da Internet has killed da Hollywood (and all kinds) of celebrity.

[tr1ll]

If you want to get biblical, that’s scary..

 

[finessence]

Social media celebs suck and are ruining the minds of our youth. Worshipping celebs in Hollywood is stupid too but at least actors are actually doing things and not just making dumb videos.

parents ruining their minds by allowing it. Raise your kids and you won’t have this problem

 

[ninjahood]

I'm not buying that completely because as old as human civilization has been there has always been an artist class that's been heralded among regular folk that goes back to Greek and Roman times.

 

[tr1ll]

I'm not buying that completely because as old as human civilization has been there has always been an artist class that's been heralded among regular folk that goes back to Greek and Roman times.

Not really. All the historic people we study now were considered heretics and crazies back then.

 

[jape]

yeah most art was considered sacrilegious

 

[ninjahood]

Not really. All the historic people we study now were considered heretics and crazies back then.

doesn't negate that they had followings and were heralded amongst regular common folk in their day.

 

[ninjahood]

Was Michelangelo the first celebrity artist?

The life and death of Michelangelo was a monumental celebrity affair.

www.newstatesman.com

 

[Magic33]

Social media has made any one a star, even if they have no talent. You can become a star from going viral.

What a star is has become devalued and watered down.

 

[chucktwnsfinest]

Lily Singh pure garbage. She's local to us from Toronto, Canada and I don't know of anyone locally who has ever liked her content.

I found out about her through Forbes, this was during the book writing process. I get it, but nah.

 

[fluid hips]

anyone with a username and password is a rapper, comedian, model, influencer, chef, movie director.

Big facts. All these cornballs on IG that call themselves comediens

 

[finessence]

With the popcorn, fast pace society, these people are forgotten easily. Especially since people have short attention spans.

Back then it was slower paced, people would anticipate and remember things longer. That’s the difference. Nowadays, you better monetize yourself quick fast and in a hurry, cause you’ll be an afterthought in a few years, maybe months.

We are living in the epitome of a 15 minutes of fame world

 

[SupremeBeing5]

#qanon

 

[nawghtyhare]

#qanon

explain please

 

[SupremeBeing5]

explain please

Hmmmmmm

Have you researched?

 

[waukeganwill]

With the popcorn, fast pace society, these people are forgotten easily. Especially since people have short attention spans.

Back then it was slower paced, people would anticipate and remember things longer. That’s the difference. Nowadays, you better monetize yourself quick fast and in a hurry, cause you’ll be an afterthought in a few years, maybe months.

We are living in the epitome of a 15 minutes of fame world

This all the way. I remember being a shorty, celebrities had some sort of mystique to them cuz they werent all in your face daily. Perfect example is musicians, specifically rappers. You never hear from them then Theyd drop a single, show up on TRL/The Basement/106 n park, say my album is coming out this date, do a Vibe/Source/XXL interview, then disappear till the next single or album. That level of mystique is gone now I can hop on Twitter and see them talking everyday. Go on IG and watch them on Live smoke weed and say dumb stuff and it just takes away from their celeb power in my opinion. Fabulous was so cool to me as a shorty but I didnt realize how damn lame he was till he was on twitter/IG cuz now u get too much of em.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

I am wondering if Announcing which celebrities have the virus will cause regular folks to resent them (even more? since they are being reminded that the class of a person is what determines how readily available testing will be.

Hopefully this can eat into the idol worship this planet has for the celebrity.

 

[Mark Antony]

I doubt any of this changes the mentality of someone who would worship celebrity in the first place.

 

[fluid hips]

Fabulous was so cool to me as a shorty but I didnt realize how damn lame he was till he was on twitter/IG cuz now u get too much of em.

 

[sooperhooper]

Lot of celebs hurt their brand by doing too much... Master p, ti, game to name a few. I think this is why Jay z is able to stay relevant for so long bc he understands the importance of staying quiet. People like Boosie and Ti gotta get on ig live for every gripe in life.

 

[Xennial]

I put the blame on Twitter, ever since they came out with the Like and Retweet buttons there's been no turning back smh

 

[Master Zik]

Wait ninja was on NT in 2020? Feels like he was banned years ago.

 

[rbk93]

Thread title couldn't be more wrong.

 

[$tatus $ymbol]

Da interwebs has killed da celebrity and is killing da humanity b. Meanwhile y’all’s man was slowing giving his moms a damn stroke because of da J’s in da floor.

 

[アミーゴ]

Wait ninja was on NT in 2020? Feels like he was banned years ago.

He’s back lol

 

[Master Zik]

He’s back lol

What?

For real?

Man the way they was talking when they banned hin was as if he was never coming back.