When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong: The Steve McNair/Sahel Kazemi Story

The Dave Chappelle show can tell you a lot about life. One of the skits that should be revered as gospel is "When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong" with Brenda Johnson.  It is a metaphor for all that happened in the Steve McNair/Sahel Kazemi murder/suicide. (alleged at this point, but safe to assume...)

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=11915&title=when-keeping-it-real-goes-wrong

Initially, the working title was "Pimpin ain't easy...The tragic story of Steve McNair," but watching Brenda Johnson again made me change the title...(you can see that I was on a Chappelle kick) 

I know Black People got me thinking, "Is Pimping Easy?" According to who you listen to, you will get different answers. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060927102854AAr8XGu

While the answer can be both, the Steve McNair tragedy proves that pimping ain't easy. When you are trying to balance a business, a family man persona to the media and fans and pimp, something has to give. Usually is it the family first, as happened in this situation.  The Associated Press is reporting that Mechelle McNair had zero clue that Steve was carrying on an affair behind her back.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An associate said Wednesday that the wife of ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair didn't know about Sahel Kazemi before the 20-year-old woman was found dead alongside her husband on the Fourth of July.

McNair, 36, was shot four times in what the medical examiner has said is likely a murder-suicide, though police haven't confirmed that Kazemi was responsible.

Mike Mu, who has worked with McNair's charitable foundation for years, said Mechelle McNair "didn't know who this girl is."

Mechelle McNair, who has not spoken publicly since the shooting, has been described by people close to her as being very upset and distraught. Agent Bus Cook said McNair's wife was "in and out" of it in the hours after the shooting.

Now, not to sound callous, but when done correctly, the spouse or supposed loved one is the last to know about these things. To hide the affair had to be a lot of work and strain on Steve McNair. History has to count of something and some of the reason behind the motive might have been that things were not progressing fast enough for Sahel Kazemi.

First, we have the initial reports that the gun was hers, purchased on Thursday, the same day that she was popped for DUI.  Second, we have a story in the Seattle Times that the facts all line up to a murder/suicide.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee's state medical examiner said Tuesday that investigators have been hesitant to conclude Steve McNair's girlfriend killed the former quarterback and herself because she didn't appear to have a motive. But he added that murder-suicide is the most likely scenario.

After the couple was discovered shot to death Saturday, police were quick to label McNair's death a homicide. McNair, 36, had been shot twice in the head and twice in the chest.

Meanwhile, 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi was dead from a single gunshot to the head. Under her body was a gun police say she purchased Thursday.

Investigators were waiting on ballistics tests on the weapon before issuing a ruling on Kazemi's death, which medical examiner Bruce Levy said could come in the next few days.

Kazemi's gun purchase, revealed Monday, is a strong indication she was responsible, Levy said.

Let me help with the motive, the one thing that seems to be slowing up the case.  Steve McNair is a successful community and national icon that took an interest in a 19-20 year old young woman. He took her on vacations and bought her an Escalade. She told people that she was in love and that Steve was going to divorce his wife.

Then, the dream starts to die, piece by piece.  On LiveSteez, today they write that Steve stood her up in Las Vegas.

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