A U.S. rapper has today rocked the music world to its very core by not weirdly citing 80s crime saga Scarface as one of his influences.
Up and coming Atlanta rapper, Ridonkulous, made the shocking admission during a routine interview with The Source magazine during which he elaborated on the aspects of his life and art generally that influenced his work.
“Every rapper since Scarface was released has cited it as an influence, whether in interviews, mentioning it in their lyrics or even having videos of them doing impressions of Al Pacino’s Cuban drawl,” claimed The Source magazine spokesperson Khalifa Greene. “The fact that this guy has come out and not mentioned Scarface, or crime movies generally, as an influence on his flow is really out there.”
“To be honest, I was surprised he wasn’t watching the film when I arrived, I thought it was a bit unusual and maybe a little rude,” he added.
“I was shocked, and frankly appalled that he didn’t take time out to mention what a formative impact the film had on him. At one point I pulled out my tape recorder and made the quip “say hello to my little friend” but he just looked at me blankly,” continued Mr. Greene. “I then explained it was, you know, the line from Scarface when Al Pacino kills the Colombian hit squad and he just replied ‘What?'”
“I asked him had he seen the film and he said yes but didn’t remember much of it,” explained a shaken Mr. Greene. “The only thing worse than not citing Scarface as an influence is never having seen it in the first place – but worse than both, is having seen it and still not citing it as an influence.”
Fans of Ridonkulous have reportedly burned CDs and unfollowed his social media feeds in protest at his lack of respect for rap music tradition with some saying “this is the worst thing a rapper has ever done, and I’m including R. Kelly for what he has done to women and Ja Rule for what he has done to music generally”.
“I looked through his DVD collection and he didn’t even own a copy of it,” wept Mr. Greene. “That’s sacrilegious as an rapper who has ever appeared on MTV Cribs will tell you, ‘you gotta have Scarface in your collection.'”
“It’s a well known fact that every rapper loves Scarface and if there was some kind of re-imagining of it featuring a black Tony Montana, they’d all want to play the titular character,” he continued. “Walking through his house I didn’t see one Scarface poster or gaudy piece of art inspired by the film, it’s like Scarface didn’t even exist for him.”
“Obviously, if he hasn’t quoted Scarface as an interest then he isn’t a real rapper in the truest sense of the word,” he concluded. “Going through his lyrical output I found no references to his balls and his word being all he had, it’s sick and weird.”
