Friendship ain't just about solving problems. I ride for my niggas and they ride for me. Fuck what you talking bout, homie. You can't break that.
exactly
but then again when i think about it years dont really say shit. its about the person himself. im just a real dude. i dont like bitchassness so i tell a bro upfront the way i am. and niggas see im down for them no matter what. shit all the niggas i know that were homeboys all are beefing cause of money, girls etc. and these were the type of dudes that would wear the same matching clothing and shit
homeboy in my circle im cool with 8years now. and he realer than most dudes i know 20plus years. so it all depends
only one really got put out the circle tho and that's cuz he pulled some coward ass shit that will not be condoned.
And you are being wrong as fuck. Individualism is the reason that this country is so fucked up and can be directly connected to all of the major flaws that keep the 1%ers at 1 percent. They understand the power of divisiveness. Not having friends shows that you lack the ability or "choose not to" (yeah, right) connect with people on a certain level or that you lack trust. Anyone who lacks the ability to trust can be manipulated. You sound like one of those types who believe that bullshit military slogan "be an army of one". That is a fallacy that caters to one's ego. It is also a form of manipulation. You are one of those people who believe that we are not all connected. "Not everyone needs that type of interaction...blah, blah, blah." Spoken like a true social outcast.
Well, you can bounce. Since you have already answered the question with a resounding "no" you don't have any lifelong friends after trying to stupidly detach emotions from the concept of friendship (explaining why your ass doesn't have any lifelong ones), you've pretty much wrapped it up for yourself.
Well yeah a couple of my closest friends at this point I met about 10 years ago. I was blessed to come into the world with 2 friends who we are still tight like brothers to this day. Our parents were cool before we were even alive and shit we are even tighter. Then I got a nigga I been cool with for damn near 20 years we still talk every now and then but fell off cuz he went and got some lame ass friends I guess he feels better around. Me and my niggas call them his "safe" friends
I know this don't have SHIT to do with the topic, but reading wc's post about India Arie reminded me of the guy from my little hometown who threw a HUGE draft party when he was drafted back in 2005 into the NFL.
Dude threw this big party, and so many people showed up to that shit it was crazy.
Now, this was DRAFT DAY, and you had motherfuckers sitting around mad 'cause he was on his cellphone. One dude was like, 'Who that nigga think he is walking around on a cellphone like he he a boss???"
I'm thinking, 'NIGGA, IT'S DRAFT DAY! YOU KNOW HOW MANY MOTHERFUCKERS ARE CALLING HIM RIGHT NOW?!?1"
I saw so much hate that day that I ended up leaving. I didn't want that shit to rub off.
Dude wasn't even acting like a big shot. He was laughing and talking with everyone, and motherfuckers were salty as shit.
I think your giving wayyyyy to much props to white people while at tha same time ignoring Black men that have child hood friendships that are doing their own shit.
I think your giving wayyyyy to much props to white people while at tha same time ignoring Black men that have child hood friendships that are doing their own shit.
AKRON, Ohio (AdAge.com) -- It's an "Entourage" moment. Four young guys from the neighborhood -- a superstar earning millions of dollars and the three buddies he employs -- clown around at a photo shoot, trading good-natured insults, roughhousing and laughing out loud, pausing only temporarily to let the star's stylist get in among them and straighten his jacket.
LRMR Marketing
"'Entourage,' huh? Do you know how many times we get that?" says Maverick Carter, childhood friend of the NBA's biggest star, LeBron James, and CEO of LRMR Marketing, the sports-marketing firm they formed along with pals Randy Mims and Rich Paul.
But this is no HBO show. This, potentially, is a billion-dollar business.
"Michael Jordan had a 15- to 20-year run with Nike and developed a huge business that is probably worth $500 [million] to $600 million," said Lynn Merritt, senior director of basketball sports marketing at Nike, and the guy who tracked LeBron from his earliest years in high school. "The state that LeBron comes in with now, with the internet and all kinds of technological advancements that weren't around when Michael was at his peak, well, LeBron could be the first billion-dollar athlete in all aspects."
The king of sports marketing is dead. Long live The King.
Four Horsemen no more
They no longer wish to be known as the Four Horsemen, the nickname they gave themselves years ago growing up in Akron, 45 minutes south of Cleveland, and the nickname used -- sometimes derisively -- in the media.
They're older now. Mr. James is still the baby of the bunch at 21. Mr. Carter is 24, Mr. Paul is 27 and Mr. Mims is 30. The Four Horsemen seems almost childish, and with the way they were taken to task some 15 months ago, the last thing they want is to appear immature or irresponsible.
When Mr. James fired agent Aaron Goodwin, the collective jaws of the NBA and the sports-marketing world dropped. The well-respected Mr. Goodwin had negotiated Mr. James' celebrated $90 million contract with Nike. Then Mr. James did the almost unthinkable in the sometimes stuffy world of sports marketing -- he handed his off-the-court businesses and marketing over to Messrs. Carter, Paul and Mims.
"Let me guess," wrote one sports columnist on AOL last year. "A few years from now, when LeBron needs knee surgery, he'll have his plumber do the job. When he needs his taxes done, he'll hire Mike Tyson."
Sports marketing summit
On a sultry July day on the campus of the University of Akron, where LRMR is holding a sports-marketing summit, surrounding itself with big-hitting partners such as Coke and Nike, and seeming every bit a slick outfit, they can laugh about the quote. In May of 2005, it stung.
"People thought we were idiots or something," Mr. Mims said.
"In the beginning, no one was giving us a chance," Mr. Paul said. "But it's a new day. Sports marketing in 2006 is different, athletes are different and the way people perceive athletes is different."
The friends had a vision and a strategic plan. More importantly, they had Mr. James as owner, client and active participant.
rest of article.
http://adage.com/article/news/king-s-men-lebron-james-version-entourage/110516/
