Power Of The Tongue: Frightening Cases Of Rappers Speaking Their Downfall Into Existence - Page 5

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On Friday, Lil Wayne is set to drop his highly anticipated 13th studio album, entitled Funeral — and fans had lots to say about the peculiar title.

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Sure, it’s creative and cool that if you flip the album upside down, it spells his name.

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But with the amount of deaths we’ve experienced in the hip hop community over the past few years, and the number of health scares Wayne has had; it makes the word “funeral” even more daunting.

Before 2019 wrapped up, we said our goodbyes to 21-year old rapper Juice WRLD who died of an overdose back in December. Juice has always been open about his issues with mental health and drugs, but after his death, fans dug deeper into his lyrics and realized that the young legend often spoke about dying young.

Even Snoop Dogg spoke out about the effects of writing and speaking things into existence.

“When I wrote ‘Murder Was the Case,’ I didn’t have a case. I believe my pen brought that to life. That’s why I chose to write from a different perspective on Tha Doggfather and records after that. I found myself going back into the gangsta… You know, the gangsta lifestyle always going to pull you back, but you try to write to live now.”

We all know that there’s power in the tongue. Your word is literally your wand. So the next time you title a project or name a child even, remember this quote:

“Don’t ever diminish the power of words. Words move hearts and hearts move limbs.” -Hamza Yusuf

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Biggie

The Notorious BIG’s only two albums were titled “Ready To Die” and “Life After Death”, which were both released before he was gunned down in 1997.

Left Eye

In an eery documentary about her trip to Honduras, Left Eye was involved in a car accident that left a little boy dead, and said that she felt like the spirit of death was following her but got the kid instead. She died two weeks later in a car accident.

Tupac

Pac was assassinated in 1996, but before his death, he penned a slew of songs that were pretty dark and prophetic. Like “I Ain’t Mad A Cha”, “I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto” and “If I Die Tonight”.

Proof

On his song “40 Oz”, the D-12 emcee rapped, “I’m in the club to beef, you gotta murder me there”. And in Eminem’s 2010 video for “Like Toy Soldiers”, Proof played the role of the friend who was murdered over beef. Shortly after, he was murdered in a deadly nightclub shooting in Detroit.

Big L

Legendary emcee Big L, who was murdered in a drive by shooting in 1999, rapped his own fate in song called ‘Casualties Of A Dice Game’. “I watched all of them, run for they share / And all I can do was stare / I got weak and fell on my rear / Now I can hear the sirens, that means here comes the Jakes / But it’s too late, I’m knockin’ on the pearly gates.”

XXXTentacion

Just a few days before his 2018 death, XXX said in an Instagram Live video:

“If I’m going to die or ever be a sacrifice, I want to make sure that my life made at least five million kids happy or they found some sort of answers or resolve in my life regardless of the negative around my name.” He was gunned down in Florida just days later.