Every so often in music there is an artist who speaks to the masses. Sometimes it is profound; oftentimes it is not. Rapper Lil’ B happens to be the latter.

I watched a video of him “performing” on stage with Diddy, and it was one of the worst performances I’ve ever seen. He had no real skill or stage presence. In fact, for a good part of the video you didn’t even realize he was there, thanks to Diddy stealing the spotlight as usual.

If you can, watch the video. (For those who have ears or eyes, this may be a difficult process.)

Lack of skill and inabilities aside, what truly disturbed me were the comments from the video.

– “Thank you Basedgod for saving my life. You can f*** my b**** tonight after I’m done.”

– “Damn, BASEDGOD… You done came up. Now you got Diddy cookin it up and shoutin you out. You made it. Thank you basedgod.”

– “F*** my wife base god!!!”

What? F*** my girl? Basedgod?? What does this even mean?

According to Urban Dictionary, it means “living the way of life swaggin too the fullest, not caring what people say or think,wear, act or do what you want inspired by the BASEDGOD Lil’ B.”

My title “Of Cults and Basedgods” may be extreme, but look at it this way: a cult means devotion to a particular figure or object and a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing. This is everything that the “Basedgod” stands for. Granted, the commenters might not have been giving up their girls to Lil’ B (or maybe some were, who knows?), but just the fact they were offering blew my mind. Who thought of this anyway? Is this the norm for the new generation?

I really wish I knew what type of brainwashing methods he uses on his fans because this is ridiculous.

Thoughts?