# Rapper cancels concerts after bragging about staring directly at eclipse **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-cancels-concerts-after-bragging-about-staring-directly-at-eclipse/794576 "2017-08-24T18:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-cancels-concerts-after-bragging-about-staring-directly-at-eclipse/794576/1 "2017-08-24T18:23:30Z")
Joey Bada$$'s wise logic: “This ain’t the first solar eclipse and I’m pretty sure our ancestors ain’t have no fancy eyewear. Also pretty sure they ain’t all go blind.” Well, the next day, he cancelled three performances due to UNFORESEEN circumstances: [http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chicagoinc/ct-solar-eclipse-joey-bada-concerts-20170824-story.html](http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chicagoinc/ct-solar-eclipse-joey-bada-concerts-20170824-story.html) He also spells his name with dollar signs, which has been [out of vogue for over three years](http://www.eonline.com/news/518732/ke-ha-is-no-more-singer-drops-the-dollar-sign-and-changes-twitter-handle-after-leaving-rehab). ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-cancels-concerts-after-bragging-about-staring-directly-at-eclipse/794576/2 "2017-08-24T18:49:01Z")
So, when somebody stares at a solar eclipse without proper eye protection, their next step is to quit work? Quick, [somebody tell this guy](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-solar-eclipse-photo-stares-without-glasses-video-white-house-balcony-dont-look-aides-a7905771.html)! ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-cancels-concerts-after-bragging-about-staring-directly-at-eclipse/794576/3 "2017-08-24T19:14:32Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > So, when somebody stares at a solar eclipse without proper eye protection, their next step is to quit work? > > Quick, [somebody tell this guy](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-solar-eclipse-photo-stares-without-glasses-video-white-house-balcony-dont-look-aides-a7905771.html)! Hopefully his eyeballs are a couple of smoldering spheres of ash right now. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-cancels-concerts-after-bragging-about-staring-directly-at-eclipse/794576/4 "2017-08-24T19:16:21Z")
It’s all a joke for publicity. He posted multiple pictures of himself wearing the glasses and is now retweeting all the articles saying he must be blind. [https://www.instagram.com/p/BYGSD93BJZ\_/?hl=en&taken-by=joeybadass](https://www.instagram.com/p/BYGSD93BJZ_/?hl=en&taken-by=joeybadass) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-cancels-concerts-after-bragging-about-staring-directly-at-eclipse/794576/5 "2017-08-24T19:38:15Z")
And yet, [still not the stupidest](http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/b-o-b-solar-eclipse-opinions.html) comments about the eclipse from a rapper. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-cancels-concerts-after-bragging-about-staring-directly-at-eclipse/794576/6 "2017-08-24T19:46:23Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > And yet, [still not the stupidest](http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/b-o-b-solar-eclipse-opinions.html) comments about the eclipse from a rapper. I mean, geez; the guy can’t even figure out that the earth can’t possibly be flat because if it were cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-cancels-concerts-after-bragging-about-staring-directly-at-eclipse/794576/7 "2017-08-24T21:55:12Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > It’s all a joke for publicity. He posted multiple pictures of himself wearing the glasses and is now retweeting all the articles saying he must be blind. > > [https://www.instagram.com/p/BYGSD93BJZ\_/?hl=en&taken-by=joeybadass](https://www.instagram.com/p/BYGSD93BJZ_/?hl=en&taken-by=joeybadass) Yeah, that’s what I was wondering. It seemed like a joke to me from the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapper-cancels-concerts-after-bragging-about-staring-directly-at-eclipse/794576/8 "2017-08-24T23:33:37Z")
Most rappers are not what I would call intelligent. Street smarts, that’s the ticket!