Certified "GOON"

Urban Dictionary:

Goon
-this word has many definitions, but in Florida & many hoods across tha country, a goon is a real nigga: ready 2 ride or die 4 his/hers, takes care of their fam, not scared of tha law or any other nigga, makin his/her own money legally or not, never snitches always follows tha street code.




I have nothing against Plies, matter of fact Plies is one of my favorite rappers but...What really is a "Goon" and Plies are you really a goon? If you have ever listened to a Plies song or saw a video he constantly boasts about his goon image. But If you have watched an interview of Plies you would also know the man talks like an educated man instead of the southern hoarse voice his uses on tracks.



So I have come to find out that not only did Plies attend college he attended a school 45 min away from me that I am very familiar with.

Excerpt From Vibe Magazine:
-He briefly attended Miami University in Ohio to play basketball before transferring to the University of Central Florida his sophomore year. (He dropped out before completing his degree.) Former club promoter. Proud father of Nijier Lanier Washington, 5. Younger brother of Ronell Lawrence “Big Gates” Lavatte, the CEO of Plies’ label, Big Gates Records, who is currently serving two concurrent, three-year sentences at Coleman Federal Correctional Facility.

^Courtesy: http://www.vibe.com/news/cover_stories/2008/11/plies_cover_story/

So is being certified a "Goon" mean attending college? I mean I have no problem with that being a factor in the description. Yet it seems highly hypocritcal that one could be a goon, who wears a black mask and robbed people but also attended college. And I'm not making that up, Im just repeating what he says in his music. Because like he says his music is the reflection of his hood and him. Now I am in no means bashing Plies because he attended college, I applaud him as one of the few rappers who did despite his success to complete it. Not that many people know that he attended college and the sad thing is that It being revealed publicly could hurt his career because it would question one of the main focuses of his music. But I feel like how much of a "Goon" was he really earlier in his life?