# Did you hear the one about the rapper who gouged his eye out? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2005, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350 "2005-02-04T11:43:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/1 "2005-02-04T11:43:50Z")
This is the story as I’ve heard it: Houston (the rapper) is on tour along with Chingy. He is very depressed and attempts to jump out of a window in his hotel room. He is prevented from doing so. It is said that Houston is upset with all the sin he sees around him. He tells his bodyguards that he’s fine and he’s going to read the bible. “It’s quiet in there,” think the bodyguards, “Too quiet!” The find blood on the floor and Houston with a bloody towel to his face. Houston says it’s a nosebleed. The bodyguards demand to see. Houston removes the towel and the see he has no eye. “It’s better this way.” Houston is reported telling them. I swear I’m not making this up. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/2 "2005-02-04T11:59:23Z")
url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1496457/20050202/houston.jhtml?headlines=true]News Story [Another report with a link to a picture](http://slumz.boxden.com/showthread.php?t=171794) - two click rule applies… Grim ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/3 "2005-02-04T12:00:52Z")
Even better with a fixed link: [News Story](http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1496457/20050202/houston.jhtml?headlines=true) ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/4 "2005-02-04T12:08:06Z")
“If thine eye offends thee…” Wonder how he scooped it out? sppon? Maybe a wire coat hanger. Remember when Bushwick Bill from Geto Boys lost his eye because he begged his girlfrined to shoot him in the head, only she botched the job? [They made an album cover out of it!](http://platta.net/images/covers/170/8174-0.jpg) This eye damage motif must be some kinda 5th Ward thang. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/5 "2005-02-04T12:26:01Z")
Phew, I thought you meant that he ate it. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/6 "2005-02-04T13:17:36Z")
I guess he had to outdo that guy who always wears a band-aid on his cheek. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/7 "2005-02-04T13:46:19Z")
ROFL. I must have self-corrected the title when I read it, cause I thought it said “gouged.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/8 "2005-02-04T13:48:52Z")
You mean “gouged” unless he ate so much and got so full that the eye just popped out due to lack of room. **Askia** , the link says he “stabbed” it out. I don’t recommend any of you click through to the picture unless you have strong stomachs. ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/9 "2005-02-04T13:59:25Z")
the picture wasn’t THAT bad. doesn’t begin to equal what you find at [Rotten.Com](http://Rotten.Com) and no, i’m not providing links. some of you can’t seem to control yourselves, even when you’ve been warned. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/10 "2005-02-04T14:04:31Z")
> [@Green Bean](#): > > I guess he had to outdo that guy who always wears a band-aid on his cheek. That would be Nelly 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/11 "2005-02-04T14:28:01Z")
He took his own eye out of his very own personal head! ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/12 "2005-02-04T15:58:39Z")
Ah, the downside of the mission of the Gideons… ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/13 "2005-02-04T16:04:59Z")
Thread title fixed. – Uke, CS mod & copyeditor ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/14 "2005-02-04T16:17:24Z")
Nothing good can come from hitting the pipe while watching an old Ray Milland film! ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/15 "2005-02-04T16:18:36Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > “If thine eye offends thee…” Well exactly. And as the fundumentalists have been telling us that the bible is 100% literal and metaphors of Of Satan, I assume they’ll be along soon to appaud his actions. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/16 "2005-02-04T16:48:41Z")
Houston was apparently hospitalized last year for treatment of manic-depression and has “struggled” since then. Personally, I read “struggled” as either having gone off his meds, or been using unprescribed additional medication. He was strung out on PCP at the time of the eye-gouging. If he was peaking in a mania, he could have had a psychotic break, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/17 "2005-02-04T19:14:45Z")
He did it just so he could be called Blind Lemon Houston! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/18 "2005-02-05T05:12:47Z")
The sad part is that presumedly the people who were closest to him could see that he had problems but were more concerned about keeping the money train rolling than getting him the help he needed. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/19 "2005-02-05T05:59:35Z")
ludovic, you are a very, (snort) very naughty person. I like your ways. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/20 "2005-02-05T06:18:22Z")
Oh man, is that message board painful to read. It’s sad that he’s ill and I hope he finds the help he needs, whatever that is. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350.md?page=2)