After the world of baseball was rocked by revelations that top athletes had been using performance-enhancing steroids, a new article in the Albany Times Union claims that various musicians may have also been the recipients of steroids and human growth hormones. The New York paper received documents from Congress’ ongoing steroid investigation that indicate that hip-hop stars like 50 Cent, Timbaland and Wyclef—along with other high profile celebrities like Mary J. Blige and Tyler Perry—may have been among tens of thousands of people who may have received the controversial substances.
The documents claim that the stars, who sometimes used fictitious names, were shipped prescribed human growth hormone or steroids at hotels, studios, homes, a Manhattan fitness club and the office of a Long Island chiropractor named Michael Diamond. The paper claims that the lure of such hormonal drugs is their supposed anti-aging effects, which have never been proven. Law enforcement officials say that they have no evidence that the customers of such drugs have broken any laws, and that they will be targeting the clinics, doctors and pharmacists who prescribed them instead.
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January 14th, 2008
at 12:02 pm
missile 6000 says:
Now thats some funny shit. Hip-hop stay in the news for something. Rap music also causes cancer.
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January 14th, 2008
at 1:28 pm
Big E says:
Rap music killed my father and raped my wife
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January 14th, 2008
at 3:35 pm
EReal says:
all I gotta say about this story is, DUH!
Rap music just robbed to corner store yall. That rat bastard. lmao.
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January 14th, 2008
at 12:10 pm
diehard says:
no wonder…fuck em all mary still aiight wit me though!
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January 14th, 2008
at 7:07 pm
Mac Sleepy says:
No Suprise about 50, he stay goin off into his roid rages…lol… but why don’t they investigate these police officers?????? Think about it….
http://www.myspace.com/macsleepy66
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January 14th, 2008
at 12:25 pm
steve says:
fuck football or even fleshing out the baseball probe, these fucks go from the mitchell report to hip hop?? WHAT THE FUCK!?
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January 14th, 2008
at 12:33 pm
Young Deuce aka Princinnati says:
Not suprised but I’m wondering why they went from sports to music. ANd how the hell is Mary J. Blige involved in steroids? 50 and Timbo makes sense but Mary? That doesn’t make sense. I’m watchin these dudes so when/if I get on I’m just gonna go and do things i’m legally paid to do. Then take my BLACK ass home. So then I can’t get caught up in shit. Come on 50. You know there’s a microscope on you. Why not just get in the gym like a normal dude. Greedy ass nigga.
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January 14th, 2008
at 2:50 pm
Mr.Wang says:
Co-sign
Mary’s involement surprised me. 50 cent and Timbo? Nah I ain’t surprised.
Tyler Perry surprised me too.
I see people talkin’ bout how Dr Dre and Busta ain’t amongest them names and I agree.
Dem niggas takin’ dem roids 4real
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January 16th, 2008
at 9:59 am
d***rider Hater says:
Wow, big suprise Mr. Wang Rider is co-signin again.
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January 14th, 2008
at 12:35 pm
AZ40 says:
What no Busta Rhymes…Really is anyone surprised, well maybe at Mary J., but c’mon
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January 14th, 2008
at 2:31 pm
ill G says:
how bout Dr. Dre? im sure everyone seen the mtv awards where that nigga came out lookin like a body builder… it made me jump out my seat like “holy shit look at dre” cus it was just abnormal how fast he went from average to bodybuilder… u know 50 was passin him sum shit
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January 14th, 2008
at 12:45 pm
calimovement says:
Funny ass shit. Now we know why 50 bitch ass is hanging out will LL Cool J all the time. Surprised Busta Rhymes was not on the list. YOu know Timberland had to be on that fuckin list.
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January 14th, 2008
at 1:06 pm
Fred says:
Where is Dr. Dre?
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January 14th, 2008
at 1:06 pm
Fred says:
Where is Mini Mac?
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January 14th, 2008
at 1:15 pm
ha says:
it’s not like roids are gonna help his rap game…no harm done
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January 14th, 2008
at 1:28 pm
KLETEWOOD says:
Hopefully Steroids will improve their Hip Hop skillz and somebody will come out with some dope shit.
I can’t remember the last “hip hop classic” album thats dropped. Can you?
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January 14th, 2008
at 1:36 pm
stoneyisland says:
No Busta? No Dr. Dre? come on, we all know 50 is on the juice, NO human front teeth grow that damn big without HGH or steriods:)
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January 14th, 2008
at 1:36 pm
Yessir says:
WHAT DA FUCK? This is not sports. I don’t see how they have an advantage over their competitors in music by taking steriods. The MEDIA is always trying to make people look bad.
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January 14th, 2008
at 1:38 pm
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January 14th, 2008
at 1:49 pm
The Sick One says:
I guess Game was prolly rite bout 50 takin steroids..lol..yes I had to bring up this old ass beef..and wat..comment on me n we got beef ha..Im messin =p
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January 14th, 2008
at 1:51 pm
Trickdd says:
ALL THESE NIGGAS ACTIN LIKE THEY JUST WORK OUT BITCH YOU CAN WORK OUT AS HARD AS YOU WANT YOU AINT GUNNA GET BIG AS 50 UNLESS YOU TAKE STERIODS BOTTOM LINE YEA DR DRE JUICE UP NOW TWO PLUS 50 ONE OF THE BIGGSEST COKE HEADS SO HE BETTER TAKE STEROIDS
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January 14th, 2008
at 1:53 pm
laughing out loud at this says:
50 is a clown ha ha No hating either. This is some funny shit here. DAMN MARY, I HOPE THAT’S A MISPRINT
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January 14th, 2008
at 2:07 pm
champ26 says:
this is some bullshit Congress just cant get enough….first the music is to direspectful….second it has a negative influence on america’s youth…..third it’s too violent and it make “BLACK” people do violent things…now this fucking steroids performance enhancers…saying it is helping the artist look young…do these fat suit wearing fucks know that black people age slow when we take care of ourselves but now we cant do that now because no cop got killed listening to a rap song…FUCK THESE FAT SUIT WEARING BITCHES…they need worry about bringing home the troops from iraq…and stop worrying about steroids
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January 14th, 2008
at 2:07 pm
kdizzle says:
Man, I think this sounds like a smear campaign. I mean none of these cats are atheletes and honestly it’s not that hard to get in shape if you want to. Atheletes take steroids to give them and edge over the competition, not so they can look good. I guess black folks can’t really be healthy though. I mean that would be selling out right? I mean it’s impossible for a BLACK person in the rap game to not smoke or drink heavily, or god forbid, work out without using drugs! We need drugs for everything right..? To function, speak in complete sentences, to look like were in shape? I’m saying Don’t believe these things until there’s real proof. For all we know it’s just another way to disenfranchise hip hop.
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January 14th, 2008
at 2:27 pm
XXL says:
LEST WE FORGET….LIL BOW WOW AND OMARION WERE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE LIST…..OTHER D-LIST RAPPERS LIKE GUCCI MANE AND YEAH WE HEARD THATS WHY JAY-Z GAT A FAT LIP….REMEMBER KEEP IT ON THE DOWNLO
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January 14th, 2008
at 2:34 pm
oh you know says:
hhhmmmmmmm WHO THE FUCK CARES if rappers are using steroids or performance enhanching drugs?? like that shit is gonna make them rap better or some shit hahahaha they just tryin to get big and look good for TV and movies… WHO THE FUCK CARES REALLY??? this story is weak fuck whoever wrote it
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January 14th, 2008
at 3:03 pm
Stu says:
Seems very intense. I wouldn’t be suprised with some names, but so many from Hip-Hop?
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January 14th, 2008
at 3:04 pm
dark vanilla says:
I guess Game wuz right? “Nigga usin dat muscle enhancement, all I need iz a couple dumbells and a sandwhich” Anyways, I don’t really care? I think steroidz should be legalized anyways.
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January 14th, 2008
at 3:14 pm
big fitz says:
what about toby kieth?…mark wahlberg?…colin farrell?…u know, some white entertainers on this list? only black entertainers? we know what thats about by now dont we?
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January 14th, 2008
at 3:15 pm
HurtsMeSoul says:
Mary on BET Blast about wanting to get her upper body “FIT”………HMMMMM SOUNDS FISHY TO ME……..
http://www.bet.com/onblast/?chan=3&id=1469&sub=1&itype=v
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January 14th, 2008
at 3:46 pm
Rednose pit bull says:
he man,this is a hip hop site,thats why there was only black names,if you go to the ufc website,they only talk about the white people useing,if you go to yahoo news,they talk about blacks and whites…
The person that wrote this article is a reporter for xxl,so they write the article how they want to word it,so if there arent white name mentioned,its because the xxl reported did bring it up,but they have brought it up every were else..
all you guys know how to do is blame everything on cops and race,when the trth to the matter is they are doing thi shit on there own,no white person made them take drugs,no white person made them carry guns(ti) no cop made them do it either..if u break the law,and u get caught,then its ur wn fault,no one elses,dont hate on other people because they arent stupid enough to not get caught…and there are tons of white people getting busted for steroids every day,way more then blacks,so one article on blacks useing too has not a fucking thing to do with race…..
and google the use of steroids with singers,youll see how it helps them with there voice and stff,so steroids DO affect the singing and in 50 cents case,the mumbleing..ahah
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January 14th, 2008
at 5:36 pm
big fitz says:
hey, redneck pit bull, when u say, “you guys,” who u talkin bout? black guys? that would not surprize me. another cracker ashamed of the blatant sytemic racism towards people of colour by his race.blaming the victim. cause we all know that cops and authorities dont focus more on black crime. we all know that dont we?
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January 14th, 2008
at 4:01 pm
DirtDogggy says:
WTF, this is a surprise ? let me tell you first hand 90% of pro athletes and stars have used juice for the last mutherfucking 15 or more years, so the games have always been even on the playing field, only a couple guys get called out but there will be a snitch shortly that tells all, watch. Besides what about prescription meds, the fucking government and corporates make billions so no one does anything but they are a million times worse than steroids and kill people every day plus alcohol and ciggaretss. It’s time the government and media got there priorities straight, this is just faggot ass gossip that means fuck all and doesn’t help anyone.
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January 14th, 2008
at 4:38 pm
WOW says:
niggas stay losing…
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January 14th, 2008
at 5:20 pm
DTRIP says:
not suprised…but don’t really care…it don’t make them rap better…if it was something about a ghostwriting scandal I would care but about this I don’t…LEAVE HIP HOP/RAP ARTISTS ALONE!!…LMAO…This DOES seem like some sort of desperate snuff out for Hip Hop from the goverment…LLLAAAAMMME
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January 14th, 2008
at 5:43 pm
champ26 says:
Some are missing the point….If some of you dont know SOME WHITE PEOPLE NOT ALL have targeted the hip-hop generation alot more than they should…You tell where it says it is illegal to take steroids as an entertainer and I tell you are full of shit…Steroids or performance enhancers do not make you sing better or produce a song better or give you ideas for song better…It helps you perform better in working out and play sports…In case some people didn’t know that….Now the black and white thing its not an issue….I am not taking shots at the reporter or editor…I am taking at the people who decided to bring this to the media…Am I defending all black people no if you fucked up then you fucked up take your punishment and bounce back from it no matter what your skin color is
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January 14th, 2008
at 6:36 pm
DTRIP says:
DJ Pooh and Snoop are also on the list…LMAO
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January 14th, 2008
at 7:53 pm
Trickdd says:
RED NOSE PIT THANKS FOR CLEARIN THE HIP HOP SHIT UP LOL WHO COMES ON A HIP HOP SIGHT TO READ SHIT ABOUT TOBEY KEITH WE NO YOU AINT A REAL NIGGA HAHAHAHA AND FOR THE NIGGAS TALKIN BOUT THIS HAS SOMETHIN TO DO WITH THE GOVERMENT AND HIP HOP SOUND DUM AS FUCK IF YOU DONT THINK ITS TRUE I FEEL SORRY FOR YA AND IN A WAY STEROIDS DID HELP 50 RAP CAREER CUZ THE FEMALES LOVE HIM CUZ HE IN THAT GOOD OF SHAPE ALL THAT EXTRA MUSCLE AINT SHIT BUT LIQUID TRUST ME I PLAY BALL AND I GO TO GOLDS GYM I NO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WORKIN OUT THE COMMON MAN CANT GET AS BIG AS 50 WITHOUT STEROIDS SORRY TO TELL YA YOU CAN GET CUT AND RIP BUT THAT WOULD BE A STRICT ASS EATIN PLAN YOU WOULD HAVE TO EAT SO MANY GRAMS OF PROTEIN A DAY AS IF YOU WAS A BODYBUILDER AND THE AVERAGE MAN AINT GOT TIME TO BE PISSIN AROUND WITH THAT SHIT I RATHER BE NATURAL LOOKIN MYSELF WITH MY NATURAL STRENTH STEROIDS FUCK YA UP TO AFTER YEARS YOU WELL NEVER BE THE SAME AND YOU WELL NEED THEM I SEEN ALOT OF PEOPLE FUCKT UP CUZ STERIODS BUT THE NEW SHIT THEY GOT OUT AINT THAT BAD FOR YA YOU GOTTA HAVE THAT BREAD HIRE YOU A PROFFESIONAL IF YOU WANT IT DONE THE RIGHT WAY
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January 14th, 2008
at 8:24 pm
jg420 says:
Ive been saying this about 50, timabaland, eminem, dre and busta rhymes. Im not to surprised by mary j. She has gotten a little more muscle on her in the last year or so. This is some funny shit, RIP PIMP C
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January 14th, 2008
at 11:17 pm
TheRefriedMexican says:
FIFTY ON ‘ROIDS? YOU COULD OF KNOCKED ME OVER WITH A FEATHER!!!!!!!
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January 15th, 2008
at 4:12 am
50 Cent, Timbaland & Wyclef Named In Steroid Probe | The Steroids Resource says:
[...] 50 Cent, Timbaland & Wyclef Named In Steroid Probe January 14th, 2008 After the world of baseball was rocked by revelations that top athletes had been using performance-enhancing steroids, a new article in the Albany Times Union claims that various musicians may have also been the recipients of steroids and human growth hormones. The New York paper received documents from Congress’ ongoing steroid investigation that indicate that hip-hop stars like 50 Cent, Timbaland and Wyclef—along with oth Read the rest of the entry here [...]
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January 15th, 2008
at 4:12 am
50 Cent, Timbaland & Wyclef Named In Steroid Probe | The Steroids Resource says:
[...] 50 Cent, Timbaland & Wyclef Named In Steroid Probe January 14th, 2008 After the world of baseball was rocked by revelations that top athletes had been using performance-enhancing steroids, a new article in the Albany Times Union claims that various musicians may have also been the recipients of steroids and human growth hormones. The New York paper received documents from Congress’ ongoing steroid investigation that indicate that hip-hop stars like 50 Cent, Timbaland and Wyclef—along with oth Read the rest of the entry here [...]
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January 15th, 2008
at 9:35 am
big fitz says:
red neck and trickdd r in denial
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January 15th, 2008
at 9:37 am
big fitz says:
they aint never been harassed. never been arrested.must b lucky or…white?
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January 15th, 2008
at 12:52 pm
Dem Dudes 954 says:
WOW…what a surprise. I thought it was natural for Timbaland and Wyclef to go from phat azz to swole up over night. At least 50 don’t deny using the sh*t.
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January 15th, 2008
at 1:14 pm
champ26 says:
are some of you niggas just plan fucking stupid….you really cant say fifty was on steroids if you think about it before fifty got shot he was fat so yes it is possible for him to be that look at some of the football players oh let me guess they on steroids to right lol some of you niggas are so fucking ignorant
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January 15th, 2008
at 1:52 pm
chris says:
jus like Ice cube sayed”Gangsta rap made me do it”
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January 15th, 2008
at 4:29 pm
Trickdd says:
DENIAL NIGGA WHY YOU EVEN WORRIED ABOUT SOME ONE THATS TYPIN ON THE INTERNET YOU SOUND LIKE YOU GET HARASSED FOR BEIN A NOSIE NIGGA , YEA I NEVER BEEN ARRESTED CUZ I LEARN FROM MY OLDER BROTHER MISTAKES IM ONLY 19 NIGGA AND I BET I GOT MORE GOIN IN MY LIFE THAN YOU COULD DREAM OF HATEN BITCH CALL IT LUCKY I CALL IT BEIN SMART AND WHAT YOU DOING NIGGAS CALL HATEN
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January 15th, 2008
at 4:41 pm
Trickdd says:
NIGGA FIFTY WAS NEVER FAT HE MIGHT OF BEEN CHUBY AT THE MOST BUT I WOULDNT SAY HE WAS FAT YOU DONT SEE FAT NFL PLAYERS IN AS GOOD OF SHAPE AS FIFTY CENT DO YA, WELL THEY PROLLY IN BETTER SHAPE BUT DONT LOOK IT, SO WHO SOUND DUM YOU JUST CANT TURN A FUCKIN FOOTBALL DEFENSE LINEMEN INTO A FIFTY CENT IT JUST DONT HAPPEN NOT ONE FUCKIN FOOTBALL PLAYER IS BIG LIKE FIFTY CENT, YEA THEY LOOK NATURAL BIG BUT AINT NO ONE IN NFL GOT ARMS LIKE 50 AND IF THEY DO THEY PROLLY JUICE UP TWO DUM BITCH
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January 15th, 2008
at 4:55 pm
Trickdd says:
LET ME GUESS BARRY BONDS MARK MAGUIRE AND EVERY OTHER JUICE UP MAN PLAYIN SPORTS DONT TAKE STEROIDS NEITHER TALK ABOUT A NIGGA IN DENIAL SHIT YALL MOST BE ON THEM ROIDS LOL DONT HAVE NO ROID RAGE NIGGAS CALM DOWN YOUR FAVORITE RAPPER IS ON STEROIDS ITS THE TRUTH
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January 16th, 2008
at 10:41 am
big fitz says:
i aint sayin they aint on ‘roids. i’m just sayin its all black entertainers on this list.
i actually think the mary j. shit is funny. i was wonderin y she was lookin so fit the last couple years. its a different figure than the 1 she had when she was younger
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