career.

Well the n”ext time a white guy kills his family, ll be sure to comment, “gee, how shocking…

Live by the sword
Die by the sword

That's too bad you all got to learn how to live together
just more black on black stupid killing

Flash to wrong sign it aint no ball game dude
yea how shocking
be angry

AS Robert Kennedy said on April 5th. 1968 ( the day after the asassination of Matin Luther King,Jr.) “we must stop this mindless menace of violence in America, brother killing brother”.

What has violence ever accomplished? No wrongs have ever been righted by senseless violence. Violence has no race, age or religious preference. The victims are simply human beings trying to get by.

To often we honor swagger and bluster at the expense of kindness and humility. We still have not achieved that common bond of humanity that Martin and Bobby so often called for.

“Who the F____ is that”? I can not think of a more fitting question for this story….

Who?

Who cares?

All Rappers should dissapear….their lyrics stink and corrupt todays youth,they want to be just like them…..who in the Hell would want to live in a world like that. You have Malls across the U.S. closing down because decent folks don't care to take their family's there anymore….who wants to watch a bunch of idiots walking around with their pants pulled down below their ass and displaying their boxer shorts,hats on back-wards and more gold jewelery around their necks than Ft Knox probably has on hand and they drive Cadillac Escalades and BMW's…..where do the get their money ?????? I bust my ass with 2 job's and can only afford a 98 Subaru with 150,000 miles on it…I must be doing something wrong…..oh…that's right I have 2 kids and a wife to provide for…I would like to walk around with my pants below my ass,but I would get thrown in jail…because I can't afford underwear.

A young man lost his life… and all any of you can talk about is that “he was a rapper” and “gee… how shocking”??? wow…

what most people don't realize is that their names are just brands… something for the public to buy into like any other manufacturer putting things out there to sell. listen to the radio. how many songs of substance are played? the industry dictates what is put out there, and if you want to get paid, you put out what they tell you… and prayerfully with that 2nd or 3rd project you can have more creativity and freedom to put out the kind of music you want to make.

i know this young man and he was nothing like the image and lyrics portrayed but, unfortunately, perception is reality. he was extremely talented lyrically and was always making non-commercial music. i just pray that his family is able to get that music released… a lot of people WILL BE SURPRISED.

the rappers and the music industry are not to blame for kids idolizing this lifestyle… the parents are. stop letting the television and iPods babysit your kids. give them other things to occupy their time, like family functions(dinner, games, outings). granted, with the economy the way it is, most parents work outside of the home- they have to. but if you're not there to influence your children, then something/ someone else is. you then have to do damage control… watch what they watch and find out why that so excites and intrigues them. and then you give them the ugly truth about it. don't let them grow up harboring the glitzy half truth.

the bottom line… “DOLLA” is a brand like any other. Roderick Burton is a young man, a real person with family and friends that love and miss him dearly.
I'm sure its hard but, don't be so judgemental on the side you see.

Happy Birthday, Bucc!!! We miss you.