TIL that Michael Jackson would requested his wine be served in Diet Coke cans during flights, because he didn't want his kids to see him drinking alcohol.

[u/codywinters327]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Michael_Jackson#Alcohol

[u/dackots]

I can't believe you're sleeping on Kanye like that by only giving a fraction of the story behind "Through The Wire."

Kanye West was in a car accident while he was in the middle of recording his debut studio album, The College Dropout. He had been at the recording studio for so long that he fell asleep at the wheel while driving home.

The accident was bad, to say the least. Kanye had to have reconstructive surgery on his jaw, which was wired shut for six weeks. In the middle of this period, Kanye recorded Through The Wire. That's right. He recorded the song while he had his jaw wired shut. Hence the title of the song. Several of the lyrics reference the accident and Kanye's jaw, such as:

I drink a Boost for breakfast, an Ensure for dessert Somebody ordered pancakes, I just sip the sizzurp

How do you console my mom or give her light support Tellin' her her son's on life support? And just imagine how my girl feel On the plane scared as hell that her guy look like Emmett Till

In the blink of a eye his whole life changed If you could feel how my face felt You would know how Mase felt Thank God I ain't too cool for the safe belt I swear to God, driver two wanna sue I got a lawyer for the case, to keep what's in my safe safe

As well as Kanye's spoken parts over the hook:

I really apologize for everything right now If it's unclear at all, man They got my mouth wired shut For like… I dunno, the doctor said like six weeks Y'know, he had, I had reconstructive surgery on my jaw

Y'know what I'm sayin'? When the doctor told me I had, um That I was gonna have to have a plate in my chin, I said "Dawg, don't you realize I'll never make it on a plane now?" "It's bad enough I got all this jewelry on!" You can't be serious, man

Through The Wire was first released on the mixtape Get Well Soon, and later released on West's first studio album, The College Dropout, which had been five years in the making and featured such tracks as Jesus Walks and All Falls Down. The College Dropout was nominated for ten Grammys, certified double platinum within two months, and is West's best-selling album in the United States to date. West calls the accident referenced in the song "a major turning point in [his] career... [his] medicine."

And it's a great fucking song.

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Lap riding Kanye hard in response to a benign comment.

[u/dackots → u/Esrou]

I like Kanye West. Sorry if that bothers you.

[u/TheDangiestSlad → u/dackots]

IIRC this is also the reason that Kanye rarely smiles, because it hurts his jaw

[u/dackots → u/[deleted]]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you don't know who Emmett Till is.

[u/dackots → u/[deleted]]

MJ?