Dolla

How's this for a nice warm slice of irony? American rapper, Dolla, 21, best known for the song "Who the Fuck is That?" was fatally shot in L.A. yesterday.

I hold this death upside the weekend death of Uraguain rapper (poet), Mario Benedetti, 88, who is virtually unknown in the U.S., but whose contribution to world literature was mighty.

Celebrity is relative, but death is absolute. So, what is a blogger to do? Do you play to the American masses and make sure that someone has at least been on American Idol, The Today Show, or Oprah to make the cut? It's a tough call and one, I'm afraid I will be forced to make again and again as I sustain this blog.

Ultimately, this is about pop culture, which is why I resisted the temptation to shine a little light on Mario; and I so eagerly banged out this post on the less accomplished, but arguably bigger star, Dolla.

Well, now I am committed. I have to go through with this. OK. His real name is Roderick Anthony Burton II. I'm sure you all heard this already, but here is an exclusive Dolla interview from DJ Booth. Here is an almost impossible to read Yahoo Answers thread on whether Dolla's death merits purchase of his forthcoming debut album. A nice pencil sketch of Dolla from Princess. The Artist. Oh, and here is a list from askmen.com on the top 10 murdered rappers.