"Bobby Taylor is a ****, so be a STAR very soon!!!" Blurs out of my laptop speakers, I have watched Hollywood Shuffle since I was 10 years old. I knew the whole script that's how many times I have watched it in my youth.
Fast forward 24 years later, I come across the " Am I a **** " Dream sequence when Bobby Taylor ( Played by Robert Towsend), had to make a decision to "Shuck & Jive".. "**** out your eyes".. " Yank on your Penis".., " Stick your behind out", and become a Worldwide Star, or throw all his hard work away & stay a Struggling actor with dignity. As I watched the segment, pictures of bobby " ****in'", and "jivin" with the words "****", & "No Pride" on each placard comes across the screen I tried to convince myself that no sane person of color would literally embarrass themselves acting like this... But lo & behold...Onika Tanya Maraj arrives. Her success is phenomenal, no female rapper seen the success she has seen. Television, Movies, perfume, clothing she has concured in a span of 3 years, but did take the path Bobby decided not to take to achieve these fears?... HELL YEAH!.
Her many facial expressions, her questionable "Chicken wing" chain, the Sarah Baartman behind that god didnt create as well as her saucy attitude is the same exact attitude the WHITE DIRECTOR wanted bobby to portray in the filming of a JIVE movie.
The media loves her, she's a lot of white girl's " ****** doll baby", companies cram to have her endorse their products. Million of records sold, awards, social exceptance, while the likes of nitty Scott & jean Grae ( 2 phenomenal mc's) still trying to climb that mountain without a strong enough harness. My question is what would do?... Go the way bobby went or lose yourself like Ms. Minaj?