In her latest video blog for HB, Kandi is in LA for the 2010 BET Awards. As she’s walking down the street, she sees box-office star Matthew McConaughey jogging down the street all by himself, which leads her to ask: “Why do Rappers and R&B stars feel the need to surround themselves with that many bodyguard.”
If Matthew McConaughey can run the streets of LA with no security, why do our celebs have to be that extra?
Take a look:
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at 10:32 am
Obviously we don’t know any better, cause they got the money and we don’t, so it’s best we just shut the …
at 3:24 pm
I found the interview to be informative and insightful especially the part about economics. In the Black Community for the most part, status is determined by what you’re rolling in, what you’ve got on your face, in your mouth, on your hands, in your pocket and on your back. Oh, and let’s not forget on your feet. It’s out there for all to see. For the most part,our culture in not “long term thinking” or taught to delay gratification, hence the desire to not stay in school and study, or to sacrifice wearing or having the “best ” thing in order to wait for something better. Investing money takes time and discipline. You DONT see the return right away and often times there is risk involved in some investments,which Black folk don’t want to take. As was brought out in the interview if your grandmother wasn’t into investing and saving, she didn’t teach it to mom or dad, and they didn’t teach it to you. Most of these young brothers and sisters are coming into big money for the first time not only in their own lives but the lives of their families and generations. After years of NOT having, and seeing their peers and family members not having, there’s no MODEL available for WAITING. As far as someone being able to “sit them down” and tell them what to do with their money, who’s that person going to be? Mom? Dad? their Broke homies? If they HAVE money and their peers and family don’t , they ALREADY feel they’re doing better. If any advice is to be GIVEN and LISTENED to it would have to come from WITHIN the industry by knowledgeable compassionate professionals, who FORESEE what can happen and does happen and will let them know .
at 11:28 am
Ridiculous! First I mourned the mass defection of black men to white women while wholesale abandoning the women who birthed them, protected them, nurtured and gave them their first dose of love and respect – until I realized that most black men as a whole – especially those wealthy and/or famous black men – are very stupid children ashamed of who they are. I admit it still sometimes hurts to see so many empty-headed black men picking up anything white even when they’re accomplished and the dyed blonde on their arm has the character and potential of a dead alley cat – so long as she’s white. Then I remember that black men like that – hating themselves, the women who gave them life, never even notice the beautiful, brave black women who daily face down the world and make it look easy. And it turns my stomach when I look at them. Too stupid to realize the whole world is laughing at them because of their stupidity whether they have $$ or not. The thought of touching a fool like that would make me feel as unclean as he has become. Other races do not so easily trade their very souls for the cultureless greed the white man calls success. Do black men ever wonder how many of his own blood that white woman’s blood has strung up with rope? By that same token he surrounds himself with what evil has taught him he needs to make up for his blackness. And he believes it to be true without question. Foolish, foolish boys with no idea how to be men – no substance, no strength, no character and deathly afraid to be the men they were made to be because something evil 500 years ago saw the beauty and strength in black and became savagely envious and afraid. Afraid it would disappear completely by comparison so it destroyed the beauty in black. After awhile some of us believed it ourselves.
Black men have made a mockery of us in so many ways that even the rich athlete or rapper – is considered a vaudeville, black-faced joke. After they get the gold and the white woman they have no idea what’s supposed to come next.
Tune in next week and catch the latest episodes of T.O. and “Ochocinco” drooling over skanky, dyed-blonde, gold-diggers that they firmly believe are the “women” of their dreams. And they probably are.
at 11:28 am
Just about every comment made is true. You get back what you throw out there. Now you want to say you need a these bodyguards to protect you from the same people you multilated on your way up. Others are trying to be bigger than what they are. Young people watch them, and they think this is the life. Young peoples minds are still young and not developed. So thats easy.
at 7:45 pm
I live in LA,,And true ALOT of the Superstar Actors/Actresses,,Are always seen by theirsleves..
But here’s my thing,,Kandi has written music basically saying if you don’t have money you ain’t ish..Bills Bills Bills,For Destiny Child,,Scurbs for TLC..Ect..So she’s Kind of the Problem.I mean the music is promoted to young People who are easly influenced so what do you expect.Puff,Big& Lil Kim Lite weight Started that Bullsh*^..Talking About Italian Clothes,shoes,Watches/Cars Ect..Saying the same thing,,If U don’t have this You Ain’t Sh*^.Jay-z Added to it..And Cash Money Put The Stamp On It.And now it’s HIGHTLY Excepted when u cee rap cats frontin about what they have,it also has divided us as a People.Females Don’t even respect hard working Men.So It Is What It Is.So In Turn,Im On The Same ish With women..U Don’t have to be Rich,But U have To Have A Job or Im Not Rolling
at 4:03 pm
most of these guys walk around looking like a human ATM and someone is looking to make a quick withdraw on their a-s-s-! but if they didn’t wear all of that crap, then nobody would bother you at all. you don’t hear about Dre, will-i-am or wyclef getting jacked like that. they don’t go and visit places where people are known to jacked for just looking wrong and not being famous!
at 2:21 pm
It’s all for show then reality/ want people to assume they THAT important, they also assume it’s what others do, the monkey see thing. a false sense of security and want attention, Other than that, people would not make a big deal about them,in addition, to what the others said.
at 12:32 pm
Because they are afraid someone will call them out on the garbage they put on the albums.
at 10:41 am
they need them because they know someone from their hood will try to take them out for what they owed them from drug deals gone wrong.