Riverman37 said:

I think it are mostly artists who rely on image and commercial succes, but lack the artistic skills, who are full of themselves, wether they are black, white or yellow.

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I agree

BlaqueKnight said:

mjscarousal said:

All artists are full of themselves. It has nothing to do with race.

Yep. With the approval of art comes ego. MOST artists are arrogant but some show it less and some hide it until they can't anymore. I remember when people thought John Mayer was humble.

Right. I was one of those people.

Unholyalliance said:

Ok, I have been wondering about this for a while and I'm not sure about this so if I'm wrong just let me know.

To me, it seems, that when a black American artist gets really popular they seem to always get accused of being arrogant, full of themselves. I know that this is mainly aimed at artists such as Michael Jackson, Prince, and Kanye West. Yet...I never hear this mentioned when it comes to non-black male American artists. For example, I hear that Madonna is a bitch, but I never hear anyone in the media simply go "Madonna is so full of herself, especially when she did this music video or whatever.

I also never heard of a black female artist be accused of this in particular. I do hear the diva tag getting thrown around some, but I never hear something like "Oh Beyonce is so full of herself."

I guess I could be wrong, but this is what it seems like to me. Not to say that the above artists in my example aren't or are full of themselves, but why do they always get called out on it more than others. Even with John Mayer, no one accuses him of being arrogant, even if they do call him an asshole.

Just curious...

Your thread title should probably actually be, Are Some Black Artists Full Of Themselves? As it is, your title is asking if every single black artist is full of themselves. However, an even better thread would be, Why Are Some Artists Full Of Themselves?

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whitechocolatebrotha said:

I've heard it said of India.Arie and Jill Scott, but who really knows, right? It's not like I know either one personally to make such an assessment. Could BE though. :-O

hey there, what have you heard exactly?

Based on what data?

Timmy84 said:

Uh artists of ALL RACES are full of themselves.

Pretty much.