Rich, old white dudes, rich old black dudes, when it comes to what we want out of life, we're all the same.
Wow, there are lot of negative comments on here about this deal. I'd say, let's give it some time before we jump to all those conclusions.
This. Completely, Absolutely this.
Everyone seems to forget that people have a weird habit of
growing up. Yeah, we get it: Dre, Cube, and for that matter, Queen Latifah were harsh. They were thugged, pissed off, and militant. In short, they were the product of their neighbourhood and upbringing.
But they grew up, realized that they have families to take care of, and that they can't continue that thug way of life. Case in point: look at Tupac.
So they bunkered down in their labs with pen and paper to figure out how to build themselves a brand to last.
Cube came up with a production company (you have to admit, the Friday series is funny stuff).
Latifah: Grammy and Oscar nominated, Jazz singer, own record label, Cover Girl model.
Dre: his own record label, Beats, and now this.
Everyone wants to harp on how bad of a deal this is, whether it's from the zealots not knowing what the true vision coming out of this is, or think they know better. We don't, so we should sit back, shut up, and let time and history tell us if this was a good deal or not. Either way, you can't take away the fact that Dre has come a long way from his street thug life from Compton. He's built himself a better life, and none of us can take that away from him.
BL.
