Cocaine and Pussy

What did the king of all things say he wanted when he started his career? Simple. "Cocaine and pussy". Now you can't imagine that goal leading to much more than a two hit wonder rapper that made his highest radio play off of his smash "Booty juice" (shout out to Fear of a Black Hat) but by some miraculous twist of fate and hard work that goal gave birth to a mogul that continues to inspire millions; a man living, breathing, and continually defining hip hop. I use that intro to bring this idea to the table: Aren't we all taking ourselves a lil' too seriously? In the entertainment industry there is this strong pressure to be an actor that has "longevity and credibility". Don't get me wrong; those are amazing goals but all too often, we measure every action of an actor as to whether it will directly achieve those goals. Webster’s dictionary defines longevity as "a long continuance". Credibility is defined as "the quality of inspiring belief". Those definitions are subjective and therefore capable of holding different meanings depending on who you ask. Who on earth is so all knowing and and all powerful that they should be the one to define the goal or meaning for another's life and career? We can't even help people any more unless we are living a common denominator life! Do our actors really have to be just like us, act like us, go to the same church, share our political views, or be role models to our children before we buy their videos? So what I love about the mogul's less than politically correct or "wrong" answer, is maybe we all ought to lighten up and allow our actors to be what they are and say what they really feel or think instead of giving the "vague and opinionless" answer as taught to my generation of actors in order to achieve 'credibility and longevity' to sell more videos... Maybe next time the answer should be something as simple as "cocaine and pussy".-Mel