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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Saturday, August 16, 2003 - 03:10 pm: | |
ABM you offer a deft explanation of the two sides of 2pac. But others (including show biz folks and regular people) who display more than one side of their personality or interests, or who show any signs up upward mobility or changing consciousness are labelled as "phonies" and "sell outs" by the gossips that be. I think that a lot of people consider Will Smith in this category because he moved successfully in to being an commercially viable actor.
Does anyone know how their acting gigs have affected the street cred of Ice T, Ice Cube, Mos Def and LL Cool J? Have Lil Kim and Mary J Blige suffered because of modeling for MAC cosmetics?
General Question: What distinguishes in the public mind a sell out from someone who has genuniely changed or who is showing another very real side of themselves? Is it haveing spin control and a good public relations team? |