turkiyaki
06-25-2007, 10:02 PM
Non-Asian related, but the last paragraph in this article annoyed me. Sorry, can't post links yet
paragraph:
US rapper Xzibit should blame his representatives and not Rove McManus for what led to his no show on the Network Ten's Rove program on Sunday.
Xzibit, who is on tour in Australia, was due to perform a rap duet with Canadian crooner Michael Buble on the light entertainment show.
But the performance didn't go ahead as planned after Xzibit walked out before the show, unhappy with the arrangement.
The rapper has claimed the way he was treated by the Network Ten show was racist in an obscure post on his MySpace website entitled, "Rove the Racist".
"The gopher of the show came to me with some idea of a 'rap off' with a lounge singer named Micheal Booblay (sic)," the post attributed to Xzibit said.
The post however didn't refer to any specific racist comments, just that Xzibit's request to perform solo wasn't agreed to by the show's producers.
"Xzibit's representatives knew the nature of the proposed segment involving Michael Buble and Xzibit rapping to one of Xzibit's songs," a statement from Roving Enterprises said in response.
"They had agreed to perform on that basis, but once at the studio on Sunday, Xzibit made it clear that he was not going to perform the segment as agreed."
Not long after Xzibit's inflammatory post today his fans began a chorus of support in the comments section of his site before other MySpace users defended Rove.
"Xzibit and his representatives proposed performing a solo piece, which we could not accommodate as we already had a confirmed music guest, and as a general practice we do not have two music acts on one show," the Roving statement continued.
The Xzibit post claimed a Rove producer said his material would not be suitable for the target demographic of Rove.
Roving Enterprises wouldn't buy into the argument preferring to say: "We attempted to negotiate a suitable compromise, but Xzibit chose instead not to perform."
Or in the words of Xzibit: "I got up and thanked her for the time and wonderful hospitality and went out the front door hopped in my shit and rolled out". Meaning, he got into his car and left the South Melbourne studios.
As ludicrous as the situation was, and as amusing as Xzibit's manner of speech is, the writer comes off as trying to assume a smug position of power over the rapper, implying difference and superiority in nationality, race, culture and class based on a few words.
Anyone else sees elements of all that or have I been studying Arts for too long :P
paragraph:
US rapper Xzibit should blame his representatives and not Rove McManus for what led to his no show on the Network Ten's Rove program on Sunday.
Xzibit, who is on tour in Australia, was due to perform a rap duet with Canadian crooner Michael Buble on the light entertainment show.
But the performance didn't go ahead as planned after Xzibit walked out before the show, unhappy with the arrangement.
The rapper has claimed the way he was treated by the Network Ten show was racist in an obscure post on his MySpace website entitled, "Rove the Racist".
"The gopher of the show came to me with some idea of a 'rap off' with a lounge singer named Micheal Booblay (sic)," the post attributed to Xzibit said.
The post however didn't refer to any specific racist comments, just that Xzibit's request to perform solo wasn't agreed to by the show's producers.
"Xzibit's representatives knew the nature of the proposed segment involving Michael Buble and Xzibit rapping to one of Xzibit's songs," a statement from Roving Enterprises said in response.
"They had agreed to perform on that basis, but once at the studio on Sunday, Xzibit made it clear that he was not going to perform the segment as agreed."
Not long after Xzibit's inflammatory post today his fans began a chorus of support in the comments section of his site before other MySpace users defended Rove.
"Xzibit and his representatives proposed performing a solo piece, which we could not accommodate as we already had a confirmed music guest, and as a general practice we do not have two music acts on one show," the Roving statement continued.
The Xzibit post claimed a Rove producer said his material would not be suitable for the target demographic of Rove.
Roving Enterprises wouldn't buy into the argument preferring to say: "We attempted to negotiate a suitable compromise, but Xzibit chose instead not to perform."
Or in the words of Xzibit: "I got up and thanked her for the time and wonderful hospitality and went out the front door hopped in my shit and rolled out". Meaning, he got into his car and left the South Melbourne studios.
As ludicrous as the situation was, and as amusing as Xzibit's manner of speech is, the writer comes off as trying to assume a smug position of power over the rapper, implying difference and superiority in nationality, race, culture and class based on a few words.
Anyone else sees elements of all that or have I been studying Arts for too long :P