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R & B Singer gouges eyes out

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Faos, Feb 2, 2005.

  1. rrj_gamz

    rrj_gamz Member

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    WTF...Can it really be all that bad to get to this point...go bang a fat chick or something...not the eyes...
     
  2. Rockets34Legend

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    I guess the eyepatch is the new rap fashion.
     
  3. ima_drummer2k

    ima_drummer2k Member

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    WTF?!?

    What could drive a man to such a thing? Was he listening to an Ashlee Simpson CD or something?
     
  4. across110thstreet

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    maybe he wasnt seeing eye to eye with his record label
     
  5. SamCassell

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    Bet that was an eye opening experience.
     
  6. Faos

    Faos Member

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    How do you know that's not what caused him to do that? Maybe he was drunk when he took her home then woke up sober next to her?
     
  7. Lil Pun

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    Umm no, that passed years ago with Slick Rick and Immature.
     
  8. across110thstreet

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    beauty is in the eye of the beholder
     
  9. Rockets34Legend

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    Well, I'm guessing he wants to bring it back?
     
  10. ima_drummer2k

    ima_drummer2k Member

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    Unlike plastic swords, Big-Wheels, and water guns which have recently made a comeback...
     
  11. Hippieloser

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    http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1496457/20050202/houston.jhtml?headlines=true

    Finally, Bushwick Bill weighs in! And it looks like this injury can be chalked up to our old friend dust.


    R&B Singer Houston Gouges Eye Out After Apparent Suicide Attempt
    02.02.2005 1:51 PM EST

    Singer attempted to jump out of hotel window.
    Houston (file)
    Photo: Capitol After being thwarted in a suicide attempt in a London hotel room, R&B singer Houston gouged his own eye out.

    On Thursday Houston attempted to jump out of a 13th-floor hotel window but was stopped by his security personnel, sources close to


    the singer said. He was moved to a lower floor and locked in his room, where he injured himself. Additional details are still coming to light, and photographs of his injury are circulating online.

    The Los Angeles native, born Houston Summers IV, was overseas for a series of performances when the incident occurred. He scored a hit last year with "I Like That," which featured Chingy and Nate Dogg and was used in a McDonald's commercial (see "Houston Scores Club Hit With Help From Chingy, Nate Dogg"). His debut album, It's Already Written, was certified gold a month after its release in August.

    "Our thoughts and prayers are with Houston during this tragic time," a Capitol Records spokesperson said.

    Los Angeles radio station KKBT-FM's K-Sly, who appeared in the "I Like That" video and is close to Houston's camp, said the singer had been under psychiatric care last year for manic depression. Another source corroborated that claim, adding that Houston had also struggled with PCP.

    "I was told he wanted to commit suicide and stabbed his eye out," K-Sly said. "He was telling people he was Jesus and wanted to go home to his Father."

    The singer is now back in Los Angeles.

    Upon hearing about Houston, Bushwick Bill of rap group the Geto Boys felt compelled to speak out. In 1991, Bill forced his girlfriend to assist him in a suicide attempt, and she shot him in the eye. "Fame will make you crazy," Bill said in a statement. "Fame isn't for everybody. There are people who have a fear of fame, those who want fame, and those who don't understand fame. It drives them crazy, because it is a lot of responsibility to be all things to all people, and you can lose yourself in the shuffle, where there are no longer 52 cards in the deck."

    — Rashaun Hall, with additional reporting by Sway Calloway and Joseph Patel
     
  12. Lil Pun

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    Anybody have a photo of the injury?
     
  13. Manny Ramirez

    Manny Ramirez The Music Man

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    Can we wait to ask after I finish eating my lunch?:(
     
  14. ima_drummer2k

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  15. Lil Pun

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    I looked up Houston injury on Yahoo! Image Search and all I got was a bunch of photos of Allan Houston.
     
  16. Vengeance

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    Someone who makes me want to gouge my eyes out when I see him.
     
  17. moestavern19

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    He probably took a fair looking London groupie back to his pad and then she opened her mouth.
     
  18. francis 4 prez

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    well he's blind, not deaf, right now, so obviously not.
     
  19. ChrisP

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    PCP... that's the first thing I thought of when I read that story. Angel dust makes you crazy.
     
  20. KellyDwyer

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    There is a photo floating around the 'net, but I don't have the stomach to go back and cut and paste the link.
     

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