i saw a segment of Chris Rock talking about the stupidity of "keeping it real," on You Tube a while back... he doesn't buy it and neither do i... it's pretty much what people say to excuse base behavior... when they have no motivation to expect better of themselves...
Dave Chapelles’ SHow had a couple of great segments titled “when keepin’ it real goes wrong” that absolutely nailed this. I couldn’t find the skits on YouTube — they probably got a nastygram from someone’s lawyer,