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January 15, 2008
Jeepers, Rappers, Where’d You Get Those Arms and Torsos?
By BEN SISARIO
When news surfaced over the weekend that 50 Cent, Wyclef Jean, Timbaland and other rap stars had been implicated in a steroids investigation, some hip-hop fans were shocked, but to many in the industry the accusations seemed inevitable.
Although public accusations of steroid and human-growth-hormone use by rappers and R&B stars — like Mary J. Blige, who was also named in the investigation, according to a report in The Times Union of Albany — are all but unheard of, the latest news struck a chord about the increasing pressure on these performers to maintain perfect, even superhuman physiques as a part of their overall image and brand.
“The spectacle of hip-hop now is so much greater than it’s ever been,” said Jeff Chang, the author of the hip-hop history “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop.” “There’s always the battle aesthetic at work, this idea that you’re going to go up there and show that you’re badder than everybody else. It’s part of the swagger that hip-hop carries.”
The investigation, by the Albany County district attorney’s office, has focused on doctors who illegally prescribe drugs for nonmedical purposes. None of the celebrities have been accused of breaking the law, though The Times Union, citing anonymous sources, reported that the stars have received packages of prescribed steroids and human-growth hormone at their homes, at hotels around the country and at the offices of a Long Island chiropractor.
But the recent news highlights an issue that has long been whispered about in hip-hop as some performers have leaned ever more heavily on a Schwarzeneggerian body as part of their public image.
The producer and rapper Timbaland, whose real name is Tim Mosley, weighed more than 300 pounds before his dramatic turnaround a few years ago, when he began a rigorous exercise regime and transformed himself into a bodybuilder, dropping more than 100 pounds in the process. Representatives for Timbaland and 50 Cent did not respond to requests for comment yesterday. A spokeswoman for Ms. Blige said that the singer had never taken steroids, and a spokeswoman for Columbia Records had no comment about Wyclef Jean.
Anabolic steroids and human growth hormone can have immediately visible results in rappers as in athletes, decreasing fat tissue and increasing muscle. But the long-term consequences of the growth hormone can be severe, said Dr. Alvin M. Matsumoto of the University of Washington and the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System.
“If you take it in excessive amounts, it will stimulate a lot of soft-tissue growth, make the jaws larger,” Dr. Matsumoto said. “There could be a lot of the manifestations of organ enlargement — heart enlargement, liver enlargement. All tissues are enlarged, basically, because of growth-hormone stimulation. And that’s not good.”
Talk has swirled about many rappers who have maintained suspiciously Olympian musculatures.
But for 50 Cent, in particular, the news could affect his business. A former boxer, he has long promoted himself as fit and abstemious. He also has a line of vitamin water sold through Glacéau, which was bought by Coca-Cola last year for $4.1 billion.
“The marketing of the images is so key now to so many different bottom lines,” Mr. Chang said. “Not just the music industry, but a whole range of consumer products. Your body is your brand and you’ve got to maintain that image. The machoness and braggadoccio, that’s always been a part of hip-hop. What’s different at the highest levels of the money game in hip-hop is the size of it all.”
How the allegations will be received by fans, however, is far from clear. Illegal or unsavory behavior carries little stigma in some corners of the hip-hop world. And troubles with the law can even help the all-important celebrity story line.
“Fans watch these people like they are watching movies,” Danyel Smith, editor of Vibe magazine, said. These kind of controversies, she added “are considered another arc in the narrative. People will wait to see what good, and what tragedy, will come of it.”
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so what?
it's pretty obvious that timbo and 50 are juicing
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Anabolic steroids and human growth hormone can have immediately visible results in rappers as in athletes,
ROFLMAO!
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Brutal forearms and elbows on timbaland.
Still a dirty ectomorph.
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all juice
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yes they are both huge, dr dre is blowning up too. anyone have any other pics?
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I bet LL got the hip hop industry hooked on teh Juice....
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They might be huge. But are they 300 pounds with abs? I think not.
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nassar has nothing to do with this buddy.
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"huge" oh brother ::)
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"huge" oh brother ::)
is there something little man? thats dr dre you're trying to disrespect aka THE D R E
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"huge" oh brother ::)
Those arms are 19" Cha-cha
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Those arms are 19" Cha-cha
hahahaha! 16'' tops "chief" ;D
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Those arms are 19" Cha-cha
he looks pumped there
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ya dre's arms are def bigger then 16" right there. i would agree with the 19"ers
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he looks pumped there
If I agree with you, I'm going to be accused of teaming up with you :-\
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ya dre's arms are def bigger then 16" right there. i would agree with the 19"ers
You're out of your mind........he looks good but def not huge.
He has a shirt on ffs ::)
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he isn't a bber he is a rapper/producer, he doesn't live to get big, but he looks good either way juice or not.
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hahahahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Dre's arms are nowhere near 19 inches, they're 15 inches.
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he isn't a bber he is a rapper/producer, he doesn't live to get big, but he looks good either way juice or not.
You're the one who said he was "huge" ::)
Why don't you go google sum more pics of your hero..hahahahaha! I bet you watch mtv.
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hahahahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Dre's arms are nowhere near 19 inches, they're 15 inches.
Could you imagine how little someone would have to be to think that monkey is "huge" ::)
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50 been accused of roids before, there was a big to do about roids being found in the trunk of his car back in 2004, I believe that was the year.. Fat Joe ( ::)) made fun of him because of that.
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50 been accused of roids before, there was a big to do about roids being found in the trunk of his car back in 2004, I believe that was the year.. Fat Joe ( ::)) made fun of him because of that.
RIP Big Pun
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lots of jealousy in this thread
so typical of you white guys to hate on the black guy getting some success in life
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RIP Big Pun
no no that was the other fat nigg.er....fat joe is still alive but will prob be dead soon also.
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not that they aint already, but can you imagine how many kids this will ecouraqge to juice now !! :-\
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no no that was the other fat nigg.er....fat joe is still alive but will prob be dead soon also.
there are both not noggaz...there are puerto ricans(?) and big fun was WAAAY fatter than fat joe
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they both had good size
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"Timbland...now a bodybuilder..."
Bwaaahahahahahahahahahah ahahaha!!!!!!!!
Best comedy of the day!
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Bug Pun used to be a boxer and had that " big mofo" look to him...until he got fat. Fat Joe was a idiot for calling 50 out for using steroids, when his fat ass has a hard time climbing 4 stairs.
"Timbland...now a bodybuilder..."
Bwaaahahahahahahahahahah ahahaha!!!!!!!!
Best comedy of the day!
Word is that Timbaland was being trained by Lee Haney himself.
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Bug Pun used to be a boxer and had that " big mofo" look to him...until he got fat. Fat Joe was a idiot for calling 50 out for using steroids, when his fat ass has a hard time climbing 4 stairs.
Word is that Timbaland was being trained by Lee Haney himself.
hahahaa, so that makes him a bodybuilder? anyone with that type of money can throw Haney a few grand a week to "train" them. ::)
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hahahaa, so that makes him a bodybuilder? anyone with that type of money can throw Haney a few grand a week to "train" them. ::)
but isn't everyone who tries to build his body a bber?not a pro or a competitive bber but a bber
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I do not think his arms are 19". And no he is not "huge." If it took gear to look like that, all I have say is :( :o....
Though, the average person watching Dre on tv will be like "OH MY GOD, he is HUGE"
Huge? NO. In good shape? Yes.
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RIP Big Pun
PIP. :'(
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there are better examples
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LL's been training for a decade to look at good - perfectly attainable with good genes and a million $ to buy healthy food and rest all day after lifting, and some discipline.
dre and timba changed overnight. that's the sign of drug use. Ll was chubby bulk the first 5 years of it, and he's always been athletic back to his teens.
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there are better examples
haha, if you believe you have to juice for this, i pity you.
He has been training for decades.
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ll's not a good example, he's been big for along time, remember when he did mtv's unplugged? he was big and in shape even back then...
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I actually heard that LL was juicing. Maybe not in the present time, but at some time he was. Correct/incorrect?
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there are better examples
he's been training forever and he's black
i'd be shocked if he's on anything
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there are better examples
Tim do you want to fuck LL?
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Tim do you want to fuck LL?
well, Ladies love Cool James!
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well, Ladies love Cool James!
Yes women love LL but Tim loves teh cock
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Dr. Dre is great.
Don't care for the rest of those "stars".
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Dr. Dre is great.
Don't care for the rest of those "stars".
typical austrian.
15 years back when it comes to good music. Dre was good in 1992. :o :o :o
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haha, if you believe you have to juice for this, i pity you. He has been training for decades.
sure if he was in his 20s I'd say it could be natural. but 40 (as of yesterday!), not so likely
and no, I wouldn't kick him out of bed
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sure if he was in his 20s I'd say it could be natural. but 40, not so likely
and no, I wouldn't kick him out of bed
tim your a smart man and are very astute ,but its not totally improbable.
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sure if he was in his 20s I'd say it could be natural. but 40 (as of yesterday!), not so likely
and no, I wouldn't kick him out of bed
hahaha, are you dumb?
Testosterone levels sink veeeeery slowly in most males, there are many 40 years old that have higher test levels than other 20 years olds.
He has been training for over 20 years in that pic and isn't really big, only ripped. It would be impossible if he was 20, if anything.
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typical austrian.
15 years back when it comes to good music. Dre was good in 1992. :o :o :o
so are you saying that austrians are the "hillbillies" of the germanic peoples? ;D what about the "swiss-germans"? be careful... i used to date a swiss-german girl ;)
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hahaha, are you dumb?
Testosterone levels sink veeeeery slowly in most males, there are many 40 years old that have higher test levels than other 20 years olds.
He has been training for over 20 years in that pic and isn't really big, only ripped. It would be impossible if he was 20, if anything.
for once i agree with you, people make it sound as if your testosterone levels drop by 60 percent the second you hit 30. ::)
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so are you saying that austrians are the "hillbillies" of the germanic peoples? ;D what about the "swiss-germans"? be careful... i used to date a swiss-german girl ;)
Yes, austrians are strange, they talk veeeerrryyyyy sllllooooooowwwlllllllyy yyyy wwiiiiiiitttthhhhh lloooooonnnngggg nnnnooooiiisssseee and they have strange music. other than that, they are fine!
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for once i agree with you, people make it sound as if your testosterone levels drop by 60 percent the second you hit 30. ::)
If not 70%! ::)
Didn't we have a thread like that lately? BB is over on your 30th birthday. ::) ::)
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some people barely have facial hair at thirty...
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although they probably buy something to "supplement" themselves, you can look like those guys without steroids. Dre just has delts and a defined upper chest, that doesn't make him a steroid user.
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50 been accused of roids before, there was a big to do about roids being found in the trunk of his car back in 2004, I believe that was the year.. Fat Joe ( ::)) made fun of him because of that.
fuck your full of shit, where's your source you liar
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Mary J Blige is a total gym rat. She's always wearing tank tops, she has a tribal arm band tattoo, and she says her name in all of her songs.