Celebrity influence can often times be a Gateway to over partying
and drug abuse, but it can also be a beginning, or a Gateway to its end.
Only moments ago did we have a nation of pre-twenty-one and
twenty-something party goers who wanted nothing more than to emulate and even
be the entire cast of the MTV’s hit series “Jersey
Shore”. Partying means drinking,
and if you want to drink all night and all day without passing out, it also most
likely means having to take/consume uppers and or any other feel
good, keep the party going, unnatural additives; drugs. The situation here is seriously important, and
no I don’t mean Mike
Sorrentino, I mean celebrity influence needs to be more positively
influential and less drug use enticing.
Dancing and good music, aka a great time at a good party
does not mean any drugs need to be involved, and while some rappers like Fetty
Wap would beg to differ, seeing how he rose to the top of music charts with
his song titled “Trap Queen”
, other artists like Mackelmore and Leon
Bridges with their new single “Kevin”,
completely support the idea of using their celebrity influence to end drug
abuse.
The duo opted to debut their new, message packed single at
one of the most publicized events in America,
the American Music Awards (AMA’s
). They clearly wanted to share a
controversial message about one of this nation’s biggest and deadliest issues;
drug abuse. What bravery, and what extraordinary
talent they exuded while sharing a goose bump inducing message, but most of all
what exemplary use of celebrity influence.
Macklemore and Leon Bridges both displayed natural and intense passion as
they ever so smoothly exposed the reality of what drugs are doing to people,
specifically to young people.
“And then my little brother is in
the sky
From a pill that a doctor
prescribed
And a drug that a million dollar
industry supplied
First dealer was his mom's medicine
cabinet
Got anxiety, better go and give him
a Xanax
Focus, give him an Adderall, sleep,
give him Ambien
'Til he's walking 'round the city
looking like a mannequin
Ups and downs shooting up
prescriptions you're handing him
New America, is it really worth it? I'm asking
you”
They used their celebrity influence to positively reach out
to the entirety of our nation, a nation that is currently in dire need of serious rehabilitation
and avid drug abuse prevention. If we
are to continue to be a nation captivated and influenced by celebrity, I say we
at least allow ourselves to be positively influenced by the celebrities who are
worth our captivation.
Ending drug abuse is more than worthy of my captivation, is
it worth yours?
I don't understand your closing. What does it mean when you ask whether someone is "worth my captivation?"
ReplyDeleteI think celebrities really do have the potential to impact drug use with their message but some of them also impact it in a negative way by sending the wrong message as well.
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