Lil Wayne in Big Trouble

I recently signed into my MSN Messenger, and checked out a couple of the top stories. The one that caught my eye was an article on Dwayne Carter Jr. also known as Lil Wayne. I am sure most of you have heard of him, but just in case you haven't, here are a few of his best songs: A Milli, On Fire, and Lollipop. He is also a featured artist in many rap and even rock songs like Let It Rock. Because he is a rap artist, he acts like he is a gangster in his music videos, even though he may not have grown up with a rough life like most gangsters do. Not too long ago, he was trying to bring what he does in music videos to real life, when he was charged for gun possession and he plead guilty with a sentence of one year in jail on New York's Rikers Island Prison. Going to prison definitely not the most fun time in the world, and it definitely sucks. Lil Wayne was just worrying about serving his time, when one of the creators of one of his most famous songs (lollipop) decided to make his life even more miserable. It turns of that the producer did not receive any royalties from Lil Wayne's Grammy winning song. He is going to sue Lil Wayne for around five hundred thousand dollars. He is also fighting allegations about him sampling a song called "Once" by Karma Swanepole, in his own track "I Feel Like Dying. Just in case that was not enough, Darius 'Deezle' Harrison and music publishers at The Royalty Network have filed a multi-million dollar suit over royalties from "Mrs. Officer", another one of his more famous songs. Overall, Lil Wayne is in some Big Trouble, and it is surprising to me that it takes this much for the media to finally catch his attention. I am not a huge fan of him, but I do enjoy hearing his songs occasionally on the radio, and it is weird to me that he did not get much attention from the media when he was put in jail, as if it is no big deal or surprise that a rapper would be going to prison. It seems to me that the media did not care until there were arguments, and millions of dollars involved. Maybe if he would not have admitted he was guilty he would have gained more attention, but who knows.

Tiger Is Back

I would say ninety-eight percent of the United States and half of the world knows about Tigers little incident, and after his time off to "think about what he has done", and supposedly get over his sex addiction, he is finally back at the Masters, and not doing too bad. He is currently tied for 4th place, with K. J. Choi. They are both shooting an eleven under par, and down by five strokes to the current leader Phil Mickelson, who is shooting a sixteen under par. For current standings click here. While the media is on constant watch for any tiny mistake or misfortune to happen to Tiger Woods, he says he is just trying to play the game, as he mentioned in his interview. Tiger has done pretty well considering his current place, but after watching some of the Masters on ESPN, I thought he would be in dead last. While there are tons of highlights on not so good players hitting amazing shots, Tiger has only clips of the shots he messes up on. Almost every time I have watched, they have showed him getting frustrated, and hitting his club on the ground or simply dropping it in disgust. He really is doing well, but the media doesn't care. They are cheering against him, and putting him down. Personally, I think this could be a good thing. I feel that Tiger will use this negativity to push himself to be even better, if that is possible. He is already showing this some what, because although they are showing his misfortunes, he is rubbing it back in their face with amazing shots from almost impossible angles. One of the more impressive ones, was when they stopped showing another players shot, to quick go to Tiger on the border of being out of bounds. He was in a pretty dense shelter belt of trees, and had just one narrow path to shoot out of. He took a while to line it up, and finally shot, hitting a tree only about ten yards in front of him. The commentators were talking about everything he did wrong, when Tiger lined up his next shot from still in the trees. He then punched the ball out, up and over the trees he was in. The ball had backspin, so when it landed just three yards from the pin it stuck. I almost started laughing, because here the media was trying to make him look bad, and he makes a ridiculous shot look simple. There were many more shots like this, and while the media was putting Tiger down, they were at the same time showing viewers that he really is still that good. Overall, Tiger is still one of the top contenders, and he isn't getting enough credit for the golfer he truly is. I hope he wins this tournament and shows everyone what is up.