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R&B Quotables: Keri Hilson Weighs In On Artists As Role Models
Posted on April 21, 2009 1:55 AM
Keri Hilson covers the upcoming issue of J'Adore Magazine and in her interview the singer spoke to the need for the public to recognize artists human qualities more. Read her words and tell me if you agree.
"It's important for us to be role models for our fans, but this is the entertainment industry and artists are not paid to be parents to our fans," she informs. "We are not perfect. We are human beings just like our fans. Our music reflects us as a person and how we feel when we write a record. Our music also shows how we may be dealing with a situation at a particular time. Things happen in life. Why should we be exempt from the common compassion that a person receives who is not in the industry?
I hear where Keri is coming from -- we're all human and we all fall down, but when I think about applying to what Keri said about common compassion to situations like R.Kelly's, I have to draw the line. I think some artists -- like Kells and Michael Jackson for example -- are the ones who forget they are human, and often behave as if they're not human, but something greater, and therefore they shouldn't be judged by the same standards as everyone else.
If artists were allowed to make "human" mistakes should artists like T.I. and Chris Brown be allowed to keep their endorsements?
On the other side of the coin, should Keri's comments extend only to the music side of thing and mean artists shouldn't have to think responsibly about their lyrics?
Just a few questions -- feel free to talk to me y'all!
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Maybe Keri Hilson ain't so bad. I definitely feel where she's coming from. She still can't sing worth a lick...maybe she should be a political commentator on CNN or MSNBC instead. Singing ain't for her. Maybe she could be a guest on HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher.
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I think what Keri is sayin is that artists are regular people, but sometimes the fans lose sight of that because of the artists' ability to make spirit-changing, mood-changing, influential records, so they treat the artists as if they have this "voodoo" or like artists are in the same light as the preacher at your church and his/her clergy folk. In all actuality, artists are just talented and gifted people who generate millions of dollars for doing a job. In other words, being in the limelight and having fame doesn't change the fact that you are a human and are still susceptible to the same demons and mistakes as the cashier at Wal-Mart or the person at the drive-thru at McDonalds. So no, in the cases of Kells and Michael Jackson, yeah they should be tried to the fullest just like an everyday person would be, but in the cases of CB and TIP the ONLY reason their cases are so "severe" is cuz of their celebrity status....that's it. I can agree with them losing endorsements becuz that is not the company's (endorsing them) fault that the artists would be viewed in a negative aspect due to incidences that occured and crimes they committed, but it's something that people need to really step back and think about. When we as consumers who buy products based on the advertisements scrutinize these people like they're next to God and they failed us, we screw they life up and set them and their families back....Artist don't have health/life/property etc. insurance coverage from their labels, they pay out of pocket for it, so that means they pay to cover their families too. Just something to think about. EASY
If artists were allowed to make "human" mistakes should artists like T.I. and Chris Brown be allowed to keep their endorsements?
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The answer to that is simply no...Endorsements are given to stars to uphold a positive image to the public. They are told before hand that you must uphold a certain image and that they have the right to pull their endorsements AT ANY TIME if they feel that your image is not upholding to clean public standards...
"we're all human and we all fall down, but when I think about applying to what Keri said about common compassion to situations like R.Kelly's, I have to draw the line"
Poor example. Whether you're a celebrity musician or "civilian", if you pee on a little girl, you gonna be punished severely one way or another for it and should expect to recieve very little compassion. However, the jury still out on domestic violence (once again, celeb or not); Some have a "one strike and you're out" opinion and believe they should never be forgiven and wish only the worst on em, while others feel the abuser made a mistake and should be forgiven if he, or she, is genuinely remorseful and promises to never do it again. That, coupled with a few anger management classes of course.
"On the other side of the coin, should Keri's comments extend only to the music side of thing and mean artists shouldn't have to think responsibly about their lyrics"
Bit late for that one.