"Just seeing the way they performed, it kind of broke my heart though” - terrance howard (speaking about three six mafia's oscar performance of "it's hard out there on a pimp" at the oscars)
NEGRO PLEEZ!!! HOW COME IT WASN'T BREAKING YOUR HEART WHEN YOU WERE SINGING IT IN THE MOVIE?
I guess what disappoints me about Terrance's statement is that he threw Three Six Mafia under the bus when he didn't have to. I totally understand and agree with his decision not to perform the song at the Oscars. It would have been redundant, and a bad look for him, and us. Was it a bad look for us when Three Six Mafia performed it? Mos def, but that's not the point. The point is, he used that song as a vehicle to deliver a performance that garnered him mad kudos. And he embraced those kudos whole heartedly. How can you embrace that song and performance for your benefit, but then distance yourself from it, when the guys who created it perform it? To me, it was unbrotherly. And Terrance comes off as if he's trying to prove to hollywood that that song is beneath him. I just don't understand why he believes it's "art" to embrace pimpin' for a movie, but it's not "art", it's "heartbreaking" when Three Six Mafia embraces pimpin' for a song. On a certain level, for me, seeing Terrance's portrayal of a pimp held up as great acting, was just as "heartbreaking" as Three Six Mafia's performance. So for him to turn around and criticize them is mad hypocritical. How can he diss Three Six Mafia's expression, while standing proudly by his? If that image was so "hearbreaking", he wouldn't have taken the role of a pimp in the first place. But he did, $$$$$$$$$, ching-ching. So I have no problem saying NEGRO PLEEZ!
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I know you heard that supposedly the A-List Af-Am hollywood types told Terrence not to perform at the Oscars cuz it would be a bad look for his career. No one told this to ole girl though (Taraji). If this is true, it kind of pisses me off.
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