Rapper Fabolous Shot Then Arrested in NY

... and stabbed and mobbed and been in at least 2 comas...

I don't think being shot increases Fabolous' chances of being a rapper.

I don't know what's worse, rappers that get shot or rock musicians with drug habbits who then kill themselves.

He's simply Fabolous!

*rimshot*

I must have him confused with a guy that works at Radio Shack on Euclid Ave.

It's not FabUlous...it's FabOlous.

GET IT RIGHT OR PAY THE PRICE! ;)

Well Scott that would make 50 cent, Ludacris, Chingy et al some of the best male pop acts around.

your right, and they are.

Its true. Hahaha.

that's not a belt buckle dude, that's his chain

Slap.

OK, I think we can all agree that this guy is a person. But why is this news? Maybe it would be worthy of the front page if Dick Cheney shot him in the face.

He's not a person, he's a rapper.

I second that.

Can you please explain why he's not a person in your eyes? Because you don't like rap? I don't particularly like rap, but that doesn't negate the reality that he's a human being. Maybe I don't like you -- should you be deserved to be shot at, also? Defend your position, I'd love to hear it.

And everyone knows that guns don't kill people, rappers do.

First of all enigma, I assumed Damascus was joking, so taking it in that context my reply should be viewed as a joke.

Secondly, even if he wasn't kidding, I still wouldn't care about Fabolous being shot because as The Pef said:

Whatever, lead the life, experience the life. Glorifying violence like he and other rappers do, sets them up for this to happen.

I have no sympathy for this guy. Not because he's a rapper, but because he's an idiot.

And furthermore, for the record, I like Hip-Hop. I just don't like Hip-Pop which is what this dummy and many other dummies like him pedal to the masses.

Get it? Got it? Good.

Evil/Liberal, I'm sorry for you that you have what seems to be no empathy for others that are not directly connected to you. I, personally, don't like to see people being shot. That's all there is to it for me.

Secondly, even if he wasn't kidding, I still wouldn't care about Fabolous being shot because as The Pef said:

Whatever, lead the life, experience the life. Glorifying violence like he and other rappers do, sets them up for this to happen.

I have no sympathy for this guy. Not because he's a rapper, but because he's an idiot.

Do we even have any proof that he talked about guns and shooting people or are we just sterotyping here?

"Give me a .40 cal wit' ten in it, I'm fine" - Fabolous

Sadly, he does glorify the 'gangsta' lifestyle.

ok then

thanks you

Not everyone wants to fill 100% of their world with politics. There's more to life, you know. Just because *you* don't think it's important doesn't make it necessarily so. The "news" encompasses a lot more than politics -- ever open up a newspaper and see comics? Are those superfluous, too? I'd suggest that if you don't like non politics/current-events articles, don't read them and certainly don't waste your time posting about them.

I certainly like things other than politics. I just don't see how *this* is news on the front page or even important to anyone with an IQ over twenty.

[hip hop thug] Yo Yo Yo! Chizeck dis article playa! My boy FabOlous got pizopped up in here! HoLLA! [/hip hop thug]

Kai, you negate any trace of intelligence with a post like that, and show only your small-mindedness and ignorance. Added to which, have you considered that every one of your posts saying "Why is this front-page news" keeps this very article on the front page? Maybe you need to take an IQ test yourself, before attacking others so high-handedly.

Maybe you need to take an IQ test yourself, before attacking others so high-handedly.

Thanks man, Mensa seems to think differently, but I appreciate the concern.

So madonna buying a baby id legitimate news but a rapper getting shot isn't. Interesting take.

It's interesting how the Vine comments have really turned into a lot of name calling, misdirected anger and bickering of late. Just me?

Anywho...

Hey Enigma. How many people got shot where you're from today? I mean, not necessarily in your neighborhood, but within about 100 miles of you. Probably more than one. And why would you think this guys mug would be on the front page of Newsvine? Is he more important because he is wealthy and apparently has an aura of something that resembles what people misperceive as greatness? Those other people probably had people who cared about them as well. They were people. I mean hell, even in Winnipeg a couple of kids under 12 locked a handicapped kid in a shed and set it on fire while they danced - yes danced - outside the door. I didn't see that on the front page. And that's pretty eff'd up.

Fact is, our obsession with this stuff is way out of control. We have no sense of moderation with anything it seems and allowing stuff like this to appear important doesn't help. You may not be into politics but politics are into you. And it's going on around you and affecting your life whether you like it or not.

"News" like this has its place. An entertainment section. Let's not forget a couple of things here: he was just standing in a parking garage with three other dudes who had loaded guns with them... and he ended up shot. Two months before his new album is coming out. I'm not saying it was a setup... I'm saying there's more to the story but it still doesn't make it more important that a million other things that are directly affecting millions of people's lives that are being missed by the majority while they're... looking at shiny things.

@ Ryan
I've been missing in action for about 2 months now so I can't really comment on a trend over that time, but just looking today there does seem to be a whole bunch of bickering going on for no reason. I don't think it's just you.

Now in response to what has been said so far : The guy is an entertainer. Sure there should be less focus on this type of news and on more important issues, but I think it's ridiculous that just because a whole bunch of political-minded non-rap-liking intellectuals think that this isn't 'news' then somehow it should be less important to other people.

I hate country music. If some famous country music singer (don't know any) was shot, is it acceptable for me to say "Who cares? He's a cowboy anyway, as if that wasn't expected. Get this off the front page"? Probably not. People want to know, so if people don't like this story, don't read it, don't comment on it, and hopefully it will go away...

The front page is made by people viewing and commenting. Commenting more is just going to keep it there for longer...

Thanks man, Mensa seems to think differently, but I appreciate the concern.

Good for you, keep patting yourself on the back publicly. People care and want to know all about your greatness I'm sure. Don't worry abut that latent insecurity. However, Mensa may want to rethink their acceptance of you -- you complain about a story being on the front page and keep posting comments to it. Yup, that reeks of brilliance.

Ryan OBrien:
I agree that the press is full of news about stars while neglecting everyone else -- aka the real people. I don't condone it -- but that's business (people seem to forget that the news has no inherent requirement to be either truthful or important, they just have to seel papers/ads). I don't follow celebrity news, I have no use for them. The original point I was trying to make was that I was seeing a lot of flip comments about a guy being shot, and that he deserved it, or people shouldn't care about him, because he's a rapper. All I ever wanted to say was be a little more humanistic -- here's a man who's been shot. I'm saddened by news of anyone being shot at -- there's way too much violence in the world. While I don't attend a myriad of funerals, I do feel sadness when I read any articles about violence in society. I just don't understand these people who think it's ok for rappers to live with violence and even suggest they have it coming. These are some cold, almost sociopathic, people if you're to believe their comments.

Good for you, keep patting yourself on the back publicly. People care and want to know all about your greatness I'm sure.

Actually it was but simply a response to your personal attack on my IQ. Keep on truckin bro.

So absolutely true. Slugs like him cause more problems for young blacks than any other thing on earth for exactly the reasons everyone is talking about here. They personify violence, drugs, gangs, female-bashing, the whole 9 yards, and they seem successful, and people imitate them.

He may sell music, but he spews degredation.

I agree whole-heartedly with you both :)

I'm starting to think that people with nicknames such as MEGALEFT, OR SUPER-RIGHT are people from the opposite site, hiding and posting in order to make the other side look stupid.

I think it's time Newsvine starts looking at people's IP address.

I am a Social Democrat

Well I find his posts quite comical... Do you even know what he ment in this?

Agreed kayjay

Unfortunately, the is a large segment of the hip hop community that will praise UnFab for "keeping it real"

Hey mate, did you ever get round to writing an article on hip hop? I've been preparing one on the history of hip hop but I seem to have lost my direction.

And where did you get the idea that something has to be more than 40 years old before the history of it can be studied/written about?? A BOOK?

Free Agent, you are joking right?