REALEST EBRO RANT on Hot97: No One Cares About The Plight Of Men

[Kenny West]

He's absolutely right. Why else is being called a 'broke nikka' considered an insult? I've learned a lot about the true nature of humans, and it can be downright scary. When Michael Jackson died and I saw everyone who used to hate on him suddenly saying they'd miss him and how great he was, that was the day I started to realize how fake people really are. Cause here he was, struggling and sick.. and what did the world do? Tell him to suck it up and laughed at him. Now he's dead, and we profit off his work and image.. and we never even appreciated the nikka in his last years.

But yo, see... that's why you can't rely on anyone to validate you, and that's why you can't expect people to save you when you fall. You gotta do it yourself, that's just the reality here. But that's also liberating as well, cause if I build my life the way I wanted to, then not a damn soul can tell me shyt. And I guess that's the way it should be.

second paragraph is too damn true. I feel the liberating part as well. as a dude you have that choice of accepting whatever shyt hand life gives you or fight for your place in the world. It really is a Me against The World type feeling. Nobody cares if your hurting and nobody cares to uplift because they don't want to see you surpass them. Nobody wants to be part of the struggle but everyone wants to run your victory lap. That's why I think dudes don't respect the complaining shyt from other dudes cause in the end we all know that complaining 24/7 like a woman changes nothing. We respect action because the world only respects action

This also makes me think of the selfish rich dudes who turn their back on people as they accumulate their wealth. If you grinding on the day to day aware that most these folks are giving you their ass to kiss until the day you can afford something they want....how long can you go knowing that without the grind changing you?

As someone who just went through the process of not having a job straight after graduating, I completely agree with Ebro. Those days where you're feeling low wondering if you'll ever get the career you've worked so hard for and youre genuinely unhappy, you realise that besides your parents and close family, no gives a fukk about you. You literally have moments where you wish your phone would ring so you could have someone to talk to but it never does.

Fast forward a few months and you're now in your dream job earning more money than all of your peers and all of a sudden your phone rings a lot more than you ever thought it would. Sure, the attention is nice but you know it's not real.

I'm at the tail end of this process myself yo. The crazy part is on the low I keep trying to give mfs the chance to really be there and be a part of something. And they treat you like a loser for reaching out to them. I'd hate to get shyt rolling and have to classify these people as snakes and bloodsuckers that I gotta cut off after the times they actually have looked out for me. But I know once my ship has sailed I'm not looking back at all. I'm just thankful for the handful of true friends I don't have to question.

 

[Suicide King]

I didn't watch the entire vid, but is he talking mostly about money.

If you mad that the women you going after don't like guys who work at McDonald's...how is that a plight.

There are women who like unemployed guys and their are women who like millionaires. When guys get mad that they don't have the status or specific qualities to get a certain class of women, that's some sucker shiit.

 

[MikelArteta]

Pretty much, at one point I was a simp years ago, I'm happy I lost everything my health, a job, money, women and had to rebuild myself by my lonesome. Majority of ppl r fake as hell. In a time of need nowhere to be found, but when you have surplus there around .

As a man its suck it up and get over it. That's why I only have a few ppl in my life and I thank God he weeded out the rest.

He's absolutely right. Why else is being called a 'broke nikka' considered an insult? I've learned a lot about the true nature of humans, and it can be downright scary. When Michael Jackson died and I saw everyone who used to hate on him suddenly saying they'd miss him and how great he was, that was the day I started to realize how fake people really are. Cause here he was, struggling and sick.. and what did the world do? Tell him to suck it up and laughed at him. Now he's dead, and we profit off his work and image.. and we never even appreciated the nikka in his last years.

But yo, see... that's why you can't rely on anyone to validate you, and that's why you can't expect people to save you when you fall. You gotta do it yourself, that's just the reality here. But that's also liberating as well, cause if I build my life the way I wanted to, then not a damn soul can tell me shyt. And I guess that's the way it should be.

 

[EA]

I'm at the tail end of this process myself yo. The crazy part is on the low I keep trying to give mfs the chance to really be there and be a part of something. I'd hate to get shyt rolling and have to classify these people as snakes and bloodsuckers that I gotta cut off after the times they actually have looked out for me. But I know once my ship has sailed I'm not looking back at all. I'm just thankful for the handful of true friends I don't have to question.

I've got my close friends too that are like brothers to me but as a man, I can't expect them to take time out their day to see if I'm doing ok all the time because we're all running the same rat race. They're gonna be there regardless of what's happening so you know it's real but as you start getting on, you see the fair-weather people (mainly women) start trying to reattach themselves to you so you won't forget about them when you've got money to spend. Those are the people that I have no problems with ignoring because you know they'll disappear as quickly as they came back.

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

I didn't watch the entire vid, but is he talking mostly about money.

If you mad that the women you going after don't like guys who work at McDonald's...how is that a plight.

There are women who like unemployed guys and their are women who like millionaires. When guys get mad that they don't have the status or specific qualities to get a certain class of women, that's some sucker shiit.

if u just watched the beginning then u would see he talked about family too

 

[Gravity]

Yes, it is probably disheartening, but it's a side effect of masculinity. This is one of your manly outlets. I will no longer "derail" it.

I agree with you to a certain degree.

lol it's pure fantasy that it's some sort of 'machismo' holding men back from sharing their problems. the reality is if you start talking about too many of your problems, people will look at you like you're weak and chop out. "Oh, well hey, I got something to do. See you later."

That's the burden of being a man. You're on your own to hold it together.

Wheher you call it "masculinity" or "machismo", that's what being a man is about. Why are some of you whining about this socalled "burden"? I didn't listen to the video but judging by the responses it seems like it's a bunch of males whining about being expected to be men. A bunch of dudes that need hugs.

 

[Remote]

She gave him 60 days.

60 days, brehs.

He's holding down his woman for a year and a half.



And everybody understands. It's a mother. Pregnancy. A year and a half. Nobody blinks an eye.

But he loses his job and ol girl in the studio said 2 months.

 

[Remote]

Nobody cares about the plight of men until one of those men loses his shyt and starts shooting.

Then it's "well, we gotta talk about mental health"

 

[Ohene]

she gave me 60 days!!!!

 

[Ohene]

Problem is he's asking birds on his show to represent REAL WOMEN ...REAL WOMEN hold a man down. The fact that he included "sneakers" into the conversation about depression and he's 30+ showed me the audience he's appealing to.

6:28 it sounds like literal birds, or putties from Power Rangers.

dog you cant be serious. shoes are extremely important odnt be naiive.

and he was using it as just an example...

when your pockets empty, shoes dirty, jeans ripped, ribs touching etc etc etc...he wasnt finna list everything

 

[Ohene]

It's of your own doing really. You all cling to an idea of masculinity that can do nothing, but produce these kinds of results. Then when women want more of the burden we get called "feminist man hating dyke bytches". If you guys let go of that idea of masculinity you'll truly be much happier.

youre an idiot man. now i know why nikkas shyt on you.

you see how you turned the video off and called it whining? this is exactly what Ebro was talking about. You really that clueless

 

[Stay Seeking]

dog you cant be serious. shoes are extremely important odnt be naiive.

 

[EA]

Wheher you call it "masculinity" or "machismo", that's what being a man is about. Why are some of you whining about this socalled "burden"? I didn't listen to the video but judging by the responses it seems like it's a bunch of males whining about being expected to be men. A bunch of dudes that need hugs.

that's something I would expect an ignorant woman to say.

 

[Robbie3000]

That's the reality for most people. How many women do you know that are being taken care off? Or don't have the same anxieties regarding income as me do?

 

[Turbulent]

Yes, I do. Ebro expressed a want for change, and really the only way I see that happening for males is for them to give up this current definition of masculinity and to shuck the societal programming. If you are a conscious black then you've already done that in a way. The current definition breeds these feelings of inadequacy. You cannot escape that if you continue to cling to it. That's all I'm saying. I'm not dismissing your problems. I'm acknowledging that they exist, and I'm examining what they are the direct result of.

did he though?

i felt like he was saying this is how it is and that's it. yes there is a burden with it and he's ultimately at peace with it.

he actually accepts the pitfalls.