![]() Jameson claims that Tippu told him he would witness cannibalism after a tribal dance, but Jameson “flatly declared that it was impossible that this could happen.” Tippu then asked him for six handkerchiefs of cloth to purchase the girl and prove Jameson wrong. ![]() The New York Times published it one day after publishing the affidavit. And here is Jameson’s side of the story, which he wrote in 1888 while dying in Africa. The cannibals then proceeded to slice meat from her and take apart her body for eating. She was stabbed twice in the abdomen and bled out. Allegedly, she looked around for help as the cannibals surrounded her, but never screamed. The little girl was then tied to a tree as cannibals sharpened knives nearby. The chiefs then led Jameson, his entourage, and the girl to a native hut, where the man who brought the girl told the natives “This is a present from a white man, who wishes to see her eaten.” Jameson allegedly forked over six handkerchiefs and a few minutes later some men brought over a 10-year-old girl. It was concluded that Jameson was to pay six handkerchiefs to purchase a slave. ![]() Farran told Tippu who spoke to the chiefs of the town. Here’s one account, titled, “ THE HORRIFYING JAMESON AFFAIR” via the NYT Archives:įarran, who was Tippu Tip’s translator, alleged that Jameson had expressed a curiosity of the practice of cannibalism to him. All this happened in 1890 and was originally reported in the New York Times after Assad Farran, the expedition’s Swahili translator, offered an affidavit what happened. Meanwhile, he sketched the horrifying incident in his notebook. Jameson, heir to the Jameson Whiskey fortune, once purchased a 10-year-old slave girl for six handkerchiefs while on a Trans-African expedition in the Congo so that he could watch her get eaten. Or just re-think buying Jameson all together.Īccording to the allegations outlined via Next Shark and Modern Notion, James S. It’s a macabre, but you will probably tell all your buddies at the bar the next time someone suggests Jameson shots. The folklore around 18th century Irish whiskey distiller John Jameson might be lionized in beloved booze commercials, but there’s not a chance in hell the the folks at Jameson Irish Whiskey will tell the fucked up tale of John Jameson’s grandson, James. Rarely are its facts as cheery and glossy as fancy marketing campaigns make it out to be.
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![]() ![]() Two actually, this one and one on Fridays called Lo-Fi Fridays. So next time you’re kicking it to Can I Kick It? and reminiscing about the time you reblogged tumblr posts about Tyler being the devil, think on that. Yes, even your favourite ‘sound’ rappers, called “the most intelligent, artistic rap group during the 1990s,” by AllMusic, were on the pro-gay tip. This unreleased Tribe song, held back by the record label because of how universally positive it was about gay people, is actually entirely on the subject of homosexuality. So never will I do it – disrespect my mommy You’re filthy and funny to the utmost exponent Brand Nubian – Georgie Porgie (Low End Theory outtake, 1991) Ĭall me homophobic but I know it and you know it Everyone is created equal.Ī Tribe Called Quest feat. He warrants comparison to Dennis Rodman, who is not gay but occasionally cross-dresses. Lil Wayne’s rap ‘n’ bullshit is in a homosexual style, underpinned by the fact that he kissed Birdman on the lips once. Lil Wayne – A Milli (Tha Carter III, 2008) His level-headed homosexual friend pulls him aside and convinces him to calm down and not fall victim to the trappings of success as so many have before him. In these lines, 50 Cent is celebrating his success, but perhaps to excess. Yo that faggot ass nigga trying to pull me back right?Ī number one song on the Billboard Hot 100, this is another very high profile example of what we are talking about. I’m that cat by the bar toasting to the good life He is “not bisexual” – this perhaps implies that he is an all-or-nothing rapper, never operating in the shades of the spectrum, but always in black and white, concrete ideas that have conventional, understood meaning to a broad sector of society.ĥ0 Cent – In Da Club (Get Rich or Die Tryin’, 2002) –%20In%20Da%20Club.mp3 Nas plays the difference between heterosexual and homosexual relations against each other to show how different he is, and how aggressively versatile. Halftime is the best song on Illmatic, Illmatic is Nas’ best album and Nas is a god-tier rapper (to the extent that when he drops new songs, after more than a decade of doing the opposite of what he did on Illmatic, people still get excited), so this is a very high profile place in the context of hip hop history. Of rap I’m a professional and that’s no question, yo. Versatile, my style switches like a faggot As the title of this post implies, I will be cherrypicking quotes from rap songs and reading them as if the rapper considered homosexuality to immediately imply a bunch of positive connotations. Now, we all know that being gay is neither good nor bad, but many famous rappers from the murky, unknown times before Odd Future invented homophobia tended to, surprisingly, use homosexuality as a jigsaw piece that would pretty much immediately imply a bunch of negative connotations. June is Pride month and, given that Tyler saying ‘faggot’ got plenty of attention, both on this blog and whilst out talking to real humans, I thought I would do something annoying and facetious to celebrate. |
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