R.A. The Rugged Man

[Divine Write]

He's sick, he's crazy...We all know this...Talk about him here if you'd like...

That's not why I started this thread though...I was wondering as to his race...

He looks white but I've heard him say the N word on several occasions...

I had the same question concerning Celph Titled...He looks white and uses the N word...I learned later he's Cuban...

Can anyone fill me in one this...Is Rugged Man really white...and if so what's with him using the N word?

[Gemcee]

I dunno what his background is..hes a soul assasins artist...or was..and they are usually cuban or black...I really don;t know..but we booked him at the club about 3 years ago with Jedi and there was a huge petition to his visit cuz they thought it would cause a riot if he came to my city--I said he'd cause more of a riot if he didn't show up for a show that I sold 300 tickets for-he played..it all went fine.

I also subscribe to Mass Appeal...which i talk about quite often on here cuz its a great mag...pick it up---he writes super funny, crusty...egotistical reviews for the mag...usually on horror movies..really funny though--


and..before i posted for this thread..I "wikipediaed" (official word now?)him and this was the most interesting fact--yikes.

Coming from a broken Long Island home, R.A.'s father was a gun toting Vietnam veteran/mental patient allegedly affected by Agent Orange. His family was forever changed by the potent chemical — his brother Maxx was born handicapped and blind, eventually dying at the age of 10, while his sister Dee Ann couldn’t walk or speak. R.A. tells the story of his father Staff Sgt John A. Thorburn in the first person on the Jedi Mind Tricks track "Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story". His verse received quotable of the month in Source magazine. R.A. notes that he himself has suffered from mental illness in the past, in lyrics from the song "Lessons".


so anyway---interesting question...tell me when you find out--

[Divine Write]

That's crazy...I thought his verse on Uncommon Valor was just a story he made up...It makes it ten times better now knowing it's a tale of his father...

Also the song you brought up.."Lessons" is the song inwhich I heard him use the N word...search it on youtube...Be cautioned though...If you haven't see the video...There's is a lot of shit in it...Literally..

I've also heard Copywrite use the N word a few times...As far as I can tell he's also white as can be...

[mc_lite]

I heard that story about RA a little while ago.. Made me look at Uncommon Valor a totally differently... Still one of the most powerful topical style pieces i've ever heard..

[Dex Aspen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxHlyulFyD4

1994 Crustified Dibbs


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[The Chozen One 13]

s Rugged Man really white...

he's white on his myspace on one of his picture it says metrosexual eye for the white guy.

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=5781463&albumID=22789&imageID=1762117

[A.bNoRmAL]

R.A.'s sick...his flow is dope as hell

[SiiNiDE]

Wow, I cant believe I never heard of him.. I wish i could find some CD's to buy from him, cos i feel bad downloading his shit- I'd love to support him with a purchase. This dude's sick, my new obsession at the moment I must say.

I was 7 years ahead of my time in '92
I said things that wasn't accepted 'till '99


Precursor to Eminem????

[Dex Aspen]

Precursor to Eminem????

Your banned from the UG forum until further notice.


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[Amo the Ew]

lol

yeah...when Biggie met him, he said: 'I thought I was the illest'
:D

he's dope...I remember him performing in our capital, but I was like super-major broke :?

he's dope...got his original album...jeah...though dunno what's with him now, album was released in the end of 2004....I heard he's running some radio show, but not shure if that's true...

anyways, he's still a simple man...our promotor had to buy him an airplane ticket so he could afford coming here and he took time to chat with my peoples; they said he had all in one bag, when they wanted to buy his cd, he also brought out the shorts and socks
:lol:

he's the bomb anyways...dope artist...

[SiiNiDE]

Precursor to Eminem????

Your banned from the UG forum until further notice.


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If you listened, he basically says it. (the quote i mentioned above)
There's no way he wasn't talking about eminem in that quote.

[Dex Aspen]

Your guess is as good as mine Sii...I was just being a wiseass.


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[SiiNiDE]

Lol, ok. Just seems like Eminem is the only other prominant white rapper (mainstream)

[Gemcee]

Beastie boys^^




and check this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Biology

[SiiNiDE]

I worded that wrong, Gem.. I shoulda said "Prominant white rapper At that time"- in 1999.

And that looks dope..... All about sex, lol.

[Amo the Ew]

yeah, that movie is finaly coming out...cool shit