Johnny Come Lately/Negro Por Favor Coon of the Year Nominee

Every Year someone will do something that automatically nominates them for Coon of the Year. Vybz Kartel pulled a move that puts him in top position for Coon of the Year, and no matter what anyone does in the next 10 Months they'll have to try really hard to knock him from his spot.

If you haven't seen Vybz Kartel “Cosmetic Makeover well...............

While bad the SMH towards Vybz isn't just for the bleaching of his skin, but for his “defense” of it.

If Vybz “Cake Soap” is the same one that I used growing up, And if the "AC "is the same cooling unit millions of black people use, I'm pretty sure they don't do that to the skin (BTW, I don't think you can blame the Ashy Lips on Cake Soap Either.)

To Compare Skin Bleaching to Tanning, when in most cases the motivation is usually very different, is spectacularly mind numbingly dumb. Showing that you have leisure time to spend at beach\afford a tanning booth ≠ being ashamed of dark skin, or believing that dark skin will hold you back in life. You don't have to believe me, most skin bleaching commercials, and people who bleach come right out and say it.

COMPARE THESE TANNING COMMERCIALS:

TO ADS ABOUT SKIN LIGHTENING:

AND THE EFFECTS OF SKIN LIGHTENING ON BROWN/DARK SKINNED PEOPLE:

TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE IS VYBZ NEW VIDEO:

Other than the obvious jokes about not knowing the Crypt Keeper was a Yardie, I feel sorry for his fans who admired him, to discover he has feet of clay (bleached, yet probably still ashy feet of clay.)

To tell people self improvement messages raises the skeptical eyebrow, when your lack of confidence in your own appearance and God given melanin is staring them back in the face. To say this is not a good look is the understatement of the century.