Roxanne Shante, Bullshit Artist

rhickey · Post by **rhickey** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:38 pm

http://www.slate.com/id/2227090/pagenum/all/#p2
[quote]
One problem: Virtually everything about the Daily News' heartwarming "projects-to-Ph.D." story appears to be false.
An investigation by Slate has revealed:
According to Warner, neither it nor any of its subsidiary record labels ever had a contract with Shant

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:42 pm

Combo7 · Post by **Combo7** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:46 pm

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:53 pm

best thread about roxanne shante in the last month?

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:59 pm

the issue with who paid her education.....thats whatever (even of Warner and Pop Art denies it) but the fact the school she claimed she attended has never heard of her or doesn't a record of her attending there...... :fail:

whats really going on?

rhickey · Post by **rhickey** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:45 pm

citizen wrote:best thread about roxanne shante in the last month?

yeah sorry about that. Safari was being a faggot and not letting me search and I couldn't be bothered to comb through pages of topics on my tint ass phone

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:47 pm

Clearly she was telling the truth and this is just the work of Dr Ice and the Educated Rapper trying to discredit her.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:52 pm

Used to worship Marley Marl, now you jock

pukaface · Post by **pukaface** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:19 pm

It sounded like the script of a Disney Movie.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:41 pm

Money Gripp wrote:

Used to worship Marley Marl, now you jock

please tell me that his afro is not in the shape of an open-face hat

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:58 pm

ardamus wrote:
Money Gripp wrote:

Used to worship Marley Marl, now you jock
please tell me that his afro is not in the shape of an open-face hat

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ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:37 pm

i'll break out some hairclippers and make that muthafucka faint. don't play with me.......

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:10 pm

Moral of the story, rappers - if you want to fake credentials, make a claim that can't be easily investigated and refuted. Ain't no snooping ass reporter gonna try and tell Smooth Da Hustler that he ain't a certified Tologist (without the derma), ya feel me?

frank b · Post by **frank b** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:07 pm

This saddens me.

Mindbender Futurama · Post by **Mindbender Futurama** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:00 am

hip hop

RAZAH CUTZ · Post by **RAZAH CUTZ** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:48 am

*snatches back the props*

mike eagle · Post by **mike eagle** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:56 pm

does she have a record coming out? a book?

Why the hell did she need a couple of weeks of publicity if she has neither a PhD or a product to shill?

cenzi · Post by **cenzi** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:11 pm

ardamus wrote:

I am STILL laughing my ass off...

iCONtheMicKing · Post by **iCONtheMicKing** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:23 pm

mike eagle wrote:does she have a record coming out? a book?

Why the hell did she need a couple of weeks of publicity if she has neither a PhD or a product to shill?

yeah i was thinking the same shit. what is the point?

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:01 pm

iCONtheMicKing wrote:
mike eagle wrote:does she have a record coming out? a book?

Why the hell did she need a couple of weeks of publicity if she has neither a PhD or a product to shill?
yeah i was thinking the same shit. what is the point?

i forgot what documentary it was that she mentioned it in but it was known for a while; it was a documentary about some of the early battles/beefs in hip hop if i remember correctly......way before the article was written about her attending college even surfaced. i guess the heat and the press about it is more so coming from research people have done to see if it was legit.

whoever paid her what isn't saying shit though.....

Odnet · Post by **Odnet** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:30 pm

ardamus wrote:
iCONtheMicKing wrote:
mike eagle wrote:does she have a record coming out? a book?

Why the hell did she need a couple of weeks of publicity if she has neither a PhD or a product to shill?
yeah i was thinking the same shit. what is the point?
i forgot what documentary it was that she mentioned it in but it was known for a while; it was a documentary about some of the early battles/beefs in hip hop if i remember correctly......way before the article was written about her attending college even surfaced. i guess the heat and the press about it is more so coming from research people have done to see if it was legit.

whoever paid her what isn't saying shit though.....

I think it was on the first Beef.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:54 pm

Odnet wrote:
ardamus wrote:
iCONtheMicKing wrote:
mike eagle wrote:does she have a record coming out? a book?

Why the hell did she need a couple of weeks of publicity if she has neither a PhD or a product to shill?
yeah i was thinking the same shit. what is the point?
i forgot what documentary it was that she mentioned it in but it was known for a while; it was a documentary about some of the early battles/beefs in hip hop if i remember correctly......way before the article was written about her attending college even surfaced. i guess the heat and the press about it is more so coming from research people have done to see if it was legit.

whoever paid her what isn't saying shit though.....
I think it was on the first Beef.

yep. you right......i think they played it on BET one night and when the credits are rolling, she mentions the whole label paying for her education part....

Digs Darklighter · Post by **Digs Darklighter** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:58 pm

i believe her...nh

battlecatmeowstab212 · Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:24 pm

ardamus wrote:
Odnet wrote:
ardamus wrote:
iCONtheMicKing wrote:
mike eagle wrote:does she have a record coming out? a book?

Why the hell did she need a couple of weeks of publicity if she has neither a PhD or a product to shill?
yeah i was thinking the same shit. what is the point?
i forgot what documentary it was that she mentioned it in but it was known for a while; it was a documentary about some of the early battles/beefs in hip hop if i remember correctly......way before the article was written about her attending college even surfaced. i guess the heat and the press about it is more so coming from research people have done to see if it was legit.

whoever paid her what isn't saying shit though.....
I think it was on the first Beef.
yep. you right......i think they played it on BET one night and when the credits are rolling, she mentions the whole label paying for her education part....

It was also on both the VH1's 100 Greatest 1-Hit Wonders and 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs special.

Going back further, it was on the 25 Large MTV special from '99. That's where I first heard it.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:26 pm

http://cantstopwontstop.com/blog/the-st ... nte-story/
[quote]Who Gotcha? :: The Story Behind The Story Behind The Roxanne Shante Story
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
By Wayne Marshall and Jeff Chang

First, his גdisinterestג: his Slate piece contains, at the bottom, what seems like a standard statement of disclosure: גWhile an attorney in private practice in the early 2000s, he represented numerous AOL Time Warner entities, including several Warner Music Group companies, on issues unrelated to Roxanne Shant

Digs Darklighter · Post by **Digs Darklighter** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:31 pm

imagine if every rapper got this kind of deal

redhead kingpin could open his own waterpark

Big Lurk · Post by **Big Lurk** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:37 pm

ardamus wrote:
i forgot what documentary it was that she mentioned it in but it was known for a while; it was a documentary about some of the early battles/beefs in hip hop if i remember correctly......

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rhickey · Post by **rhickey** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:38 pm

[quote="Employee"]http://cantstopwontstop.com/blog/the-st ... nte-story/
[quote]Who Gotcha? :: The Story Behind The Story Behind The Roxanne Shante Story
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
By Wayne Marshall and Jeff Chang

First, his גdisinterestג: his Slate piece contains, at the bottom, what seems like a standard statement of disclosure: גWhile an attorney in private practice in the early 2000s, he represented numerous AOL Time Warner entities, including several Warner Music Group companies, on issues unrelated to Roxanne Shant