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Does Ray-J Suffer From Chronic Corniness?
I mean, I’ve tried to give this brother a number of chances, but he just continues to blow it at every turn. You could say that “Sexy Can I,” like a number of his songs, are catchy, but his persona and demeanor just screams “Somebody, slap the ridiculous out of me. I’ve been trying for years, and I just can’t shake it.”
His time on “Moesha” and “One on One” was the first strike, then his presence on “106 and Park” was strike two. The Kardashian era got him up outta there, but then you have all these other foul balls known as his music.
Dude just can’t win for losing.
I’m not a hood dude by any means these days, but I grew up in one. And in the few chances that I have to return to my roots, Ray-J’s name is usually synonymous with the following terms: silly, clown, buffoon, jackass, fronter, poser, loser, and corny.
Of course, I might be hating. I’ll probably never have the money, fame, or lifestyle that he enjoys. But I enjoy not being snickered at on television sets around the country at any given moment, either. Seems like an ample trade to be poor and anonymous than to be synonymous with cultural foolishness.
Is he a sex symbol? Is he representative of what young people are into these days? Am I that old that everything he stands for is a joke to me?
Nah. Ray-J’s just that wack.
