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Rap stars as good parents and excellent role models for children is the last thing on earth I would think of.  But I might just have found one, out of a million or so, rap star father who has a clue.  The ironic thing is that the story comes out of a failed segment of MTV Cribs, the last show I would ever watch.  I would rather clean toilets, watch grass grow, or clean diarrhea filled diapers all day  than turn on  MTV.  The blog Used Wigs has the refreshing story about the rap star P-Krunk an how the camera team had to stop shooting an episode of MTV Cribs  at his house after he opened his garage and they found **gasp** two normal vehicles. The reporters apparently expected some custom made Hummers and the story gets even better as P-Krunk continues to talk about his great, but normal cars.

"Check it dawg, my minivan is mad sensible. It gets crazy gas mileage and it's hella roomy, yo. I'm big pimpin' when I load up my shorties and my crew and we kick it at the Mickey D's drive-thru," said the married, 28-year-old father of two. "Gotsta have the removable back seat too, so me and my boo can be loading up bags of garden mulch and manure at Home Depot."

The rapper carefully wiped down the exterior of his minivan—gently cleaning some dirt off the "My Child is an Honor Student at Peach Tree Prep" bumper sticker—with a chamois and moved on to his "main ride."

Rap star and Honor Student child?  Fuck me, this guy is my hero.  I've long time ago swore that I would never again give a dime  to the corrupted music industry,  who needs them when there is Bittorrent and DC++, but I might just have to stop by and buy a couple of P-Krunk's albums because I love the fact that he dares to be good and different.  Does he make good music?  I don't know and I really don't care.  Is he a good father?  Don't know but he certainly sounds dedicated to his family.  The story gets even better as he explains why he won't buy any customized wheels or crazy performance cars.  He says he doesn't want to end up broke like many of his peers.

Asked if he plans on buying more expensive performance cars or a giant Hummer like many of his newly rich contemporaries in the near future, P-Krunk quickly responded, "Ten grand for rims? No my brother, this baller is hanging on to his paper. I don't need to be rollin' on dubs to represent and I sho' as shizzle don't plan on being a broke-ass bitch this time next year. Who do I look like, Hammer?"

What an honest, intelligent, and different comment from a rap star.  I have always believed that humans continue to develop and that the next generation will be smarter than the previous one.  But after being a father for a few years I'm starting to think that the average kid is just getting dumber.  That's of curse not the children's fault, it's the poor dedication to good parenting that I constantly see.  There's no doubt about what the producers at MTV Cribs think about todays kids.  They consider them dumb as bricks.  Or how do you like the comment by the segment producer:

"Cribs" segment producer Jonah Rothelsberg explained the reasoning behind shelving the show. "I appreciate P-Krunk's unique taste, but we have a responsibility to our young viewers and advertisers to show the real lifestyles that are true to the artist's genre of music. A rapper who doesn't capriciously spend all his money on cars and 100-inch plasmas is an anomaly that strains credibility. Our viewers would think we made this up or were trying to punk them." Rothelsberg cleared his throat and continued with a grin in a fake urban patois, "Sorry playa, my homies just ain't havin' it."

What a fucking idiot. Great show for our young viewers, eh?  Sadly, the people who are watching the show are the ones who need it the least.  Speculation on my side but I suspect a majority of the viewers come from low income homes with poorly educated parents.  Or at least parents who don't really a give a shit about what their kids do in their free time.  And this is supposed to be the next, brilliant, future generation?

Have a great week!

Edit: I must admit I feel like an idiot but the story seems to be made up and never happened.  Next time I should do some better fact checking before getting all excited:-))) 

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