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Via RCP:
MSNBC’s resident expert on race and “pop culture critic” Toure (one word) joined the network for the first time in a while to give his opinion on Whitney Houston’s death.
Toure, who is known for attaching race to nearly every issue didn’t disappoint during his appearance on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” with host Lawrence O’Donnell. Sitting next to Al Sharpton, Toure told viewers that untimely deaths such as Michael Jackson’s or Whitney Houston’s can be attributed to “a fear of going back to poverty.”
Admitting this would “seem strange to people,” Toure diagnosed Whitney Houston because she “got to the top” fast. Transcript of Toure’s explanation below.
“I had a talk with Questlove from The Roots who talked about the soul-searching he’s doing and he talked about an epidemic of death that’s tragic among prematurely dying massive black singers. Michael Jackson was just 50. Now, Whitney at 48. Heavy D was 44, Nate Dogg was 41. Why are so many of these people dying early? And he talked about that there’s an extraordinary pressure and stress on them to continue to succeed year after year because it is embarrassing to fall. But they also have a fear of going back to poverty,” Toure told Lawrence O’Donnell.