Aubrey Talks Cocaine and...

Aubrey wrote a blog entry entitled “Cocaine & Pussy” (MA'AM!) on GlobalGrind.com where she talks about society’s tendency to give too much weight to the actions of celebrities.

"Aren't we all taking ourselves a lil' too seriously?" she writes. "In the entertainment industry, there is this strong pressure to be an artist that has 'longevity and credibility'. Don't get me wrong; those are amazing goals, but all too often, we measure every action of an artist, as to whether it will directly achieve those goals. Webster’s dictionary defines longevity as 'a long continuance.' Credibility is defined as 'the quality of inspiring belief.' Those definitions are subjective and therefore capable of holding different meanings depending on who you ask. Who on earth is so all knowing and all powerful that they should be the one to define the goal or meaning for another's life and career?""They're telling me, in their words, to be 'as vague and opinionless as possible, so you don't offend the masses, so you will sell a higher number of records'," Aubrey writes."I know artists that are credible, helpful and 'down for any cause', that have been denied the ability to do charity work or to provide aid to a charity, based on the fact that something about them did not fit the charity's standards of an artist who has 'credibility and longevity'. How ridiculous is that?" she continued."Maybe we all ought to lighten up and allow our artists to be what they are and say what they really feel or think instead of giving the 'vague and opinionless' answer as taught to my generation of artists in order to achieve 'credibility and longevity' to sell more records... Maybe next time the answer should be something as simple as 'cocaine and p***y'." Source

It’s an unfortunate reality that once someone enters the public eye they cease be become a real person, to the public that is. Whatever the public perceives about you or the media puts out about you is the price of fame. You trade in your right to be regarded as a normal human being when your bank account deems you otherwise. I’m not saying it’s right…it just IS.

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