>Yeah whiteboy cholo isn't exactly uncommon. Even among Eme
>made members.

This. Anecdotally speaking, damn near every crew I was around growing up had a "Casper", Weto, or Gringo or two in the mix, and a LOT of those cats repped without irony or caricature. Once in awhile I'd see a cat who was clearly trying.

>Shia doesnt really sell it imo. He's far from
>the worst part of the movie though

I can't even begin to see Even Steven pulling that off, lol
But without seeing it I wondered if it was more a case of him just not having enough of that in him to make it work, + extra progressive reviewers.