Wait wait wait wait WAIT!!!!  I’m trying to see if I understand this.  The man that for years refused his black roots while unapologetically admitting his very dark-skinned father was his hero is finally getting a little swagger?  What event could have happened to cause the golfer to come to such a image shift?  OH YES…he was caught cheating on his wife.

While I’m still in disbelief about Vanity Fair’s cover (still double-checking to make sure the photo is authentic.)  I can’t say I’m surprised maybe slightly disappointed.  With a celebrity the stature of Tiger Woods there is barely an autograph he can sign without his handlers approval.  This cover was approved under the EXPERT advice of his publicity team.

So lets break it down.  The same man who recently went on the record that he’s basically bowing out of existence for an indefinite period of time has decided to make this risque appearance rocking a skully, a scowl and a bare chest on one of the world’s foremost magazines?  Is this also the cover of his upcoming rap album too? The cover is suggesting that his publicists feel during a time when he’s most commonly associated with infidelity to some how reinvent his image in the mold of hip hop.

Now I’m sure other blogs and quick to jump the gun activist out there will say this is racist.  NO..its not an attack on black folks its an association with Hip Hop.  Its saying that the in the hip hop generation is quicker to accept a cheating husband than other popular groups specifically the very conservative shelter under which he’s spend his entire career.  The weed, the hoes the guns its all cool in the world of hip hop and I’m guessing his team felt provided a soft landing place for him to seek shelter while the storm blows over.

Who can be mad though?  We created it?  We bought in to the bad boy, Jay-Z Maybach driving, Gilbert Arenas in the locker room gun waiving, Chris Brown domestic abusing, Swizz Beats cheating on his wife for an Alicia Keys upgrading culture.  Until we stop buying into it we’ve gotta accept this as cool.  Welcome Tiger, the homey Lil Wayne is rolling a spliff for you in the back.