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Lifestyle => Train of Thought => Topic started by: Elano on May 10, 2008, 06:21:07 AM

Title: Props to Alicia Keys
Post by: Elano on May 10, 2008, 06:21:07 AM

Check out the video and listen CAREFULLY to her words  8)
http://www.youtube.com/v/RYU42kGVdy0

Title: Re: Props to Alicia Keys
Post by: smegma on May 10, 2008, 06:49:19 AM

She's wrong about one important issue:
It's not about the media attention, but about the cure to and the prevention of to the disease.

Title: Re: Props to Alicia Keys
Post by: Cheese on May 10, 2008, 07:58:57 AM

she's getting paid to do this Elano.

Title: Re: Props to Alicia Keys
Post by: Elano on May 10, 2008, 08:58:05 AM

Quote from: Robert de Negro on May 10, 2008, 07:58:57 AM

she's getting paid to do this Elano.

if it's true,would be really sad.

Title: Re: Props to Alicia Keys
Post by: smegma on May 10, 2008, 09:07:08 AM

"The world is unfair. Some people are born over here. Some people are born in Africa. They always have good weather."
    -Theo Maassen

Title: Re: Props to Alicia Keys
Post by: Elevz on May 10, 2008, 11:47:05 AM

Got to give it to her; that's a nice piece of brand building.

Title: Re: Props to Alicia Keys
Post by: virtuoso on May 10, 2008, 05:47:59 PM

Playing devils advocate, surely she has to use her brand to bring attention to this, if she were to having this deep support and connection to these people but not take advantage of the fact that she is a celebrity in order to embolden many others to call for change, then surely she wouldn't be doing the right thing?

Now I am not saying this is not some cynical marketing ploy but it seems a case to me of damned if she does and damned if she doesn't.

Title: Re: Props to Alicia Keys
Post by: Cheese on May 11, 2008, 12:18:31 AM

Quote from: Elano on May 10, 2008, 08:58:05 AM

Quote from: Robert de Negro on May 10, 2008, 07:58:57 AM

she's getting paid to do this Elano.

if it's true,would be really sad.

Off course I can't be 100% sure of that, but most celebrities do