“Pants on the Ground” Singer Found Dead

[Diamondjimi]

“Pants on the Ground” singer and “American Idol” sensation Larry Platt was found dead last night outside a convenience store in downtown Atlanta. According to witnesses at the store, Platt was beaten to death by a group of young men who were loitering in the store’s parking lot.


“There were six or seven gang bangers in baggy pants hanging out in the parking lot, and this old guy walked up to them and started singing and dancing,” said Marcus Lee, the store’s owner. “When he got to the second verse, they started beating on him.”


“I called the police, but by the time they arrived you couldn’t even recognize his face because of all the blood.”


A memorial for Platt is planned for this Saturday.


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[Hardrock69]

Downtown Atlanta is a pretty fucking dangerous place.

[Diamondjimi]

Guess they didn't like his song. Buncha fuckin cowards bet a 62 y/o man to death. Fuckin pussies!

[GAR]

I woulda just lit a pipe bomb and fragged 'em.. fuckit, you know? Sometimes you just gotta put them Pants On The Ground comrades IN the fucking ground.

[Blaze]

Very sad. The black community should speak up and against such terroristic acts. Not to do so means that the that all blacks approve of such terroristic acts.

[Blaze]

From what I understand, having your pants sag below your butt like that means you are receptive to gay sex. Moreover, you are receptive to being the receiver in the gay sex. It was originates from jail code.

[Blaze]

R.I.P. General. sad state of American affairs.

[LoungeMachine]

Internet HOAX

[Nitro Express]

I wonder how much the organs of seven gang bangers would go for on the black market? They might even have some gold teeth.

[Big Troubles]

Internet HOAX

maybe, but you did pull ur pants up right? Cause dead or alive thats what we wouldve wanted.

[Hardrock69]

Kinda like his mom saying if he died: "I hope he had on clean underwear!"

[chefcraig]

Even if this is a hoax, it's too bad it wasn't this self-absorbed knucklehead instead. Football fans everywhere (yes, even in Minnesota) would be glad to be finally done with his act once and for all...

[Big Troubles]

Brett Favre is an asshole

[Va Beach VH Fan]

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/pant...xntlid=thbz_hm

‘Pants on the Ground' singer victim of Internet hoax

By Larry Hartstein

Despite what you might have heard, the "General" is alive and well.

Internet rumors claiming Larry Platt of "Pants on the Ground" fame is dead are not true.

"Who are these people telling these lies?" Platt told the AJC on Monday morning. Platt was oblivious to the rampant Internet rumors.

Platt, 63, an Atlanta civil rights veteran, shot to fame in January when he performed "Pants on the Ground" in an "American Idol" audition. The song decries the baggy pants style of some young men.

Platt said he planned to spend Memorial Day at a barbecue, "just enjoying the rain and talking to my friends."

[Blaze]

He's a nifty old basstage. That is someone to smoke a hooter with on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

[Diamondjimi]

Good to hear he's alive. This story just gave him another 10 minutes of fame...