https://www.huffpost.com/entry/goonew-funeral-video_n_624b16a8e4b0587dee6cfba1

Just like Weekend at Bernie's.

" A send-off for a slain Maryland rapper is going viral because of the way the man's body was apparently displayed."

"Markelle Morrow, who rapped under the name "Goonew," died last month after he was found shot in a District Heights parking lot. He was taken to an area hospital where he later died, according to WUSA TV."

" On Sunday, the rapper's friends and family gathered at Bliss, a Washington, D.C., nightclub to honor his memory at $40 a pop, according to Hot97.com."

"Video from the event shows Morrow's presumably embalmed body propped up onstage and wearing designer clothes and a crown."

"The overall effect looked like someone was doing a reboot of "Weekend At Bernie's," a 1989 cult comedy about two guys who pretend a dead mobster is alive for a weekend."

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They charged $40 to attend the funeral. Who says the entertainment industry has no soul?

Capitalism is alive, at least for a while, and sort of well.

pic.twitter.com/H76Lc7Uiwk

— Chaotic Nightclub Photos (@ClubPhotos_) April 1, 2022

It was self defense. He pulled a pocket knife on me!


ETA He was the best dressed man in the whole joint.

I was going to ask what a bunch of white girls were doing at that club but then I opened the pictures and realized it was just my culture being appropriated.

"Who gets the bill?"

"Oh, my man Goonew got that! He is sitting right there"

Most ironic part of the whole thing is they put him in clothes that say "Kill or be killed"

gtaggie_08 said:

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Most ironic part of the whole thing is they put him in clothes that say "Kill or be killed"

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"I'll take be killed, please. /dead rapper

TxTarpon said:

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Capitalism is alive, at least for a while, and sort of well.

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Didn't click the link.

Is somebody putting products for advertisement or sale next to his body? Either way very poor taste.

Those may be cans of hair gel…maybe a promotional by the funeral home for future business from nightclub patrons?

Looks like I made a mistake. I think the pic posted is one of him still alive.

Madman said:

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Looks like I made a mistake. I think the pic posted is one of him still alive.

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Not sure we can tell.

I suppose its one version of an Irish wake.

No different than the Old West.

That is a photo of him sleeping, not him dead.

I do have a bridge for sale......

kind of creeepy

I think it's a very thoughtful gesture. Only one person got a chance to shoot him in life. Now everyone else has the same opportunity.

Bregxit said:

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DMV RAPPER GOONEW THAT WAS KILLED IN FORESTVILLE MD, FAMILY AND FRIENDS GAVE HIM A GOING-AWAY PARTY AT BLISS NIGHT CLUB. pic.twitter.com/5oTMl7i2Km

— killmoenews (@Killmoenews1) April 4, 2022

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Man that is weird and disturbing on a deep level to me. Even the ancient Mayans might have thought that was pretty messed up.

German Shephards and their spawn

I somehow watched the video the first time without realizing exactly what I was watching.

What in the holy hell is wrong with people ?

Black Fortune a rapper who performed at the event wrote in an Instagram Story: "No this ain't no wax figure my Brodie went out gansta."

There was a thread on this type of thing a few years ago. I've forgotten which board it was on. At the time, it was explained as a new way of doing wakes in the black community and was supposedly really catching on. I guess it didn't, because this is the first I've heard of it since then.

There were pix on that thread of corpses propped up at card tables playing dominoes and all sorts of bizarre stuff.

"Street Cred" just jumped to a whole.new.level.

Or GTFO