Mar 1
LaFlareIt actually shows what it means to be human. You can go from being damn near a deity to being someone that nobody takes serious. And it works both ways.
True facts
Mar 1
Bobby_96Nobody wants to say it but MJ between the time after HIStory and before his death had a huge fall from grace too.
His public persona took a massive hit due to the allegations and his fallout with Sony.
He was OPENLY getting called Wacko Jacko more than his real name in many mainstream publications and magazines.
His skin condition was getting mocked and made fun of. Ya'll remember that old joke about how America is the only place where a poor Black boy can become a rich White woman?
He was getting blackballed and blacklisted in the industry to the point where he exclusively toured overseas.
He was constantly clowned and disrespected in pop culture. Comedy shows, cartoons, and even artists like Eminem were clowning MJ.
90% of MJ media coverage was straight negative. Even after death, he had the whole Leaving Neverland doc attacking him.
This was the same man who was the best selling solo artist in the world and was the most famous musician ever at his peak.
It was very rough being an MJ fan at one point before he passed and everyone switched up.
My first thoughts was MJ tbh when reading thread title so glad someone said it
Mar 1Bobby_96Nobody wants to say it but MJ between the time after HIStory and before his death had a huge fall from grace too.
His public persona took a massive hit due to the allegations and his fallout with Sony.
He was OPENLY getting called Wacko Jacko more than his real name in many mainstream publications and magazines.
His skin condition was getting mocked and made fun of. Ya'll remember that old joke about how America is the only place where a poor Black boy can become a rich White woman?
He was getting blackballed and blacklisted in the industry to the point where he exclusively toured overseas.
He was constantly clowned and disrespected in pop culture. Comedy shows, cartoons, and even artists like Eminem were clowning MJ.
90% of MJ media coverage was straight negative. Even after death, he had the whole Leaving Neverland doc attacking him.
This was the same man who was the best selling solo artist in the world and was the most famous musician ever at his peak.
It was very rough being an MJ fan at one point before he passed and everyone switched up.
Katt williams roasted the f*** out of him too
Mar 1
inspoeater
Mar 1it’s niggas out here that did actual crimes man what are we talkin about
Mar 1Yeah
Mar 1justin timberlake
Mar 1
JPEGMAFIAProbably the biggest fall from grace that didn't involve raping or murdering somebody
Mar 1·1 replyWhat about like bill cosby
Mar 1inspoeater- Mar 1·1 reply
Kanye will go down as a very infamous celeb though
Hes one of the most impactful celebs
OPMar 1mr get doughKanye will go down as a very infamous celeb though
Hes one of the most impactful celebs
No doubt.
Just sucks he's tainting his own legacy.
Mar 1Bobby_96Nobody wants to say it but MJ between the time after HIStory and before his death had a huge fall from grace too.
His public persona took a massive hit due to the allegations and his fallout with Sony.
He was OPENLY getting called Wacko Jacko more than his real name in many mainstream publications and magazines.
His skin condition was getting mocked and made fun of. Ya'll remember that old joke about how America is the only place where a poor Black boy can become a rich White woman?
He was getting blackballed and blacklisted in the industry to the point where he exclusively toured overseas.
He was constantly clowned and disrespected in pop culture. Comedy shows, cartoons, and even artists like Eminem were clowning MJ.
90% of MJ media coverage was straight negative. Even after death, he had the whole Leaving Neverland doc attacking him.
This was the same man who was the best selling solo artist in the world and was the most famous musician ever at his peak.
It was very rough being an MJ fan at one point before he passed and everyone switched up.
The 2000s in general were f***ed up. Janet Jackson was blamed entirely for the Superbowl s***, Britney Spears was turned into a paparazzi freakshow, even Martin Lawrence damn near lost it at one point, then you also had Amy Winehouse issues being treated like a cheap joke. Something was definitely in the water and I didn't like it
Mar 1Depends on BULLY
Mar 1·1 replyHe’s just a deranged egomaniac who can’t stomach the fact that he’s washed now
- Mar 1Avalanche
He’s just a deranged egomaniac who can’t stomach the fact that he’s washed now
Yeah. It's more than likely this.
Kanye has survived endless controversies in the past.
But now he's getting up there in age and is basically a legacy act now. He seems to have a hard time accepting that though.
It's similar to how Nicki Minaj looks worse trying to be the hottest female rapper and doing crazy s*** for attention instead of just naturally letting things flow.
- Mar 1·1 replymr get dough
What about like bill cosby
Nah. It might really be Cosby cause Kanye even during the time MBDTF dropped still had plenty of detractors who never forgave him for the VMA situation.
Cosby, however, was America's dad. Nigga was held up as the greatest role model for not just Black America but America in general. The Cosby Show was the BIGGEST show on TV for part of the 1980's.
And he was known for being a clean comedian who hardly cussed too as well as someone who pushed for respectability politics and positive images.
So, to see him go from a clean cut beloved father figure to a serial rapist rotting in jail and thanking Boosie of all people for saying "Free Cosby" on Vlad TV was something nobody saw coming before the 2010's.
Mar 1LaFlareIt actually shows what it means to be human. You can go from being damn near a deity to being someone that nobody takes serious. And it works both ways.
You make it sound like its some passive thing that can happen to anybody instead of man crashing out in the most egregious ways for a decade
Mar 1Give it a rest
Mar 1·1 replyI don’t know that you can frame something so completely self engineered in this way, his whole career is basically amassing incredible good will & positive momentum + then s***ting all over it on an increasingly dangerous scale
Mar 1
Mar 1·1 replyBill Cosby,
MJ held a baby over the balcony
After him it’s big Brit. (At her height, Brittney Spears was EVERYWHERE dawg.)
@op just bias cause it’s ye.
- Mar 1insertcoolnamehere
Bill Cosby,
MJ held a baby over the balcony
After him it’s big Brit. (At her height, Brittney Spears was EVERYWHERE dawg.)
@op just bias cause it’s ye.
MJ forsure
Mar 1
Water Giver
- Mar 1Bobby_96
Nah. It might really be Cosby cause Kanye even during the time MBDTF dropped still had plenty of detractors who never forgave him for the VMA situation.
Cosby, however, was America's dad. Nigga was held up as the greatest role model for not just Black America but America in general. The Cosby Show was the BIGGEST show on TV for part of the 1980's.
And he was known for being a clean comedian who hardly cussed too as well as someone who pushed for respectability politics and positive images.
So, to see him go from a clean cut beloved father figure to a serial rapist rotting in jail and thanking Boosie of all people for saying "Free Cosby" on Vlad TV was something nobody saw coming before the 2010's.
That Pound Cake speech should've did Cosby hoe ass in
