I live for the love of Hip Hop but..

...some of us cannot let it dominate our everyday lives.




As I was walking out of the 7 & 11 to fulfill my vitamin water fix

, this sista runs up behind me and says

"You know you're no longer supporting 50 when you buy that stuff?" Puzzled, I began to look @ my vitamin water. I had the essential (orange/tangerine) flavor, and I saw "Glaceau" on the bottle...but no sign of 50. Still curious I responded with

"This isn't Fif's flavor"

"No I'm serious" (she really did have a serious look on her face) "50 sold Vitamin Water to Coca-Cola"

"What???" (those of you know me, can imagine the look on my face)

"Yea, 50 came up with vitamin water and he sold it to Coca Cola & made 1.2 billion"

Amused, yet slightly curious as to if I missed the bus I replied with

"Sista, Fif has his own flavor..and he got 1M out of an endorsement deal...but he did not..."

"YES HE DID" this sista replies adimantly.

"You may wanna check your source; Fif rcvd 1M for endorsing a specific flavor of Vitamin Water, sort of like Tiger Woods and this upcoming flavor of Gatorade, but Fif DID NOT INVENT VITAMIN WATER!"

"Dag, you sound like Kanye West with all that hate...and I didn't know Tiger had his own drink coming out"

From there the conversation transformed into talk about construction surrounding the 7 & 11 that has been occurring forever. We went our seperate ways, but I was really thinking "Fif couldn't have invented vitamin water..." Suddenly it occurred to me

I take quarter water sold it in bottles for 2 bucks,
Coca-Cola came and bought it;
for billions, what the f**k?

---First couple of lines in the song "I get money" by 50 cent

You gotta love the way the world is headed...I wonder how many people @ family bbqs that sista has already misled

Saving Hip hop souls, one person @ a time,

B. Holcomb