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joshmoviereview t1_jcaffd4 wrote
Reply to comment by Grass8989 in Not Even This City Councilman Can Find an Apartment in New York City by CactusBoyScout
Huh? His mom is a baker and his dad was an attorney who died when he was 17. He worked his way up as a grassroots activist
Grass8989 t1_jcag86j wrote
“Mr. Ossé is the son of a prominent hip-hop lawyer and podcaster, Reggie Ossé, better known as Combat Jack, who died in 2017. Mr. Ossé acknowledges his privileges.”
He’s been able to live in his parents townhome rent free before getting a job with an $150k salary at 24, and even with that salary is still complaining about mundane things like not being able to find an apartment with a washer and dryer. That’s privilege.
burnshimself t1_jcakxf9 wrote
Why do you hate this man so much? We’re going to crucify him for making $150?
He comes from a supportive family, sure, but he went to school on scholarship and doesn’t seem like he is a trust fund baby at all. Tons of people live at home with their parents after college and I’d argue there the opposite of privilege - privilege is mom and dad paying for you to have your own apartment. And he’s used that opportunity, his education and that support to be an activist working to better his community - a noble pursuit.
There are hundreds of thousands more egregious instances of nepotism and more insulting income levels, I see no point in picking on this guy.
iamnyc t1_jcah3e1 wrote
Nepobaby might be a bit much, but this dude wants a baller apartment with in unit W/D in his mid 20s.
burnshimself t1_jcajnm9 wrote
Having unreasonable expectations for your rent / apartment in New York has nothing to do with being a nepobaby…
Grass8989 t1_jcai6z9 wrote
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/08/08/chi-osse-new-york-genz-politician-00048183
“Chi himself grew up in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Park Slope and Crown Heights and went to local schools before attending the private Quaker school Friends Seminary in Manhattan starting in sixth grade, where he was on a scholarship”
“Ossé’s Brooklyn bona fides are undeniable. His grandfather was Teddy Vann, a music producer who grew up in Brooklyn’s Bensonhurst neighborhood, won a Grammy working with his longtime protege Luther Vandross, and collaborated with artists like Sam Cooke and Bob Dylan. His father Reginald Ossé, who passed away in 2017 from colon cancer, was a legendary hip-hop podcaster, journalist and attorney known as Combat Jack.”
A product of private school and privilege.
burnshimself t1_jcajkog wrote
Yea I’m gonna have to disagree with you chief.
He went to private school on scholarship. He likely tested in to it and has to apply to earn his spot. Are we saying the children of lower income families who go to a good school are privileged now? We’re shaming people for getting a good education? Feels like you’re completely commandeering this language in a disingenuous and performative attempt to put this guy down.
As for his family legacy - musicians, especially black musicians, were pretty much broke unless they were a headliner act. Session musicians like his grandfather were middle income at best. Even headline acts in those days had record companies cheat them out of their money. I wouldn’t call that history privilege. And if it is then I guess we’re all privileged unless we came from a long line of homelessness, in which case privilege just has no meaning anymore.
Grass8989 t1_jcak5pq wrote
His father was an attorney and popular podcaster with a several million dollar net worth. He was able to comfortably live at home before finally DECIDING it was time to move out. That’s privilege, sorry.
[deleted] t1_jcayzrx wrote
even if he is/was privileged...thats not what a nepo baby is
burnshimself t1_jcamdu1 wrote
Lol on what authority do you think this man was a millionaire? Other than owning a home in park slope - which I gather they’ve owned for decades and bought when real estate in park slope was super cheap and the area was not its present yuppie playground - I see no signs of material wealth. He went on scholarship to school - not something that a wealthy family would have been offered and concrete evidence of his family’s income being well below what you’re representing.
He was a lawyer in the music industry - which he did for about 10 years until leaving in 2001. That’s a fine living, but not upper class. He probably was a salaried employee and not even a partner-level lawyer. He didn’t have his own firm. And big big money didn’t show up in hip hop until after he left the industry. So I don’t see his legal career as being something that would have hugely enriched him.
And the blog / podcast job almost certainly didn’t make him rich. Only very recently (last 5 years) have any podcasters started making real big money. And that’s only the biggest names. This guy ran a middling niche podcast that could never pay him any kind of big money. Same for blogging - journalism is notoriously not lucrative.
Living at home with your parents is the opposite of privilege. Privilege is having your parents pay for you to have your own apartment. Millions of Americans live at home into their 20s, usually because they can’t afford to move out. How is being too poor to move out of your parents house privilege? Or are we just saying anyone who doesn’t have two dead, destitute, homeless crack addicts parents is privileged?
So again I’ll ask where is the privilege?
iamnyc t1_jcailct wrote
I'm not a fan of his, but going to Friends on a scholarship and having a grandfather from Bensonhurst doesn't scream privilege to me.
Grass8989 t1_jcaj6tc wrote
Does complaining about an $150k salary at 24 years old and not being able to find an apartment with a washer and dryer scream of privilege?
SchaeferJ17 t1_jcalh5g wrote
It sounds like you’re projecting your miserable life onto other people.
Im on track to make close to $150k this year and apartment hunting has been a fucking struggle. Can’t find a “livable”studio for less than 2.8k a month.
Additionally, we shouldn’t validate shit landlords overcharging for small prison cell apartments by leasing there because we don’t want to come off as privileged
Grass8989 t1_jcalrl8 wrote
No one’s going to feel sorry for someone making $150k not being able to find the perfect apartment. Talk about being tone deaf.
SchaeferJ17 t1_jcancws wrote
You missed the point of the entire article dummy.
The point is that making $150k is no longer considered a bench mark upperclass goal as it once was.
$100k plus is the new middle class and even with that amount of money, it’s not a middle class cake walk like it was pitched to most of us throughout the 80’s/90’s/00’s.
Of course Chi will be fine but he’s using this as a jumping off point to discuss how fucked the economy is for people under the age of 50.
Grass8989 t1_jcaodls wrote
He’s literally in the top .1% of 24 year olds. He’s going to be fine.
Pool_Shark t1_jcbegqn wrote
The point is we should stop focusing on this guy no one cares about and hone our anger at whatever is wrong with our current system that are causing rents to be some damn high
Zlec3 t1_jcasf62 wrote
You sound incredibly bitter and resentful lol
Decent-Delay5760 t1_jch6zk9 wrote
Nothing like a sad bum hating on the internet
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