After pulling a handful of tweets from Brooklyn rhymer Joey Bada$$, the folks on the Hip Hop Heads board at Reddit have uncovered that the musician canceled three upcoming shows after boasting about looking at the solar eclipse without any eye protection.
In the weeks leading up to Monday’s (August 21) solar eclipse, many warned of the harmful effects of staring at the sun without protection.
Joey’s reasoning for gazing at the eclipse? If the ancestors did it, then he can too.
“Am I crazy for watching the eclipse today w no glasses? I’ve sungazed before and afterwards saw colors for a whole day. I didn’t die tho…This ain’t the first solar eclipse and I’m pretty sure our ancestors ain’t have no fancy eyewear. Also pretty sure they ain’t all go blind,” Bada$$ wrote in two separate tweets on Monday.
Only one day after the eclipse, on Tuesday (August 22), Joey canceled his sets on Logic’s Everybody’s Tour in Cleveland, Chicago, and Toronto.
“Due to unforeseen circumstances, my Cleveland, Chicago & Toronto shows on the #EverybodyTour are cancelled,” Joey tweeted.
Although the rapper did tweet about looking at the sun during the eclipse, a photo he uploaded to Instagram Tuesday shows him wearing what appears to be a pair of eclipse glasses.
The exact reason for Joey Badass’ canceled shows has yet to be revealed, but if it was eclipse related, he wouldn’t be the only person who had issues. Google searches for “my eyes hurt” spiked just after the event was over.
He really was stupid enough not to use glasses? I love his music, especially the last two albums – but come on, protect your eyes from shit like this.
Lmao man i swear human kind gets fucking stupidet every year man gotta love hubris and ignorance…
The true sun is internal the ancestors concentrate on the inner sun while staring at eclipe thru a hand made triangle with eyes CLOSED!!!!
Best comment I’ve read on this site EVER
Fucking retard
the art of dinduism
Joey Blindass, Joey Dumbass
Fuckin dummy SMH
“Chasing after death so we can call ourselves brave” -Mos Def
Serves him right for saying “Fuck Trump” all over his weak ass second album.
In other news, Trump also looked at the sun with no eye protection and was just fine.
that picture was fake he didn’t look at it
that picture was fake he didn’t look at it
Fucking moron. Ay joey. No body cares!
I’m sure he feels so devastated now.
A$$wipes will be A$$wipes
“Didn’t die”
Was that really a part of the myth? If you stare at the sun you will die?
How did it become cool to be an idiot
When trump started campaigning
Ha. Yeah right. Rappers have been acting like fools for decades to be popular. Your gonna tell me Soulja boy , a decade before trump, wasn’t a complete fool?
The irony of going blind and labeling it “unforeseen”…
Whys everyone concluding it’s bc his eyes got effed up when no reason has been provided for the cancellations? I swear the interwebs (and media news) breeds idiots smh
Key word “unforeseen”
Sorry but that’s just plain stupid …