Steroids - Not just for athletes?

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Fez Hammersticks

Fez Hammersticks

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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.
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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.
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The producer and rapper Timbaland, whose real name is Tim Mosley, weighed more than 300 pounds before his dramatic turnaround a few years ago, when he began a rigorous exercise regime and transformed himself into a bodybuilder, dropping more than 100 pounds in the process. Representatives for Timbaland and 50 Cent did not respond to requests for comment yesterday. A spokeswoman for Ms. Blige said that the singer had never taken steroids, and a spokeswoman for Columbia Records had no comment about Wyclef Jean.
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January NY times article

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It's pretty obvious.
 
I don't care if they take steroids... they can do whatever they want, they aren't gaining an unfair advantage over other people playing a sport
 
This is such an old story. Everybody knows they did roids.
 
The only two who I could imagine being naturally gained is Nelly and 50 cent. Nelly used to be a hell of an athlete in football and baseball.

50, I believe, used to be a boxer and he's always been big from what I remember.

Dr. Dre? Obvious.
Timbaland? Dude, your kidding yourself if you think otherwise.
 
I once heard that douche bag that thinks he is really funny was taking some... what's his name? Tyler Perry or something? The guy who comes out with dumb comedies that aren't funny at all.
 
dpc said:
I once heard that douche bag that thinks he is really funny was taking some... what's his name? Tyler Perry or something? The guy who comes out with dumb comedies that aren't funny at all.
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Yeah, he's the guy on TBS always saying "Very Funny", when you know that it isn't. I guess he was cited in the investigation also, but that was like from over a year ago.
 
AgentDrazenPetrovic said:
if they didn't make your penis shrink i'd consider it...need to get jacked and tanned bro!
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I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure your dick stays the same size. It's your balls that shrink. It's because the steroids give your body a bunch more of the chemicals (testosterone) that it produces naturally. When the body gets used to having an externally introduced source, the body stops producing the chemical itself. So when you go off steroids, your body produces less testosterone than it did before you went on the drugs, and thus your testicles shrink.

It's the same reason that I'm hesitant to take the Melatonin pills for sleeping very often, even though they work great. I'm concerned my body will get used to having the external source of melatonin and stop producing it naturally, making it even harder to fall asleep sometimes. I don't know if the same principle applies to the drug, but given what I know about steroids and it's impact on the testicles, it's something I don't want to mess with.
 
I never knew Timbaland was fat. Wow, I was always under the impression that he was built.

Now Carrot Top is scary. Dude used to be a stick.
 
I watched a documentary on steroids called 'Bigger, stronger, faster" and the side effects are very real: severe acne, bitch tits, shrinking of the balls, lowers sperm count. But all these return to normal when you get off the drug.
They've been using steroids in medicine since the 1930's. No long-term studies have been conducted because that would be unethical, according to the Harvard doctor in the documentary. The doctor also said they can be safely taken. I would never take steroids but the movie definitely made me look at them in a different light.
 
That's a joke. I'm pretty sure Charlie Sheen, Christian Bale and Edward Norton didn't take steroids.

Norton wasn't even that big in American History X.
 
Who's to blame for shirtlessness in rap? LL Cool J? Figures the guy that helped rap jump the shark was in Deep Blue Sea.
 
Black Mamba said:
The only two who I could imagine being naturally gained is Nelly and 50 cent. Nelly used to be a hell of an athlete in football and baseball.
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Dude, you're insane. Nelly is BY FAR the most obvious steroid user. In a span of a year he went from normal to beast. Super beast.
 
I had no idea steroids made your raps better. Someone better inject Soulja Boy fast.
 
It's hard to tell with guys who aren't athletes and don't have the massive amount of veins like Carrot Top does. Norton is probably legit because if you stick to a strict diet and a competent and professional workout plan it isn't unreasonable at all to think he put on 30 pounds in three or four months.

Bale's is.. odd just because of how insanely skinny he was and that awful diet he claims he used to gain back the weight. More importantly I would hope he didn't use steroids because I'd hate to think of the damage his heart and other organs went through losing all that weight for the insomniac movie then possibly using steroids while gaining 100 pounds in less than six months.
 
Black Mamba said:
The only two who I could imagine being naturally gained is Nelly and 50 cent. Nelly used to be a hell of an athlete in football and baseball.

50, I believe, used to be a boxer and he's always been big from what I remember.

Dr. Dre? Obvious.
Timbaland? Dude, your kidding yourself if you think otherwise.
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I think 50 Cent was on steroids and came off of them. If you look at him when Get Rich Or Die Tryin' came out he was extremely ripped and now he's like kind of flabby. And Nelly I could see gaining some muscle but when from really skinny or big and ripped seemingly overnight when makes me think he had a little help.
 
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