and despite how all of this guy's "talent" amounted to lifting entire melodies from other people's music, he famously threw a tantrum when Weird Al did a parody of Gangsta's Paradise. you know, one of those things that takes actual effort and ingenuity.
It wasn't that long ago I actually found out "Gangsta's Paradise" was actually a sample of Stevie Wonder's song, "Pastime Paradise".
and despite how all of this guy's "talent" amounted to lifting entire melodies from other people's music, he famously threw a tantrum when Weird Al did a parody of Gangsta's Paradise. you know, one of those things that takes actual effort and ingenuity.
Ngl, that sounds like, uhh, most hip hop "artists", both current and past...
(Live fast and) Die young, or live long enough to see yourself parodied. What a gig, hey...
We're living in a vaxtime paradise.