Saturday, November 16, 2013

Azealia Banks "ATM Jam" Not Returning the Cash Expected

Azealia Banks may have the most Twitter feuds than any other person on planet Earth, and it seems that no one is safe-not even her newly featured artist and well known-producer on her newest single-Pharrell Williams. Banks clearly has significant difficulty taking responsibility for her own problems.
The single featuring Williams known as “ATM Jam” is the lead single off of Banks’ debut album “Broke With Expensive Taste.” The single performed poorly, so Banks decided to blame-not herself, but Williams. She stated that Pharrell was not outwardly supporting and promoting the single, which is the core reason why the single did not perform well. His lack of a cameo appearance in the video was also a key problem in the song’s overwhelming lack of success.
While it seems that this would not be an altercation, Banks and her running mouth could not resist the opportunity to bash and banter Williams by referring to his recent success as his “lite skin comeback.” These racially-bantering tweets can be found at Spin. She then utilized offensive terms to refer to Williams on Twitter before self-promoting herself and fight for fame. The full list of tweets can be found from Complex. Lastly, Banks decided that the duo’s single was not worthy enough to be featured on the album, and she has since supposedly scrapped the song from appearing on the official tracklist. “Broke With Expensive Taste” is due out in January 2014. Peep the video and artwork below. 

Thursday, October 31, 2013

A Birthday Cake Causes Kelly Osbourne to Lash Curses at Lady Gaga

            While the typical dislike connected between Lady Gaga and Kelly Osbourne seemed to have ceased for a short time since last year, it would-have-seemed that Osbourne has no intention of making amends with Gaga, until she redeemed herself after the feud’s most recent altercation. Gaga just recently sent Osbourne a cake for her birthday via Sharon Osbourne, whereby Kelly- instead of thanking Gaga for the gesture, decided to respond with burning tweets that were accompanied by sarcasm and rude hashtags such as #EayMyS**t. Some of Kelly’s tweets can be found on the US Magazine Article.
            While normal individuals would likely lash back in equally as rude statements, Gaga responded politely and maturely to Osbourne. Gaga even attempted to keep her “Little Monsters” in check by telling them to #SpreadLove and refrain from saying rude things about Osbourne, even though Sharon Osbourne declared that the hate messages from Gaga’s followers caused Kelly to burst into tears.
            However, more than likely due to Gaga’s maturity in the dilemma, Kelly Osbourne seemed to turn the feud around the next day by apologizing and stating that she did not wish to fight anymore. The following day Gaga performed on the X Factor and seemed to connect well with Sharon Osbourne, indicating that amends had truly been made by the pair. According to Mirror UK News , it seems that the feud may be over and harmony could actually exist between Gaga and Kelly Osbourne. Check out the video of the harmonizing Lady Gaga and Sharon Osbourne after Gag's X Factor performance.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Is Miley Cyrus "Prostituting Herself"?


Sinead O’Connor learned more than anyone that choice of words do actually matter when she attempted to look-out for newly pop-driven twerking superstar Miley Cyrus. O’Connor told Cyrus that she should not “prostitute” herself in a written letter, whereupon Cyrus posted to Twitter old tweets declaring O’Connor’s search for a psychiatrist to help with her bipolar disorder.
            Cyrus then brought in another superstar, Amanda Bynes, by simply referring to O’Connor as being similar to Bynes’ situation as a psychiatric patient. O’Connor responded on Facebook with written letters declaring that those records Cyrus posted are old. She then proceeded to call Cyrus “stupid” and a “bully,” while indicating that she will pursue legal repercussions against Cyrus.
            Cyrus’s response further rustled O’Connor’s feathers by referencing O’Connor’s previous SNL appearance, whereupon O’Connor created world controversy by tearing up a photo of the pope. More of this altercation can be seen on the Daily MailPeople shows Cyrus' response and statement that she was too busy to respond to O’Connor since she would be performing on SNL that very week. O’Connor seemed to have the final word by challenging Cyrus to become a “proper woman” in her final open letter that was posted to Facebook on Oct. 4. Cyrus will likely twerk her way back into another rebuttal or argument with O’Connor in the coming days. 

Monday, September 30, 2013

Jimmy Kimmel Disagrees with West on his View of a Rockstar


            It is no secret Kanye West thinks extremely highly of himself, but Jimmy Kimmel recently learned the hard way to not speak out against West. West bashed and bantered Kimmel on Twitter this past Thursday from some playful jokes and fun that Kimmel had poked against West with in an interview with BBC. In West’s interview with BBC, Kanye West stated that rap was the new version of a rockstar, and West referred to himself as the No. 1 leading rockstar in the music industry today.
            West took stabs at Kimmel’s looks as well as comparing him to an ex-girlfriend as seen on NY Daily News, Sarah Silverman. Kimmel seemed to take an underwhelming response by threatening to unfollow West on Twitter if he continued on his rant. West’s initial eight tweet rant also included self-praise (which no one is unfamiliar with from West) and sarcasm that referenced Kimmel’s terrible life, at least according to West. Kimmel has mostly reframed from engaging in any bantering of West via social media.
            However-Kimmel, not surprisingly, took the comedic approach to reference West to his audience and the ridiculousness of some of West’s tweets and actions. These comedic jabs at West from Kimmel will likely ignite the fire in the Yeezus rapper and maybe even cause more cyber drama between the unlikely feuding duo. MTV does a great job at summarizing the feud between the pair. Part I of the Kanye West interview on Jimmy Kimmel show is shown below.

Thursday, September 26, 2013

What a Celebrity GirlFight Really Looks Like


Whether Rihanna sits back and does nothing, or whether she intentionally makes jabs to anyone, the repercussions always seem to come back and hit her (ha). This past Monday Rihanna responded to Teyana Taylor’s viral Instagram video of herself singing Anita Baker’s “Caught in the Rapture” with a mocked version of Rihanna’s male hair stylist singing the song, while dressed up as Teyana Taylor.
Teyana then took the quarrel to Twitter where the duo went back and forth exchanging low-blows and insults that seemingly affected no one. The conversation quickly turned into hashtag bantering where Taylor referred to Rihanna as #PETTY. See this in her tweets at Hollywood LifeRihanna striked back with jabs at income and recognition with images of their comparative networths to Taylor accompanied by the hashtags #nomorefreepromo and #irefuse. RiRi posted this as her header, which just led to more intentionally brought about problems.
Taylor also took the argument to a new level, bringing in Rihanna’s friends and utilizing vulgar language towards them concurrently. But she did not stop there.. By photoshopping a photograph of two boxers, Taylor poised as a boxer beating up the opposing competitor-Rihanna, accompanied by the viral photo of Rihanna from her Christ Brown altercation back in 2009. The tweets can be seen on the two’s Twitter feeds and more of the story can be read here

Monday, September 16, 2013

Gucci Mane Adds Big Names to His Alread-Established List of Feuds




Rapper Gucci Mane embarked on yet another Twitter rant that carried over to Instagram as he bantered fellow superstars 2 Chainz, Waka Flocka, Nicki Minaj, Eminem, and Black Chyna among others. This last Tuesday marked Gucci’s seething rage that seemed go on endlessly with the thirty outlandishly rude tweets. 
The angry outburst began with Gucci proclaiming his existence as a real authentic street rapper and his rise to becoming rich from poverty-stricken conditions. He then elaborated in harsh and vulgar language to mock other rappers before delving into detailed sexual innuendos and activities that he claims to have done with certain rappers-including Minaj and her fellow companion Ciara. The full list of Gucci's overly-explicit tweets can be found here.
Minaj took the feud to Instagram with a conversation Minaj had with label mate Tyga where the duo turned down Gucci in an offer for a feature on an upcoming track. See this conversation on the right. Several other rebuttals were also present on Twitter to Gucci from quite a few rappers including Ciara and T.I. 
While it seems that the tweets began from label politics and money issues within the Goon Squad, it’s not certain this is the case. Gucci’s history of feuds and lack of rise to fame seems to not prevent him from picking fights with celebrities that have generated more stardom than he seems to step into.