This

Social media also ruined some artists careers (Game, T.I.,...)

Prince would’ve probably been legit beefing with every rap group/rapper back then if gossip spread back then as fast as it does now lmao

Big Bang

The biggest artist would probably be someone from a place that can't be named.

Michael Jackson???????

Lou Reed would've been roasting icons people so hard that the Velvets wouldn't have been underground for long

Imagine if Eminem did a music video for Kim in the social media age?

If we’re talking about followers…

MJ
Prince
Eminem
Kanye

Lester Bangs absolutely could not exist in the age of social media lmao

Just finished reading Carburetor Dung idk he was the only one that dared to throw shade at the icons and fantano built a career on that so maybe

I dunno man, if making a joke about Taylor Swift in a TV show gets you cancelled for not showing sufficient respect to a pop star, someone who was such an openly belligerent a****** as Bangs would have their home address reported to the FBI

Nobody mentions Sade (in her prime), Eazy E, Aaliyah (Would have been beyond her stardom), Jimi, Whitney & Bobby (Bobby x10), MJ, Elvis, & Bowie? Or even Ginuwine

Michael or Pac

which is pretty much already the case

tbh tho everything would be totally different if there was always some form of social media

nah they woulda been able to DM and clear it up

suck my d*** before i slap you with it

MJ especially if he was active imagine that nigga doing a story sitting on a giraffe with a model and bubbles holding the phone. His s*** would be lit.

Imagine if he posted this

Bowie, Dylan and Lennon were all clever f***ers that knew how to manipulate the media in a way that would make Kanye proud

Little Richard would've been wild

the smiths would've tanked a lot earlier

90s R&B singers would have been internationally incredible superstars

The Clash would've been able to actually organize and put into action the kind of s*** they sang about so might've kept their momentum going

Sid Vicious & The Pistols would have been the f***ing presidents

Lydon would've got his revolution