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Riley flosses with a new Blackberry with no one to contact and considers the 50 Cent and Game beef to be a much more pressing issue than the war in the Middle East. Because the only thing worse than hundreds of thousands dying in a war is if one of those casualties is a rapper.

As smart as he was, he still had to report to his Granddad, who represented one of the many African-Americans who were confused by the world but happy with a roof over their head and wished for their kids to simply act right. Call it hopelessly optimistic. Each of the characters had their own breakout potential, but they worked best when riffing off each other as they provided alternate perspectives of the black experience. Each were open to comedic fodder: Caesar for his yo momma jokes, Riley for being Riley Escobar, Granddad for watching UPN, and Huey for being a revolutionist with limitations, one of which is not having a car.

Drake is emotionally frustrated; Kendrick Lamar is the aggressive street poet, and Chance the Rapper is an eccentric. The Boondocks took on the state of the hip-hop culture at both an immature level Granddad noted B2K, an old boy band, sounded like a Burger King meal — kind of true and a wiser, satirical level.

So Riley reasons that he must get shot, too, to get his gangsta image out there. And ridiculous. The Gangsta is more popular, but no more legit. Riley and other supporters are pretty much aware the eponymous singer has pissed on a teenage girl. Maybe a less racial way to phrase his point is this: Cultural figures only have as much power as you let them. He tweets. Eddie Fu November 12, Mary Siroky November 12, That's how pimps do, right? Don't get me wrong, A Pimp Named Slickback will put a lot of things over a ho.

Money over a ho, always. Brand new gators over a ho, absolutely. A turkey sandwich with just tomato, guaranteed. But homies? Oh no. Sign In. The Boondocks. Animation Action Comedy. See more at IMDbPro. Photos 2. Add image. Top cast Edit. Snoop Dogg Macktastic as Macktastic voice. Busta Rhymes Flonominal as Flonominal voice. Sway Self as Self archive footage voice.

Often, these fictional rappers are terrible collections of dumb stereotypes. Welcome to Phony Rappers, a look at rappers in pop culture. The Boondocks had a full crew of great, memorable rapper characters who were also people, including an actual crew, the perfectly named Lethal Interjection.

Frederick cheated on him on tour. At the end of the first episode, Riley realizes that his hero, the hard Gangstalicious, is a normal, broke, short dude who rents the jets for his videos a sad realization I think a lot of former eight-year-olds can identify with.

Gangstalicious is even willing to hop on a remix with Lethal Interjection, who vow to keep his secret safe.