Young Jeezy

November 21, 2005 6:23 AM

Got that snow, man? Hottest holiday shirt is a snowman. But activists alarmed by hidden message of t-shirt. Meanwhile schools expel evil frosty.
posted by dingobully (34 comments total)

Jeezy? Fo' Sheezy? Pleezy.
posted by mr.curmudgeon at 6:27 AM on November 21, 2005

Ebeneezer Goode declined to comment.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 6:27 AM on November 21, 2005

Can't this just be fixed by getting some people who are the antithesis of street cred to show up to public events wearing these shirts? I mean how gangsta would they be if carrot top cut a PSA wearing one of these?
posted by illovich at 6:28 AM on November 21, 2005

Parents out of touch with youth drug culture. News at 11.
posted by NationalKato at 6:28 AM on November 21, 2005

Snowman t-shirt sales skyrocket in Polk County. Parents baffled.
posted by illovich at 6:29 AM on November 21, 2005

The snowman is made of white, grainy stuff like sugar

Sinister indeed.
posted by leapingsheep at 6:30 AM on November 21, 2005

All the activism and news coverage will be great for sales of the snowman t-shirt. I certainly wouldn't have heard about it otherwise.
posted by driveler at 6:39 AM on November 21, 2005

Next up on the hitlist: enormous white t-shirts.
posted by bhance at 6:50 AM on November 21, 2005

Please select a snark for this thread:

1) When snowman t-shirts are outlawed, only snowmen will have t-shirts, or something.

2) I for one welcome our new snowman overlords

3) Metafilter: Jeezy? Fo' Sheezy? Pleezy

4) Mushrooms.
posted by spicynuts at 6:51 AM on November 21, 2005

1.
posted by Plutor at 6:53 AM on November 21, 2005

Apparently Puff the Magic Dragon was the gateway to this
posted by ElvisJesus at 6:54 AM on November 21, 2005

What's next? Wearing green collared shirts to signify sexual promiscuity?
posted by QuarterlyProphet at 6:55 AM on November 21, 2005

4.
posted by Gator at 7:08 AM on November 21, 2005

Ebeneezer Goode declined to comment.

I believe he goes by Ebeneezy now.
posted by LeeJay at 7:12 AM on November 21, 2005

The snowman's promotion of the "get rich or thaw trying" lifestyle does not sit well with McKinzie.

*snort*
posted by eddydamascene at 7:18 AM on November 21, 2005

I only sport the long white tee when I have no pants on. Email me for picture. And I noticed pink is coming back for men, too. Who knew?

Don't email me.
posted by mic stand at 7:33 AM on November 21, 2005

Can't this just be fixed by getting some people who are the antithesis of street cred to show up to public events wearing these shirts? I mean how gangsta would they be if carrot top cut a PSA wearing one of these?

Heh, sort of like on "South Park" where the parents eventually defeat the "Chinpokomon" fad by embracing it, making it instantly uncool to their kids...

In any case, this too shall pass. It's just the latest thing, like the "STOP SNITCHING" tshirts people were wearing awhile back.
posted by First Post at 7:52 AM on November 21, 2005

In other news, Polk County students are still allowed to wear shirtst that say "Slut", "Bitch", "Pornstar" and "Pimp" just none that depict a snowman because snow is about Teh Drugs and Teh Rap Music!
posted by fenriq at 7:59 AM on November 21, 2005

visited nyc mid-september and these t-shirts were everywhere. uh ,well, not so much everywhere as, on most of the young african american men i saw. made me laugh outright, the design is great. also a little surreal to see snowmen on on every street, in 90 degree weather.

hadn't seen the shirt here on the west coast . and though i figured it was probably a cocaine joke, i had to find out. i hit an internet cafe and googled "angry snowman t-shirt" . found jeezy right off. not may favorite music style but he's got a couple good tunes. i gotta say it's really effective viral marketing.

starting to see the t-shirt on west coast, now. the school bans will be probably generate plenty free buzz for jeezy.
posted by lapolla at 8:07 AM on November 21, 2005

Ok, somebody making something like this makes more sense now. Drugs have to be involved.
posted by Gamblor at 8:15 AM on November 21, 2005

part of sophisticated marketing campaigns which use coded symbols for drug culture that parents and teachers are not likely to understand.

Uh, duh. Why is it always assumed that parents and teachers were never children themselves? How does this journalistic angle work? Does your brain get zapped and your memory erased the minute you become a parent? I'm continually astounded by the naiveté of those that choose to spawn and then act like the world they grew up in was free of X, Y, and Z. For fooks sake!
posted by shoepal at 9:09 AM on November 21, 2005

In other news, winter weather has been banned by several northern communities, in addition to ice cubes and funnel cakes.
posted by LittleMissCranky at 9:10 AM on November 21, 2005

Is it wrong that I think those shirts look cool?
posted by dial-tone at 9:44 AM on November 21, 2005

How the fuck does it symbolize cocaine?
posted by Optimus Chyme at 9:53 AM on November 21, 2005

The snowman is made of white, grainy stuff like sugar

How do they know that the snowman doesn't symbolize sugar? At a time when type 2 diabetes is increasingly common among children, this is deeply irresponsible.
posted by 912 Greens at 10:04 AM on November 21, 2005

How the fuck does it symbolize cocaine?

OC, Young Jeezy started the fad. He's an ex-coke dealer. When asked about it, he basically said it means cocaine.
posted by NationalKato at 10:12 AM on November 21, 2005

Good god, that's stupid.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 10:16 AM on November 21, 2005

Good god, that's stupid.

Did you expect something intelligent from a rapper named Young Jeezy?
posted by NationalKato at 10:35 AM on November 21, 2005

America sucks more every day, more at 11.
posted by wakko at 11:25 AM on November 21, 2005

And now for something completely different.

The world needs more warm hugs.
posted by Eideteker at 11:57 AM on November 21, 2005

Snowman has meant coke dealer for a long, long time. Nothing new.
posted by dead_ at 12:35 PM on November 21, 2005

Warm hugs lead to sex! They should be banned!
posted by graventy at 2:01 PM on November 21, 2005

I'm guessing that this will lead to yet another six months of bogus discussions over whether school uniforms should be made mandatory, even in public school systems. In any case...

Kickin' in a buffed up Lamborgini
If your females proper she gots to see me
Cos' I'm the king of the rollouts.
Mack Daddy is back, still runnin' my mouth.
posted by djspicerack at 3:14 PM on November 21, 2005

This thread bought to you by the timeless classics ...
Brown Sugar by the Rolling Stones
&
Sweet Jane by Lou Reed
posted by seanyboy at 12:08 AM on November 22, 2005