When Keeping It 100 Backfires [Photos] | #KeepIt100
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Stephen A Smith’s Ray Rice Quote
In a press conference, Janay Rice sounded like she was apologizing for provoking being punched by her fiancée, which also sounds kind of ludicrous. Stephen A. Smith insinuated the same thing on ESPN’s First Take and found himself suspended and apologizing.
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Kanye Interrupts Taylor Swift
“Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” really was a lot better than whatever Taylor Swift got that MTV VMA for in 2009. Blame the Hennessy for Kanye keeping it 100 and trying to bumrush America’s sweetheart without expecting consequences.
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Bill Simmons Disses Roger Goodell
The Ray Rice scandal was so controversial that it took out two ESPN employees. Grandland EIC, Bill Simmons, repeatedly called NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell a liar on his BS Report podcast after Goodell claimed to have not seen footage of Rice punching his fiancée. Simmons got a three-week suspension.
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Samatha Power Shades Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama was rocking with Samantha Power as a foreign policy adviser during his 2008 Presidential campaign. But Power slipped up and got quoted shading fellow Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton. In order to deflect that heat, Power had to take an L and resign from the campaign.
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Phylicia Rashad Defends Bill Cosby
After decades, we know Phylicia Rashad is on Team Bill Cosby. But she was quoted as saying, “forget those women” in regards to the 30-plus women who alleged Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them. After dying a thousand deaths on Twitter, she probably wishes she didn’t keep it 100.
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Peter Rosenberg Disses Nicki Minaj
Candid opinion turned to disrespect when Funkmaster Flex and Peter Rosenberg revealed their real feelings about Nicki Minaj’s hit single “Starships.” In return, Nicki politely skipped out on Hot 97’s 2012 Summer Jam. Sometimes, you just have to shut up and play the records.
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Kanye West’s “Pet Names” For Kim K
At various times, Kanye West has called his wife and the mother of his child a “Trophy Wife,” someone who became “a superstar all from a home movie,” and someone who “dated broke black dudes.” Sigh. Someday, North West is going to be on the Internet reading about how daddy kept it 100 when talking about mommy.
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Macklemore Shares His Texts
There’s all kinds of unwritten rules about keeping private communications private, and Macklemore violated when he Instagrammed his text message apology to Kendrick Lamar for winning the Best Rap Album GRAMMY.
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Donald Sterling’s Racist Rants
Billionaire, 80-year-olds with dementia and trifling side-pieces saying racist things isn’t particularly surprising. It’s even less surprising when they have a history of such behavior. Somehow, Donald Sterling kept it 100 and made more billions. Only in America.
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Kanye West vs. George Bush
Six words can do you in. When ‘Ye said, “George Bush doesn’t like black people,” it came back to haunt him, even though many agreed with the sentiment.
