I don’t know what sparked conflict between the gang members of London Fields and the gang members of Homerton and Holly Street but I’m sure that it was something stupid.
Interesting observation about Mr O. How does one measure this unusual talent? Is it dependent on how many people the fine young man, someone like 'Kay-O', manages to kill before being stopped? Perhaps his unusual talent will be measured by how clever his rhymes are regarding how many innocent bystanders get shot. I know! He'll get bonus 'unusual talent' points for killing anyone under a certain age and spinning off a clever rhyme! It takes truly unusual talent to weave rap lyrics around murder - true enough. But, one can barely imagine the talent that will be necessary to weave some lyrics around some dead children! I can't wait to hear the next Kay-O manage that "with a calm, menacing flow and a creative — if, of course, exceptionally morbid — way with words."
(Just to flesh that somewhat defensive comment out a bit, my point wasn’t "lay off this guy, he's talented!" but "it makes this whole scene even grimmer that it encourages people with talent to waste it".)
"Kay-O is an unusually talented drill rapper..."
Interesting observation about Mr O. How does one measure this unusual talent? Is it dependent on how many people the fine young man, someone like 'Kay-O', manages to kill before being stopped? Perhaps his unusual talent will be measured by how clever his rhymes are regarding how many innocent bystanders get shot. I know! He'll get bonus 'unusual talent' points for killing anyone under a certain age and spinning off a clever rhyme! It takes truly unusual talent to weave rap lyrics around murder - true enough. But, one can barely imagine the talent that will be necessary to weave some lyrics around some dead children! I can't wait to hear the next Kay-O manage that "with a calm, menacing flow and a creative — if, of course, exceptionally morbid — way with words."
This was gross to read.
(Just to flesh that somewhat defensive comment out a bit, my point wasn’t "lay off this guy, he's talented!" but "it makes this whole scene even grimmer that it encourages people with talent to waste it".)
I’m not sure why you think saying someone is talented precludes saying that they are also a bad person who has wasted that talent?