- 81,929
- 116,539
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2010
and how many of you even listened to the Joe Budden podcast where they were talking about stars? A star in the black community doesn't necessarily make you a star overall. That's why I used the George Lopez example. Dude has had movies, TV shows, and I haven't seen any of it. I just know of his existence. To be a star across the board you need to be bigger than that, which is what Ice was saying with Jonathan Majors. Most people didn't know his name. Asian, white, and latinos, most probably haven't seen all the Martin stuff we have. So Martin is a star to me, because I grew up on Def Comedy Jam and Martin, but I could easily see how someone would say he's not a star.
They probably haven't seen all his stuff but they definitely know Martin's name. The Bad Boys franchise made sure of that. That's what makes you a star. Name recognition. I haven't seen Jerry Seinfeld stuff but his name is big. The average white person probably don't know Reasonable Doubt word for word like we do but they know who Jay-Z is.