Things that surprise me: Hip-Hop – Rappers – Steroids

Every once in a while, I read something that really surprises me. Here’s an example:

Hip-Hop – Rappers – Steroids – Music – New York Times
When news surfaced over the weekend that 50 Cent, Wyclef Jean, Timbaland and other rap stars had been implicated in a steroids investigation, some hip-hop fans were shocked, but to many in the industry the accusations seemed inevitable.

Although public accusations of steroid and human-growth-hormone use by rappers and R&B stars — like Mary J. Blige, who was also named in the investigation, according to a report in The Times Union of Albany — are all but unheard of, the latest news struck a chord about the increasing pressure on these performers to maintain perfect, even superhuman physiques as a part of their overall image and brand.

Actually, no that’s not the part that surprised me. This is the part that surprised me:

But for 50 Cent, in particular, the news could affect his business. A former boxer, he has long promoted himself as fit and abstemious. He also has a line of vitamin water sold through Glacéau, which was bought by Coca-Cola last year for $4.1 billion.

50 Cent has a line of vitamin water?

Go figure!