I knew this thread would devolve into Tariq riders vs Umar riders...smh
For the sake of argument, let me provide a few counters:
- Umar can't produce copies of his degrees
Not true, niggas keep parroting this, but Umar has shown a copy of his doctoral degree i can recall at least once on one of his YT shows. Also, if he wasn't a licensed psychologist, how can his license be under review, if he was fraudulently practicing without a doctorate or cert, there would be more serious allegations, correct?
- He can't produce a business plan
Touche
- He has NO background in running a business, which a school IS INDEED a business
He was a principal at a school in Philly, for what that's worth
- He talks about himself in the 3rd person
So what? So does Rickey Henderson, Bo Jackson, and Bob Dole
- He titled himself the Prince of Pan-Africanism (and used this self-proclaimed title to give himself uthority to call a tribunal)
Again so what? Tariq calls himself King Flex, sounds like a personal issue
- Nobody knew who the fuck he was before Saneter & Tariq gave him a platform
Nobody knew who anyone was before they were on a platform. Would anyone know who Malcolm X was without Elijah Muhammed's platform? Umar took it and created a sizeable following out of it. Enough niggas to donate half a mil for a school...
- He was on the phone with Imaginary Goons
Touche
- He invoked colorism against Sara Suten Seti
Tariq made a video game and a character called Crispy to (rightfully) make fun of Tommy Sotomayor, if Tommy was light skinned, would that reference make any sense or would Tariq not have invoked that description? Is that colorism?
- He brags about being the most requested lecturer (unquantifiable) while Tariq turns 80% of lecture ofcolors?
How do you know what Tariq turns down? Are you his booking agent? Tariq is cool, but that nigga been embellishing stories since Mack Lessons.
- His GoFundMe is GONE with no explanation from him
Thought he said something about they suspended his shit, i dont know, but you have a point maybe
- He insulted Black people AS A WHOLE when he initially didn't get his 2 million he wanted
All the conscious community "leaders" do the same thing, Boyce Watkins referred to black people who didn't join his business school as Jordan buying, club going malcontents. Tariq even talks shit when its time to donate to his next film project, which is hilarious since he's made all this money and then wanna high side when its time to request $
- He had a herpes sore on his lip in HC2
I'll take your word for that
- He claimed he was celibate, then got caught up fucking a "conscious stripper" (whatever the fuck that is...)
Can't fault the man for fucking, he's a single man, although I guess people were 'disappointed' in him for saying he was celibate, but if grown men were disappointed in Umar for that, sounds a little bitchmade
- He BLOCKED followers who donated money to his campaign when they asked about their money
That's foul
- He claimed to be a "direct descendant" of Fredrick Douglas, turned out he wasn't
Touche
- Rock Newman almost whipped his ass for talking slick
Never heard of this, he was on Rock Newman's show
- He admitted after denying his real name was Jermaine Shoemake (which I don't know how in the fuck if his real name is still currently Jermaine Shoemake how he can earn a degree under a different name than his legal name...which therefore indicates that he's lying about his degrees...duhh).
Never seen or heard he denied his government name, you gonna ask Tariq what his was and see what response you get?
- He bought 200K fake followers on Instagram
Don't know anything about that
At the end of the day both these kats have good and bad shit just like everyone else, but guys are treating these two like their favorite sports team and cheer one side and boo the other...kinda silly