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News: Rick Ross Joins The Restaurant Industry

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Rick Ross has decided to expand his business by joining the league of rappers in the restaurant industry. He will join the constantly growing industry via national restaurant chain Wingstop. Ross has signed a development deal with the Texas based company. He chose Wingstop to invest in after falling in love with their food in Miami. He made mention of the chain in a song entitled "MC Hammer" and the rest as they say is history. The company currently has about 480 locations in the United States and Mexico. The company's menu consists of cooked to order chicken and glider sandwiches, which is a new item. Ross will help bring the chain to Memphis, as he is scheduled to open one of the first Wingstop restaurants there this Fall on Winchester Road. Reps from Wingstop state that they are excited to have Ross as part of their family. They respect his status as a rapper and feel his large fan base will be a great opportunity for the franchise to grow and expand. Ross is one of several celebrities who have invested in the Wingstop franchise as of late. NFL superstar Troy Aikman became an investor earlier in the year and is now a member of the Board Of Directors. Which is not a bad transition.

It's always a good thing to see rappers investing their money. Never heard of Wingstop but it seems to be a pretty popular spot. Sounds like a small scale version of Buffalo Wild Wings. Anyways, hope Ross's new restaurant is successful. Lord knows he needs something else to do besides put out mediocre music. -MinM

POPEYE'S RUNS OUT OF CHICKEN, CUSTOMERS GET UPSET & REPORTERS EXERCISE POOR JOURNALISM

I know I haven't blogged in a bit because I've been on my writing grind, but I just received this in my inbox, and I HAD to bring this to your attention.

I'm not sure if this occurred all across the country, but last week Wednesday, customers flooded popular fast-food chicken franchise Popeye's in order to take advantage of their "8 for $4.99" campaign. (Yeah, I thought it too... what, no watermelon smoothie on the side?)

Watch this video to see how reporters in Rochester, New York covered the event. Notice anything wrong?

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Yes, if you can't sense the covert-yet-obvious-as-daylight racism in this news package, then you're out of your mind. Now, I'm not mad at Popeye's or the consumers. We are in Recessive times, and families SHOULD take advantage of any opportunity to feed their kids. Kudos to Popeye's for providing that. However, I do have a problem with the reporting. First of all, reporters CHOOSE the soundbytes to include in their stories. Do you think it was really appropriate for the reporter to depict Black people as if we're going to ABSOLUTLY DIE IF WE DON'T GET THAT BUCKET OF CHICKEN?! (Come on now, it's not that serious). Secondly, only Black people eat Popeye's? I work in downtown Manhattan, and whenever I do stop in a Popeye's, the crowd is always racially mixed. I'm pretty sure if the cameraman and reporter had dipped harder in that drive through line, they would've found some irate, rosy or olive-hued faces in their cards demanding chicken as well. Or maybe they DID find them, and chose not to include them in the clip? Hmmm...

Think about it, and get back to me with your comments. -- Crys Breezy