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Remembering /u/aacarbone

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 05:04 PM PDT

Hey everyone. We've got to break some sad news.

About 8 weeks ago, longtime /r/hiphopheads user and moderator /u/aacarbone passed away. aacarbone, or Andrew as those who had the chance to talk to and get to know him outside of Reddit knew him, was a big part of this community over the last several years. He was opinionated, funny, and irreverent—but with a really good heart and a penchant for being on top of social issues. Undeniably memorable to everyone who got a chance to interact with him. He loved putting other people onto music (especially 2000s rap, and especially Cam'ron). His last comment before he passed was shitting on Drake, and with his sense of humor we'd like to think he'd be pretty pleased about that. No one here could forget some of the funnier moments he was involved in, whether it was getting ignored by Cam'ron in his AMA, offering fashion tips, stanning over Purple Haze, or keeping warm-fuzzy feel-good comments about the HHH community in check.

His passing is a tragic loss, but the modteam thought this thread could be a way to remember and share some of the fun moments and stories members of the /r/hiphopheads community got to share with aacarbone over the last several years. And bump some Dipset songs in his memory, of course.

His mother shared the cause of his death with us in a message—and as aacarbone was always willing to be open about his struggles with sobriety in our Sunday General Discussions and talk to others who faced similar struggles in our little community (as well as sharing his goals and dreams and life updates with us), we felt it was alright for us to share it with the rest of you.

I think it's nice to have the people who appreciated him know what happened and have the opportunity to say something. I suspect there's some speculation as to the cause of his death and I will tell ya'll that it was due to cocaine laced with fentanyl. He had no idea it was laced and had even googled "what does heroin look like" so he knew something wasn't right but didn't know what it was. He obviously didn't know it would kill him. I'm telling ya'll this because I had never heard of this but apparently it's becoming more common for drug dealers to mix fentanyl with other drugs- possibly even unintentionally from residue left on the scale or something like that. Pretty scary stuff- just a little bit can kill someone.

In the obituary it does list a charity that people could donate to. It's a good charity that our expanded family started many years ago for children with serious illnesses. The people who run it do it as a passion project so there's little fees involved, leaving about 95% of donations to go directly to people who need the money. We set up a fund in his name for people who struggle with sobriety for any reason- and hopefully that will be used to help some young people who have no other resources or hope.

His obituary is here, and if anyone wishes to do so, a link to the charity to send donations to in Andrew's name is included.

Andrew lived a short life, but he knew so much. With his wonderful grin always at the ready, he knew how to laugh and make others laugh. With his big heart, he knew how to give love and unstinting loyalty to friends and family. With his strength, he know how to work physically demanding jobs with both strange (4 - 9 AM) and long hours (restaurants!). For all Andrew knew, there were also things he pretended he didn't know: how to make a bed or use a hamper, how to wash his car. He'd go weeks without bothering to deposit his pay. If you borrowed his car, you'd find his tip cash spilling out of his glove box and crumpled paychecks wedged amongst his CD's. He knew how to persist. In high school, he joined the football team. He went to every practice and practiced hard. He loved the sport, but despite the practice and training, he didn't get a lot of playing time. But he never quit. And so when he finally got into a game and scored a touchdown, his smile that day broke a record for joy. Andrew would always work hard. And he could play hard. Unfortunately for Andrew, playing hard lead to a struggle to stay sober. He faced that struggle head on. He went to treatment, he fought for sobriety. He knew that he had much to look forward to; he was building a great and generous life. But he lost his fight on April 7, 2018 at the age of 23. And so we lost a man whom we loved, a man who knew so much about making the world better for all those blessed to know him.

edit: someone linked a video that his coworkers at the restaurant he worked at made in remembrance of him

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[SHOTS FIRED] Ja Rule: "@drake just do what @50cent did in our beef...call the feds/police and tell them you think Pusha is trying to kill you"

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 11:07 AM PDT

Once again commenting on the Drake/Pusha T beef, Ja Rule has accused 50 Cent of snitching on him to the Feds and police

https://www.instagram.com/p/BjkU81fATjO/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1ilylo96xvz6v

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Schoolboy Q Battle Rap With His Daughter

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 05:01 PM PDT

Spaceghostpurrp tells 6ix9ine he is "banned from the undergorund" on twitter and tells fans to throw rocks at him

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 03:00 PM PDT

J Prince called Drake and told him not to respond to Pusha-T diss

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 06:25 PM PDT

Earl Sweatshirt Cancels European Tour, Cites Anxiety and Depression

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 12:07 PM PDT

By the Numbers: DAYTONA is officially the most Drug-Heavy Album of Pusha T’s Career (Solo + Clipse)

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 03:43 PM PDT

Riff Raff DM'd me a statement about his recent rape allegation

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 01:34 PM PDT

Cam’ron - Killa Cam

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 05:17 PM PDT

Gone- Kanye West (featuring Cam'ron and Consequence) (R.I.P /u /aacarbone)

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 05:51 PM PDT

Pitchfork gives Kanye West's "Ye" a 7.1.

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 10:01 PM PDT

[R.I.P STANRON] Cam'ron -Welcome To New York City (feat Jay-Z and Juelz Santana)

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 05:29 PM PDT

[RIP STANRON] Camron - Down and Out

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 05:44 PM PDT

[R.I.P STANRON] Cam'ron - Glory (Feat. Noreaga)

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 05:25 PM PDT

Kendrick Lamar - U.O.E.N.O (Black Hippy Remix) ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 12:36 PM PDT

[RIP STANRON] Juelz Santana- Dipset (Feat Cam'ron)

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 05:40 PM PDT

[RIP STANRON] Cam'Ron - Dipset Forever

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 05:48 PM PDT

Everything We Saw At Kanye West's Star-Packed Social Experiment In Wyoming

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 08:42 AM PDT

YungKei accuses Joji of copying his song Blue Boy for Joji's single "Yeah Right"

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 10:57 AM PDT

I found this music video by YungKei. And it sounded awfully similar to Joji's new single "Yeah Right".

YungKei uploaded the song onto SoundCloud back in February and Joji released Yeah Right onto Youtube in May but apparently performed the song beforehand.

Also, in the comments of the music video to YungKei's song, someone asks him if Joji copied him and YungKei responds saying that he did

YungKei also has this comment pinned on the music video for BlueBoy addressing the issue.

Apologies if this has already been posted on this sub already.

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[RIP STANRON] Cam'ron - Rap City Freestlye [Classic]

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 07:52 PM PDT

SUNDAY GENERAL DISCUSSION THREAD - JUNE 3RD, 2018

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 03:34 PM PDT

Discuss what you want HHH

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Ex-signee of Talib Kweli, Res, claims Kweli sexually assaulted her, Kweli provides court documents to prove that it's false

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 06:31 PM PDT

https://www.instagram.com/p/BjkO3TpBgUw/?utm_source=ig_embed

I'm all for the #MeToo movement but when you're making shit up and there are receipts to prove this, that's honestly just nuts. Glad to know Talib Kweli is a standup dude though.

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Cam'ron - Daydreaming (feat. Tiffany)

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 05:24 PM PDT

Flatbush Zombies - RedEye to Paris feat. Skepta

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 11:28 AM PDT

Gorillaz-Let Me Out (ft. Pusha T & Mavis Staples)

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 07:01 AM PDT

Kendrick, Q, Jay-Rock, Ab-Soul, Rashad - TDE 2013 BET Freestyle

Posted: 03 Jun 2018 11:07 AM PDT
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