RumHam Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 ‘Chernobyl’ and ‘Harry Potter’ actor Paul Ritter dies at 54 Don't remember him in Harry Potter but he was really great in Chernobyl. I don't think anyone watched that show without loathing his character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Prince Philliphttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/prince-philip-husband-britain-s-queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-99-n1258159 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 RIP, Prince Philip. A relic of a bygone era, who had his good and bad parts, as all people do. I recently saw an interview from the 80s which moved the man past the caricature he was often depicted as in media: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 DMX has died. A heart attack, not surprising after a life of substance abuse and 15 (wtf) kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteGabriel Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 They say celebrity deaths come in threes, but Prince Philip and DMX being part of a triad is pretty amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Damn DMX had heavy rotation in my middle and high school days. Gonna throw on some classics of his tonight. Legend in rap for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Get ready for the explosion of tabloidish stories over the Royal burial and Harry/Meghan stories over if they attend/get snubbed/boycott etc,etc, ad nauseum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Not being from the US and not being too much into Rap or Hip Hop, I couldn't name one DMX song. Only knew him from that Jet Li movie. Cradle 2 Grave, it was called in the US I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Not being from the US and not being too much into Rap or Hip Hop, I couldn't name one DMX song. Only knew him from that Jet Li movie. Cradle 2 Grave, it was called in the US I think. Weirdly he was also in a Steven Seagal action movie called Exit Wounds that I loved growing up. He was one of the most famous names in entertainment in the late 90s, early 00s for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Mark Antony said: Weirdly he was also in a Steven Seagal action movie called Exit Wounds that I loved growing up. He was one of the most famous names in entertainment in the late 90s, early 00s for sure. That's one with Jill Hennessy, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maithanet Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Not being from the US and not being too much into Rap or Hip Hop, I couldn't name one DMX song. If you're even vaguely familiar with Rap, I imagine you've heard this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallowKnight Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 DMX was one of the biggest rappers in the world when I first got into hip hop and in a way will always remain so in my mind. He was not the most eloquent rapper but more than made up for it with power and aggressiveness, plus his first three albums are straight classics. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briantw Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 2 hours ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Not being from the US and not being too much into Rap or Hip Hop, I couldn't name one DMX song. Only knew him from that Jet Li movie. Cradle 2 Grave, it was called in the US I think. If you've see Deadpool, probably his most well-known song is used in the movie's climax: That song is also used in about a billion other things because it's amazing in a so bad it's good way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 4 hours ago, GallowKnight said: DMX was one of the biggest rappers in the world when I first got into hip hop and in a way will always remain so in my mind. He was not the most eloquent rapper but more than made up for it with power and aggressiveness, plus his first three albums are straight classics. RIP Learned today he was the first artist to have their first five albums go number 1. We broke every pre-game huddle playing football in HS with the chorus to the aforementioned RRA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 This is what I always think of when I think of DMX: "He was just totally disrespecting my authority. Not that I really had the authority." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Prince Phillip wasn't a ruthless colonial. That's all I have to say, being a commonwealth national Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 To those that were active in the anti-war protests during the Bush years you may remember former Attorney General Ramsey Clark. Clark passed recently . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Clark was also one of the youngest Attorneys General ever - he was 39 when confirmed as LBJ's in 1967. His lifetime of commitment to civil liberties, plus legal counsel to very notable defendants, rarely received much mainstream attention. Ironically, he was just recently portrayed by Michael Keaton in Aaron Sorkin's The Trial of the Chicago 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I've decided I'm going to watch the Chicago 7 trial right now. Another interesting bit about Ramsey, his dad was a Supreme Court Justice. Eta: Omg, what a great movie it was too! Funny aside I've heard Ramsey speak at rallies, but also from that movie Alan Ginsberg (the beat poet) spoke at my college when I was a Freshman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 17 hours ago, DireWolfSpirit said: To those that were active in the anti-war protests during the Bush years you may remember former Attorney General Ramsey Clark. Clark passed recently . The Bush years? What about the Johnson /Nixon years? Not all of us are summer children. That name is a blast from the past. And yes I watched the Chicago Seven movie but I also followed the trial in the news as it was happening and read Abby Hoffman's 'Steal This Book'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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