Talk:R.A. The Rugged Man

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[edit] Discography

How about "Ruff Rugged and Raw" isn't that an official album? Why is it not listed in the discography? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.216.111.138 (talk) 10:32, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] movies

"Sick in the Head" is listed in the imdb, but the other two film projects mentioned require documentation.

[edit] Shawn the White Rapper?

So, I look around the internets, and I see a lot of conflicting opinion on this subject - is R.A. actually Shawn, "The White Rapper" from the Howard Stern show? Has he ever addressed this directly in an interview or anything? Michaelallroy 05:53, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

No, sean the white rapper is not R.A. the Rugged Man, he is a fan of R.A.

[edit] Biggie Smalls

According to this article, Biggie was not a fan of RA: [1] Let's not get into an edit war. If Biggie was a fan please provide a link proving it like I have. Thanks. MrBlondNYC 04:51, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

The article is bogus and the alleged interview in the article came out years after Biggie had died (it's fake and no tape of that interview can be found.) While B.I.G. was alive he recorded two songs with R.A. The quote from biggie "I thought I was the illest" reffering to R.A. is fact and was published in Ego Trip magazine in 1994 while B.I.G. was still alive, the quote was also used several times while Jive was promoting R.A. as Crustified Dibbs from 1992 -1994. For more REAL proof not a bogus internet article check both Notorious B.I.G. albums 'Ready to die' and 'Life after Death', you'll see Biggie thanks 'Rugged Man' in the shout outs.

It's real easy to say the article is fake with ZERO proof. Just as I can say the Ego Trip article you referred to fake with no proof. What does BIG's death have to do with the validity of the article if it occurred before he died? Are the songs released after his death fake too? Maybe this is a whole big conspiracy against R.A. the Rugged Man. Yes, Peace magazine is trying to bring him down. Look, I don't want a childish edit war with you and it's obvious you love this guy. But you still need to have a citation for such a claim. As long as you don't remove the "Citation needed" tag, the sentence remains suspect as it should. And as long as that tag is there the entire sentence can be removed at any time in good faith. So please keep that in mind. MrBlondNYC 20:44, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

ONCE AGAIN--- For more REAL proof from the real NOTORIOUS B.I.G. check both Notorious B.I.G. albums 'Ready to die' and 'Life after Death', you'll see Biggie thanks 'Rugged Man' in the shout outs. --- Did you know B.I.G. personally? Try asking the people associated with B.I.G. and R.A., that knew the both of them. Jive records could not have used B.I.G.'s quote without serious lawsuit from Bad Boy if it were not true. Yes, and the magazine with the fake interview saying B.I.G. didn't like R.A. can not produce a taped recording of the interview. They have been asked to before and can't produce. It is false. That's why it was never published in a legitimate magazine because any magazine worth something would've feared a lawsuit. Don't you think a long lost B.I.G. interview would've been able to be published in a far more esteemed publication such as XXl, or SOURCE, or even URB ? Ofcourse, anyone would have taken that interview if it were real but nobody wants to publish an interview with no recorded proof. understand? In order for VIBE, SOURCE, KING, etc, to publish something like that the legal department needs the recorded tapes to varify if it is true.

Please provide a citation of the quote. A citation of which magazine, author, article, date title will suffice. Just because Biggie thanked RA in his liner notes does not mean he said "I thought I was the illest". It means he said "Shout out to R.A. the Rugged Man" and that's not the same thing. Reverting good faith edits could result in blocking. MrBlondNYC 22:41, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Notorious B.I.G. quote "I thought I was the illest" reffering to R.A. the RUGGED MAN (Crustified Dibbs at the time) was published by EGO TRIP MAGAZINE (1994) Vol. 1, Issue 3: Smif-N-Wessun/on the cover. Published by E-Wilson who now is head at XXL, Sasha Jenkins, Chairman Mao, etc. It is a fact that the quote is in this issue. If it is removed from wikipedia the way it is written now you are removing historical truth. Please, stop trying to rewrite history and violate peoples reputations and names out of hate. Thank you.

Haha. I don't "hate" RA the Rugged Man. Wikipedia wants all articles to be correct and prefers them to be cited. Quotes especially HAVE to be cited or they get removed. Sorry but there's rules here. Another rule is you have to provide edit summaries along with your edits. Another is you have to sign your name when you write on the talk pages. Just remember the rules and there won't any Bloodshed Hoo Ha Hoo. OK? MrBlondNYC 01:08, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Die Rugged Man Die.jpg

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[edit] More Explanation Needed

"Due to violent and disgusting behavior R.A. was blackballed and feared by music industry executives throughout much of the 1990's." - there has got to be specifics on what the "violent and disgusting behavior" is. thanks. Sfrostee 5/26/08 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.15.231.249 (talk) 23:11, 26 May 2008 (UTC)