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“Swag tag! I’m it.”

Manufactured swag must die! I hate it. I’m tired of regular people faking like they live in a continuous music video. So is the video producer homie Z M Wright. He hilariously rants about this disturbing trend of everybody thinking that they’re celebrities because they took a picture holding a bottle of Moet Rose and posted it on their Blackplanet page.

“You’re not nearly as dynamic as your Myspace page, Facebook status or Twitter would lead one to believe,” he rants.

Manufactured swag to its authentic counterpart is what spinning hubcaps is to actual rims or what Chrysler 300Ms are to Bentleys. It’s not the actual thing. So if you ever hid behind shades in a dark ass night club but didn’t get paid to be there or mortgaged your rent check on some sort of extravagance you can’t really afford in order to place yourself on some self-imposed synthetic social level that’s higher than your actual social level than you need to watch this. No, I’m serious.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MahoniWorldTour/ MahoniWorldTour

    It ain’t trickin if ya got it, right???

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MahoniWorldTour/ MahoniWorldTour

    I mean allow an average smoe their 15 minutes.. Why don’t cha..lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mizz_tezzy/ mizz_tezzy

    OMG!!! HE IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO LAME I HOPE HE NOT 4REAL HE NEEDS HELP

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stan_Vinyl/ Stan_Vinyl

    I felt everything he said except one thing… SWAGGER IS A PROUD WALK, NOT A PRESENCE! Being laid back and thinkin your cool is not swagg, some of ya’ll need to pick up a damn dictionary sometime and quick jackin off at the ego!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/harlemflights09/ harlemflights09

    lmao he had on mad scarves and a f**king tie a ugly one at that!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/JAY_DONT_EAT_DZ_HOEZ/ JAY_DONT_EAT_DZ_HOEZ

    U KNOW I ALWAYS HATED THAT WORD “SWAGG”I THINK ITS GAY 4REAL NOW ERR BODY THINK THEY GOT SWAGG=FAGG SO PLEASE STFU WITH THE FAG SWAGG SHIIT…….AND MAHONIWORLD TRICKIN IS TRICKIN B PERIOD WEATHER U GOT IT OR NOT CALL IT WANT U WONT B ……CLOWNS KILL ME…….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mslioness85226/ mslioness85226

    This was soooooooooo hilarious, and yet sooooo true, serioously some people do not know the difference between life (real) and fiction (music vidoes, and magazines) im glad he put that out there

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/IAMTEXAS/ IAMTEXAS

    im pissed at this video….basically he sayin everybody is lame nobody has swagg

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/IAMTEXAS/ IAMTEXAS

    i wish i cud meet this dude face to face and tell him how wrong he is

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mr_Spann/ Mr_Spann

    Damn if I haven’t been saying the same shyt for about 5 years! LOL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Red_Avenger/ Red_Avenger

    The dime comment had me rollin. “It’s like giving your self a credit score”.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DoForSelfEnt/ DoForSelfEnt

    The only swag i like to see is a woman’s walk… When a dude say they like another nigga’s swag that is called dick riding

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/denash07/ denash07

    im going to qoute the greatest man in the history of america. and he said this word “what?”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BLKNMLD2000/ BLKNMLD2000

    LMMFAO @ THIS DUDE WHO PAYS MONEY TO WEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S NAME ON HIS CHEST. AND HAS THE NERVE TO SPEAK ON WHAT OTHERZ HAS OR HAS NOT THE RIGHT OF LABELING THEIR PERSONALITY PUBLICLY……. NOW THATS LAME…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ccollins912/ ccollins912

    dude right tho… we watch tv and buy wat artists floss… at times dat makes it hard ppl 2 stand out wit them… true swagga is respect…. u built it… u earn it… simple…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/handsomeboy53/ handsomeboy53

    lmao. no comment.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mcbounds_GQ/ Mcbounds_GQ

    In all honesty i never really cared for the whole swag movement, i dont even like the word swag, its just another form of stupidity.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/don_cortino/ don_cortino

    you been swagg tagged biotch

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/don_cortino/ don_cortino

    You know you like it,swagg is when you got trapped reading this comment, you have to play the roll of a biotch, CHECKMATE

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Babydoll_412/ Babydoll_412

    dudes a f**kin loser he’s wearin ambercrombie

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/new_2daville/ new_2daville

    i totally agree wit dude 100 percent however swag is percieved by the people that noticed it not the one with it. In essence he’s a swag hater lol lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    Swag is simply black people’s version of charisma.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Queen189/ Queen189

    THE TERM “SWAG” SOUNDS LIKE A DAMN CLEANING PRODUCT! SO HES RIGHT NIGGAS BE FAKING AND LIVING IN THESE FAKE ASS WONDERLANDS! AND IF HE WEARING AMBERCROMBIE LET HIM! THATS HIS THING. S**T HE JUST BEING REAL, AND MOTHER F**KERS THATS GETTING MAD PROBABLY BE THE ONES THAT BE DOING THAT S**T!

    ON SOME G S**T!

    -ICEY-

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ms_Lo/ Ms_Lo

    To those of you that call yourselves getting offended or mad at what the man is saying; He is basically stating that people need to stop copying what you see on television and what you hear. He’s stating that you should just be yourself and stop trying to live the fantasy. If you have the money to afford this lifestyle, then go for it. Just make sure you can pay your bills at the first of the month. Why spend your money on things that are of waste? Spend your money on things that matter, donate to charity, or even give to those that are in more need than you. Make investments with your money not on what beyonce had on at n after party or those new shades Kayne wore in his video. As atated before, he’s telling you to be yourself not who you admire.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/VANITY666BONET/ VANITY666BONET

    AAAAAAAAWWWWWWWW AT THE FAT COW THAT IS DISSING “ambercrombie” DARLING DONT HATE BECAUSE U LOOK A MESS IN IT AND THAT UGLY APE IN THAT JEWTUBE VIDEO

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/187mafia_boi/ 187mafia_boi

    wow @lames that posted dis.. most people dont even know what the f**k swag is.. its not money dumb fake ass im only known on one website looking mutha…. its how you walk/talk who u is in general.dese fake media rejects that post senseless articles bout artists n other people(damn why are you jocking on them so hard)if they fake it’ll show i swear people must be bored or getting paid to post retarded blogs im glad im not one of them blog posters.. no offense but i speak my mind bout retarded related sh*t

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/187mafia_boi/ 187mafia_boi

    2009 Stop Hatin!! .. o yeah for the illiterate people with comments umm so your saying your hating on people for been different? Pick Up a dictionary. seems to me this person is a hater.if hes not then tell me im wrong. he wants people to be like him. and not to be they selfs and have a diff SWAG LOl how lame can you be? most people that left comments is boring people they E-Ride with People LoL.. plain n lame. Mac Dre said “Im a Boss Dipped In Sauce.. Tycoon”…. u gonna hate on him next?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MahoniWorldTour/ MahoniWorldTour

    You know, it seems to me that those who look at trickin so negitively are the same loosers who blow their rent money on a night at the club just to impress somebody who is not even thinking about giving up no draws to them or anything else.. And it’s that rejection at the end of the night that fuels the rants of most people who feel that trickin is a sin..

    See this is what most folks miss about Swag…

    Swag isn’t a brandname, it isn’t a buzzword..

    Swag is personality and the ability to project that personality in a uniques manner..

    Notice I said PERSONALITY and not EGO.. Two different creatures totally..

    I guess it all boils down to how you handle yourself in the eyes of others…

    Also.. Make ya money and don’t let ya money make you..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1FYNE_SUMMER/ 1FYNE_SUMMER

    LOL… Be you, people! Be yourself, be happy with what you have, and consider those things a blessing. Focus on what you DO have and have accomplished and if it isn’t what you want it to be, change it. Stop trying to live other ppl’s fantasy, because let the truth be told, most of what you see in the videos is borrowed s**t. These celebs are living the high life on your blood, sweat, and tears. We are in tough economic times! If you think you’re not affected, you’re an imbecile! Instead of wasting money on all this senseless crap, spend your money and make it count for something. Invest your time and energy into things that matter, that uplift and encourage. Empower yourself without putting a moniker on every damn thing you say and do. I would hope that you aspire to be so amazing that other ppl are in awe when they see you and don’t know what to think! Want some swag? Read a book or watch the world news… If you only think in terms of swag versus power, knowledge/education is swag… taking care of our children and keeping them on task is swag… Stop being the stool pigeon for everyone else’s agendas! Be real!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kountry_Mayne/ Kountry_Mayne

    Ive never used the word swag or swagger when I talk why ? because it sounds stupid. Who used that word before they made a song for it? opps they learned a new word didnt they? Now people use the word so much it gets annoying. Just like ms new booty just like aquafina flow and just like all the other words some one has used in a song or a track that people pick up and overly use and most of these words people dont even know the meaning of the words they use.

    swag⋅ger
       /ˈswægər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [swag-er] Show IPA
    –verb (used without object)
    1. to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.
    2. to boast or brag noisily.
    –verb (used with object)
    3. to bring, drive, force, etc., by blustering.
    –noun
    4. swaggering manner, conduct, or walk; ostentatious display of arrogance and conceit.

    So afterall swagger is just another added vocab to the book of ebonics given a whole new meaning. Just like the famous word Ignorance which majority of the worlds population still misuses the word still today. As for the people faking like they got money… let them who cares. And who cares if some one is driving a rolls royce or a ferrari or a maybach. Yea the spinning hubcaps are rediculous but so is paying 1.5 million on a ferrari and spending 8.3 million on a 150 room mansion. But whos really going to get rich and give back to the community ? not by selling records and charging people to buy them. But by giving back to the community as in donations to black schools ? children programs to keep the kids off the streets and educated and ect ect. People just need to be them selfs and stop worrying about what the next person got or what kinda rims they got on their cars. You might as well hate on most of these people on here thats rockin them fake chains and watches with the glass diamonds in them that you get in the middle of the mall. Stop hatin not every one can afford a drop top maybach or the real spinners that cost between 1500 to 2500 per rim. But the people that do buy these so not real things and for the people that dont dont just live life the way you want to. And id say if you gonna hate on some one with the spinnin aluminum hub caps that stop spinnin when you stop lol then buy them some real ones with your own money.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LADboy/ LADboy

    Everyone involved with the creation of these topics and such, are L7 square ass SUPER LAMES! We will dance on your grave

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/YOURNAWTEEGIRL/ YOURNAWTEEGIRL

    DID I MENTION PHAROH MARTIN HAS SEXY AZZ LIPS? HAHA
    OOPS OFF TOPIC

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LiveMeLife/ LiveMeLife

    That was right on point.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blckchynadoll84/ blckchynadoll84

    This was right on point.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/upstart_22/ upstart_22

    A lot of the celebs, especially athletes and minor rappers, do the same thing and end up outta cash and selling drugs to live. That’s because they’re “rich” but the ones that are really “wealthy” are the ones signing the check — and half the time the really wealthy keep a low profile. I mean, if you’re worth a couple of billion dollars would you want the whole world to know with ostentatious gear, cars, and party life?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stylemaker2020/ stylemaker2020

    Z M Wright on Point!

    I’ll be assisting with the Swag Tag from here out. The madness has to stop.

    Mr. Styles ‘Rome’ Romero
    First Class Fashions

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DEEREALIST3000/ DEEREALIST3000

    “Yes He was On Point!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AzureBeauty/ AzureBeauty

    I sooo Agree!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com//

    Isn’t it funny how niggas become philosophy majors when defending the dumbest shyt ever, but ask them how they are going to help the hood, they become silent as all hell. Oh, and then to top it all off, they call you a hater because you don’t subscribe to the bullshyt thinking that they do. LMAO!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BlackCasper2001/ BlackCasper2001

    Swagger is defined as the way you walk or strut. Who the hell said it had anything to do what material things? Eveyone has swagger then. Leave it at that and move on. I get tired of urban lifestyle being critiqued so much so that it has black people talk about other black people in a bad way.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/specialkindalady/ specialkindalady

    Damn this sh!t right here was SO on point and hilariously TRUE all at the SAME time:

    “Anonymous” wrote: Isn’t it funny how niggas become philosophy majors when defending the dumbest shyt ever, but ask them how they are going to help the hood, they become silent as all hell. Oh, and then to top it all off, they call you a hater because you don’t subscribe to the bullshyt thinking that they do. LMAO!

    Priceless!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/specialkindalady/ specialkindalady

    Well to be honest, many, many people had ‘swag’ thousands of years before it even became a infamous buzz word. To come forward a few years, when it comes to SWAG, both black and whites shared the swagger stage:
    Valenino (the late actor, of course!) Marlena Dietrich, Billie Holliday, Redd Fox, Michelle & Barack Obama, Billy Dee Williamns, Barbara Stanwyck, and the TOP DOG swagger of em all–John Wayne!

    This ain’t nothin new. It’s just finally becoming recognized by oridinary joe’s, that ‘special’ something that makes one person stand out when they walk into a room…you can’t help but notice and want to get next to, them. That “007″ kinda thang.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/specialkindalady/ specialkindalady

    Off topic…Damn dude you got some pretty assed eyes! You definitely got it goin on. Can I hit chu up???

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pausitive/ pausitive

    I agree.. with the primary topics opening argument, then with black casper, then back to the person who wrote the article again. Jay-z: Check my swagger yo I walk like a ballplayer/ No matter where you go u are who u are player/ U can try and change but that’s just the top layer/ Man U was who u were when u got here…..(From Where’s the Love)Hook goes:Aint no love…In the Heart of the City.. Aint no love…In the heart of town. Surely enough someone even gave the def on here, but ppl still tryna manufacture swagg. What does that mean? How u gonna ball when ur still hustlin. Hustle now….Ball later. SMH @ppl planning for the club all week………from work…….all week. Priorities ppl. Dont make 300-400 dollars a week and go spend 250 on a Jacket in summertime….
    Or on a pair of Js when u know u got 5. Then u wonder y u spent or u gotta do whatever on the side to make ends meet. Needa start investing in stuff more worthwhile. Buy a clue and quit tryna buy a life ppl.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pausitive/ pausitive

    and @black casper. It’s not in a bad way. It’s a realistic way. Don’t look at Black america with rose colored glasses just cause a few out of many can afford a nice car or a chain. But don’t look at it through the blood stained specs either where we glorify whatever bull is forced upon us a for a little piece of change thinkin u doin somethin and still being honest to God ignorant of the fact that someone’s still pulling ya strings.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stupidfatandugly/ stupidfatandugly

    i would of been more motivated to watch the video if he wore something more down to earth like an old-ass fubu sweater from 1995 that he got from the thrift store

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ALThickMadame/ ALThickMadame

    Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…????????????????? lol…

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