By Juste J

Let’s just say I LOVE the NFL.  I’m a big NY Giants fan (thanks, yeah we beat the Patriots, Brady and Bill, again).  And having been born and raised in New York City, I LOVE rap music.  So it’s only natural that I bring those two things together.  How can I?  It’s simple really, bounties.  You see the New Orleans Saints were found to be placing bounties on certain players, in certain games; players were paid cash (a pool of money collected by a group of teammates) to take an opposing player out of the game.  So I heard this and though that it could translate quite well to the field of Hip-Hop.  Rap is like sports, the bravado, the hours of practice it takes to become one of the best, the fame, the fortune that comes with the fame, etc., so in that vein, I would like to treat rap music like a sport.  I would like to see a bounty placed on several rappers.

I have my favorites.  I’m a fan of certain “teams” and wish nothing but ill towards others.  Some teams/rappers are hated, like the aforementioned Patriots, while there are others that I just don’t give 2 flying fucks about what happens to them, like the Jacksonville Jaguars.  Like the Saints, I don’t necessarily want to see them injured severely but I want them to be unable to perform.  So in this light I look at the bounty system that the Saints and many other NFL teams have and apply it to the rap game.

Juste J’s Top 5 Rapper Bounties

1. Kreayshawn/V-Nasty and any other rapper that defends their use of the word “nigga”, so that means Mistah Fab & others; they need to be taken out of the game; no injured reserve for them.  NO.  A career ender is what I’m looking for, they need to be Theismann-ed (yutes, Google “Joe Theismann broken leg”)
2. Lil Wayne/Nicki Minja they have taken Hip-Hop, taken rap music to new lows, whether it be male jeggings or chicken wing jewelry & accessories. they both need to be handled on the field and taken out maybe for at least 2 seasons and maybe they can come back a better rapper; never forget: “I’m a star…sheriff badge”
3. Gucci Mane, I don’t know if I need to explain but quite simply, he is the coons coon; he makes rap music that is designed for the white racist to go, “See, I told you ‘bout them.  Just look.” Gucci needs some sort of season ending injury, then off to rehab for a  year, attempts a comeback and still fails

So there you have it, my rap bounty list.  It can change from week to week but the ones above will forever hold a special place in my heart because they are the New England Patriots of rap to me.  I hate them.  You have to be able to get down and dirty, the game needs us to.  And the game needs bounties fam, it may hurt, but I do it for the culture.

Juste J is short, bald and Haitian. He’s opinionated. And he HATES Michael Jordan and his $15o dollar sneakers. More important, he’s 1/3 of the Firing Squad

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