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Famous people can make money simply off the interest that the general public has in them. However, I would encourage the author of this piece and anyone who rea

Famous people can make money simply off the interest that the general public has in them. However, I would encourage the author of this piece and anyone who reads it to consider this point much more broadly. For example Ronan Farrow and Chelsea Clinton were both paid hundreds of thousands by MSNBC for essentially nothing. I think it's rather telling that people would prefer to focus on someone like Nicki Minaj getting money in clubs, but that's just me.

soundwave106 11y ago
Celebrity culture has always been around, but in some ways it feels more noxious and gamed than it used to be. Maybe it's just me, I guess. But when I look at someone like the Kardashians, honestly the only real reason they got this opportunity to be "famous for nothing" is their Hollywood connections. They certainly didn't rise up on their acting ability. The celebritization of "lucky sperm club" members as you mention also bothers me. But, yeah, I don't get the article's attempt to drag other musicians / DJs / rappers into this. Well known musicians / performers going to a club and getting insane sums for simply performing? That's not news. Yes, today its EDM and rap in the club versus rock bands on the stage, but that's what is trendy now; big artists in the 1960s (your Beatles and whatnot) also got (2016 equivalent) six figure appearance fees too. One can argue about the merits of the winner-takes-all nature of the entertainment industry, but it's a little less "money for nothing" in that case. Lil Jon did have to spin a set.