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- Meep3D, on 01/27/2009, -0/+28Anyone who makes $50 million at any point in their life and is now broke blatantly didn't deserve it in the first place. If I had that sorta money I'd never have a problem again.
Normal people on low wages scrimp and save for years out of their measely income to afford a pension, yet these guys make more in a year than a normal family, combined, make in a lifetime and still manage to end up with nothing!
I hae no sympathy what-so-ever. - borez, on 01/27/2009, -2/+27And now we see the arrival of The Daily Star to the front page of digg. ***** me man, digg is slowly becoming a cesspit for the worst of British gutterpress, all we need now is The News of the World and The Sport to complete the equation.
- thejokker, on 01/27/2009, -0/+16Think about the article a second, these guys made millions and still rely on credit cards/loans for their lifestyle. The fact that they are in this much debt means that they are actually in worse shape than before they got those massive contracts and became stars.
- AfroScouser, on 01/27/2009, -1/+13Buried for the Daily Star. A "newspaper" that contains mostly gossip and softcore porn is not a reliable source.
- inactive, on 01/27/2009, -3/+15Thank God, R&B is destroying modern music. It's about time it started to die and wither away.
Modern R&B entails a simple song, usually about relationships, a simple melody with simple instruments and the secret ingredient, melisma. Melisma is what happens when you change pitch multiple times every syllable, it's hard to explain via text, but it's compared to syllabic pronounciation, which is when you change pitch every syllable, rather than inside the syllables, if that makes sense. Now because melisma very rarely happens in normal speech, it has a weird effect on humans, probably because it's unexpected and confuses the brain. It makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.
The Ancient Greeks knew this, the Gregorian Monks knew this and they both used it to give religious chanting that "Hair standing up feeling". Now, the music industry knows it, and that combined with a half decent and an attractive singer, you have yourself a money making machine. Ofc, this means that REAL musicians get pushed out of the market, because they're smarter and actually have principles. - Intervene, on 01/27/2009, -1/+10No one cares.
- ethanpack, on 01/27/2009, -0/+8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-Tune
That is the modern-day melisma that you speak of. It is part of the demise of R&B musicianship and it has certainly found its way into other genres as well. The musical killing spree is underway - help us all. - bludhound, on 01/27/2009, -0/+7Looks like these guys went to the MC Hammer School of Finance.
- uberduger, on 01/27/2009, -0/+7Hahahahahaha!!!
Sorry, I jus-
HAHAHAHA!
(God, I hate 95% of R&B 'artists'. Drum track plus generic repetitive warbling =/= music) - thejokker, on 01/27/2009, -2/+8it just proves that celeberties are just like the average american.
I bet, just like a average american, they took a loan out for a house they could make the payments on; they didn't buy a house outright.
I bet, just like the average american, they bought brand new cars with big loans; they didn't own the cars.
And just like average americans, they probably financed so much of their lifestyle living well above their means even though they had high income.
You'd think that if you made millions you would do things like save, invest and own things, but that's not how most americans live their lives at any income level. - IamNomad, on 01/27/2009, -3/+9buried for tabloid trash.
- rwood757, on 01/27/2009, -4/+9Boo ***** WHO!
- buddamus, on 01/27/2009, -0/+5Poor Doug E Fresh, no island paradise for him this year :(
- arkwald, on 01/27/2009, -0/+5Well maybe a mass die-off is for the best. The old system has died and maybe if things start over again from scratch then things would work out better then they are now.
- 3Den, on 01/27/2009, -0/+5This is a good point, and it's what Joe Average does.
Joe pays his bills on time, lives check to check, and generally gets by okay. Joe is a check or two away from serious financial problems if he loses his job. Joe tends to think "It'd be nice to have some extra cash!"
Now, Joe gets a fantastic new job. His take-home salary doubles.
Joe goes out and buys two new cars, upgrades to a new house with double the mortgage (and double the property taxes) and a longer commute.
Joe still lives check to check, and is a check or two away from serious financial problems if he loses his job. He still thinks "Boy it would be nice to have some extra cash!"
People tend to keep the same habits. - IamNomad, on 01/27/2009, -0/+4dailystar is a tabloid... dugg down for truth ?
- Testiculese, on 01/27/2009, -0/+4Screw those brain-dead morons. They are for too interested in how others perceive them for me to give two ***** if they lost their $40mil house. Serves them right for being pompous ***** in the first place.
- Alanamaslama, on 01/27/2009, -0/+4Wyclef Jean hasn't put out an album in years, Doug E. Fresh isn't even an R&B singer, Scott Storch got his big break producing for the Roots, Damon Dash is just an entrepreneur that has a sparse amount of singers on his label, and TLC hasn't been relevant for a decade.
Buried for inaccuracy (and blaming piracy for these "poor souls.") - thejokker, on 01/27/2009, -0/+3@leekmibles,
Not just are there more things that you think you should spend money on because 'you can afford to,' but the same bad financial intelligence that the average working person has can ruin even millionaires.
People always look at money problems in terms of income. If they made more in a year they would have more for savings... no one ever looks at where that money is going. If you didnt buy a new car (used), if you kept you car longer instead of upgrading, if you didnt go on vacation all the time, if you didn't buy the latest and greatest tech, etc.
People making 60-80k a year have plenty of income to become millionaires before they retire. - Socratores, on 01/27/2009, -0/+3Who gives a *****,Who gives a *****.
- gabbagabba, on 01/27/2009, -0/+3Here's a plan for making more money:
Make good music
Tour
work for your money. - boobsbr, on 01/27/2009, -3/+5LOL!
- thejokker, on 01/28/2009, -0/+2@testiculese,
then you're assuming people just wake up one day and instantly have a whole new way of looking at money. If people who are making 30,000 a year don't worry about being in debt, and those making 80,000 a year dont worry about being in debt or savings, why would they worry about being in debt beyond their means if they made millions? - 6oo63D, on 01/27/2009, -1/+3Another proof that prayer doesn't work; I've been praying for Omarion amongst others since '05.
- 3Den, on 01/27/2009, -0/+2Having your financial situation change drastically tends to alter the way you think about money... and while you can say now, and it's entirely sensible, that you'd take that 50 million and just live modestly forever off the interest or something like that.... statistically speaking, odds are you would change your mind when you have the money.
- FXNGLAS, on 01/27/2009, -0/+2I guess that's what happens when you live that big and flashy lifestyle for too long.
- alankel, on 01/27/2009, -0/+2It's because they were probably trying to be smart asses by having the interest on their savings pay off their mortgage, so they get a free house. But interest on savings goes down :) so ***** them!
- Testiculese, on 01/28/2009, -0/+2Yes. Smart people do. Take 3Den's example, on which my comment was based. It's real familiar to me because two people went down this same path not too long ago.
Person A got his new job. His earnings increased. He bought all the new shiny gadgets he could. Bought a house, a few cars. Maxed out his credit card with fancy restaraunts. He has all these things, and no money.
Person B gets a new job. His earnings increased. He maintained his level of spending, shopped around for deals, bought things a few months or so after they came out after the prices dropped by at least a third. He didn't rush out and upgrade his phone every 5 months like the carriers insist on him doing. He didn't buy a big house and max out his mortgage payment, he stayed where he was and fixed up the place he already owned, with some contractor help here and there. He has all the same nice things as Person A. Better things in a lot of cases, actually. Person B also has thousands in the bank/under the mattress.
Person A is a friend of mine. Person B is me.Stupid people keep the same habits. Smart people adjust. - ohreilly, on 01/27/2009, -0/+2I question the person who first added this.
Something must be wrong mentally to be reading the Daily Star. - LucifersDad, on 01/27/2009, -0/+2Meanwhile cocaine dealers are celebrating another profitable year.
- njhardc0re, on 01/27/2009, -0/+2***** rich..
- WiretapStudios, on 01/27/2009, -0/+2Ok, nothing makes me laugh harder than Scott Storches house being repossessed, but I feel bad for Doug E. Fresh. He's been in the game longer than any of those other people, and his houses were in Harlem.
- smileydude, on 01/27/2009, -0/+2tabloid crap. bad publicity is free publicity. wyclef seems like a scumbag, he's probably never been to malibu nevermind being allowed to buy there. didn't jacob the jeweler sue him last year?
- Testiculese, on 01/27/2009, -0/+2I find that stupid people tend to keep the same habits. Other people go with what's applicable at the time.
- bot001220, on 01/27/2009, -0/+2Because no one cares.
- datdamonfoo, on 01/27/2009, -0/+1Totally agree with you. No current R&B hit makers mentioned at all.
- inactive, on 01/27/2009, -1/+2Agreed
R & b megastar? Oxymoron - WiretapStudios, on 01/27/2009, -0/+1*hoo
- Rockbot, on 01/28/2009, -0/+1Buried for the beeping advertisement at the top of that ugly-ass website.
- stelman1, on 01/28/2009, -0/+1Lol, jon la joie rocks. He should make more money than these RnB guys!
- s10stealth, on 01/27/2009, -0/+1OMG!!!
They'll have to trade in their white gold teeth for aluminum?
or...
Downsize their Big Ben clock necklace to a wrist watch? - Lateralis1, on 01/27/2009, -0/+1If there's a 'newspaper' worse than the Daily Fail, it's the Daily Star. It's about as newsworthy as a breeze-block of cheese.
Buried. - Testiculese, on 01/27/2009, -0/+1I can give a *****, I have a lot of them, but I'm not giving away any more *****. Have to charge nowadays.
- FireandFlame, on 01/27/2009, -9/+9Front page with 0 comments? Really digg?
- samson7842, on 01/29/2009, -1/+1'Cause Rock music is sooooo creative these days. Take any of the top 20 rock acts and they suck just as bad as their R&B counterparts.
Oh wait, you guys like the rock stuff so that makes it OK. - inactive, on 01/27/2009, -1/+1Plus, it's owned by the Daily Express
D: - datdamonfoo, on 01/27/2009, -0/+0Thanks Steve Lankford.
- Bloodwine, on 01/27/2009, -3/+2Mo' money mo' problems
- LeekMibles, on 01/27/2009, -3/+1Man, it's easy to say you wouldn't have a problem ever again if you had that kind of money when you don't have that kind of money. If you get paid $30,000 dollars a year you're going to live and be expected to live like you get paid $30,000 dollars a year. If you get $100,000 a year you're going to live and be expected to live like you get $100,000 a year. Likewise if you get a few million a year you're going to live and be expected to live like you get a few million a year. As proof consider this: if you get paid $75,000 dollars a year would you live with three roommates in a small apartment in the ghetto? Exactly. And why not? Because you can afford not to.
Also remember that when you start bringing in a ton of money you're still going to be you. That means you're still going to have friends and family that are poor and you being the guy with loads of cash are going to be expected to a certain extent to help them out. Trust me. And all of that ads up to big spending.
The more money you make, the more money you spend. That's just the way it is. -
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