Chess is dope but how come gangsters and people within hiphop seem to love it so much?

[Objective]

I refuse to believe this scene is the cause:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8lyda_ZkLQ

but it'd at least explain the draw for people you wouldn't expect to actually know about gambits, openings, mid and late game plays.

What got y'all into it?

[Hush]

It’s war

[Ajax]

Because Liquid Swords has a chessboard on the album cover and it’s historically been considered proof of someone’s intelligence.

It definitely has nothing to do with the Wire.

[Ouch]

Well i'll tell you this much my nigga... I was in bx CC, and they had dorms.

This old as dude who did maintenance and what not in the wreck room.. he wreckeded me... in like a few moves... and im not a retard.. he just said... you're gonna move the pawn up, one side next pawn too up... move the rook up..

reguardless me smashed me he taught me some stuff but I stil don't know

[Ouch]

but to my behest he said he played in a chess club... so wtf am I supposed to do...

reguardless therses no way im a fool playing with a master... but yeah people like that

[Ouch]

its just like anything else... it takes a lot of practice and work...


jordan was a good basketball player.... but jordan wouldn't have been jordan with out a TON TON TON of work...

[Ouch]

if lebron didn't practice much and didn't give 2 shits... lebron would be a foot note nah mean... theres probably 100 lebrons and jordans that didnt.... I know a few

[Dope girl]

I love chess

[Geno]

It is a strategic game of gangsta shit. Basically conquering the opposition on some well thought out G shit