But What Did Mimi Do With Her Gaddafi Money?
Beyonce, Nelly Furtado, Mimi and Usher all performed for the Gaddafi (or Gadhafi or Qaddafi or Gadaffy Duck or what the fuck ever) family at one point in their careers for a $1 million check. Beyonce already announced that she's donated the money to relief efforts in Haiti. Nelly Furtado also said that she's going to give the cash to charity. Usher has kept his lips shut on the subject and Mimi took a break from laying twin eggs on the leaf of a plant to issue a statement saying that she's embarrassed about performing for Gaddafi's son at a party in St. Barts in 2008.
Mimi didn't know! They just tell her where to go and she shows up in a cocoon of Spanx and heels so high that the circus classifies them as stilts. Mimi yodeled out this promise to do better:
"I was naive and unaware of who I was booked to perform for. I feel horrible and embarrassed to have participated in this mess," she said. "Going forward, this is a lesson for all artists to learn from. We need to be more aware and take more responsibility regardless of who books our shows. Ultimately, we as artists are to be held accountable."
And what is Mimi going to do with that $1 million she collected from Gaddafi? She didn't say, but her rep said this: "Mariah has and continues to donate time, money, and countless hours of personal service both here and abroad."
Basically, she's keeping the money, bitches, and don't try to wrestle it out of her swole hands! Do you really expect the walls in her twins' nursery to be covered with 14k gold instead of 24k gold?! Do you really want their cribs to be bedazzled with cheap rhinestones instead of real diamonds?! OF COURSE NOT! Let's all think of Mimi and her unborn Hello Kitties for once!
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WTF?? I've more important things to worry about than beyonce. (Thank god)
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AH AH AH, Gadaffy Duck!
Whores.
Submitted by Supertramp on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 5:22pm.
I think we'd all be shocked if we really knew who singers & bands perform for in their personal time.
Exactly. This sort of thing has been going on for years. In the '80s everyone was all het up when US and British singers and bands played at Sun City in South Africa when apartheid was in force there. But people are greedy - dangle millions in front of them and they (and their handlers) will always go for it, no matter how vile the "employer." Money talks, nobody walks, as the old saying goes.
Submitted by joe shmoe: "I had a short but illustrious career booking gigs for a female folk/jazz quartet (shaddup) and I got a cut of their fee. If someone had offered them a million bucks, not only would I have drugged them and put them on a plane, I would have written a clause into their contract that they'd play naked for an extra 10k."
You know you were booking the Manhattan Transfer, so stop playin'.
How much more money did these fucks need? I'm glad that MiMi owned up to her ignorance (was it during her famous breakdown?). Anyway, the group you were booking were, if I may be so presumptuous, did not have anywhere near the money of Usher, Furtado (that voice? are people serious?), BeyondMe, and Mimi.
from cricket:
They are in this business to make money plain and simple. They are not in it to be ambassaders for the country,role models for our children or anything else.
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yet beyonce loves to go on and on about being a role model for young girls. i think you'd better be the one to sit her down and tell her that pussy poppin and having an an ex drug dealer for a husband aren't exactly the proper criterion for being a role model to young girls. and while you're at it, tell her to stop being such a fake bitch.
Submitted by momockey on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 5:24pm.
Just because the government of your country is kissing Gadhafi's ass, it doesn't mean it's ok for you and others to do the same.
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well everybody was kising his ass.( look at the picture)
http://www.rue89.com/explicateur/2011/02/23/pourquoi-loccident-ne-vole-p...
The problem is not only Gaddafi, most of the countries on this planet are ruled by dictators. the computer you use needs coltan to work. And where is coltan found ( well some) in Congo,this country is a fucking mess but it doesn't stop our contry to do commercial exchange with them. Same shit. Look at saudi Arabia.
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That's an interesting article ( The sheer hypocrisy reminds me of the relationship Americans have had with Saddam Houssein.)and a hilarious pic, though my country isn't represented there (I'm from Brazil).I did disagree with some of our past president's posture when it comes to foreign policy, though, especially our relationship with Chávez.
THAT SAID, my point is, of course you can't snap your fingers and make your country stop trading with those who are ruled by dictators (they are NOT in the majority like you've stated, by the way!), but you CAN stop buying their shit. Like I've said earlier, it's somewhat of a luxury and definitely a sacrifice to do it if you're not rich - I'd never look down on someone who buys, say, cheap clothes sewn in a sweatshop if they're not rich - but I think we should all view our purchases in a more responsible way, and do the best we can to get informed about where they come from. What pisses me off is the conveniently cynical attitude that "Everything comes from those countries anyway, so fuck it". Shitty things stay shitty if nobody complains. Of course I'm not able to avoid everything that comes from countries who exploit their workers until they die, but I'm aware that trying my best to do it does make a difference, as does bitching at your government.
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If I earn money I keep it.I don't expect these people to do any differnt just because they earn millions instead of chump change like me. They are in this business to make money plain and simple. They are not in it to be ambassaders for the country,role models for our children or anything else. They want to be rich and famous and have people kiss their ass. I for one don't blame them. If I could get some asshole to pay me a million dollars for singing a few songs I'd do it in a heartbeat,I don't care who he is. His money spends just the same as anyone else's
Well if they all thought it was RONG RONG RONG why'd they do it and accept the $$ in the first place? They are all liars and whores who saw only the dollar signs.
I wouldn't give it back. Fuck that. I have bills to pay and mouths to feed, bitches.
Having said that, I don't any of them really knew who they were performing for. The checks cleared, so all is well.
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I'd have more respect for someone if the did the gig and took the blood money instead all of this faux naif "oh i didn't know! but he seemed so niiice!"
These musicians are so famous because of well run PR machines,don't tell me none of them have access to wikipedia?
Oh soz, they do but they are all jus greedy beetches.
I wouldn't give it back either.
Team Mariah!!
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It's so silly for all of the other artists to act outraged and give money simply because of PR. Keep the darn money. Who cares.
I had a short but illustrious career booking gigs for a female folk/jazz quartet (shaddup) and I got a cut of their fee. If someone had offered them a million bucks, not only would I have drugged them and put them on a plane, I would have written a clause into their contract that they'd play naked for an extra 10k.
Wot?
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beyonce pays you on friday right my friend? anyhoo continue on working for the evil paycheck.
@ ButSeriously: That just about sums up the whole sorry situation, doesn't it? If you ran for office, I'd vote for you. Twice.
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Submitted by But.Seriously.Folks on Thu,
03/03/2011 - 4:08pm.
"We're wrong for being crackheads for oil to the point that we let our enemies fuck us in the ass for a hit."
She shouldn't give it away. She sold herself out when she took the gig so be honest about what a greedy skank you are. It drives me nuts when people, politicians especially, say and do stupid, ignorant shit, then get called out on it in the media and issue an apology. They aren't sorry, just sorry everyone is making a big deal out of it. Don't apologise or make false amends, if you're a selfish stupid cunt, let the world know. Now everyone is trying to distance themselves from Mubarak etc, but world leaders stayed in his house, including Tony Blair, my charming ex-'president'. Nobody gives a fuck what these evil bastards do until their people kick them where it hurts, then it's all international condemnation. Integrity- no world leader knows the meaning of the word.
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Just because the government of your country is kissing Gadhafi's ass, it doesn't mean it's ok for you and others to do the same.
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well everybody was kising his ass.( look at the picture)
http://www.rue89.com/explicateur/2011/02/23/pourquoi-loccident-ne-vole-p...
The problem is not only Gaddafi, most of the countries on this planet are ruled by dictators. the computer you use needs coltan to work. And where is coltan found ( well some) in Congo,this country is a fucking mess but it doesn't stop our contry to do commercial exchange with them. Same shit. Look at saudi Arabia. ==================================================
Vous savez, moi je ne crois pas qu'il y ait de bonne ou de mauvaise situation.
I think we'd all be shocked if we really knew who singers & bands perform for in their personal time.
MK, my daughter is majoring in Arabic-English translation at university. She transliterates the name as "Gadhafi".
*sends smooches to Few Words*
Submitted by Madam Pince on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 5:06pm.
Fucking, you, me and most Dlisters have integrity. Unlike that cunt Usher, Mimi, Nelly Furtado and the bitch known as Beyonce.
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Thanks. I just stepped on the soapbox just now because I'm sick of the "everything's fucked up, so I might as well be an asshole too" approach to life. If everyone behaved the same way, this would be one extra shitty world!
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Fucking, you, me and most Dlisters have integrity. Unlike that cunt Usher, Mimi, Nelly Furtado and the bitch known as Beyonce.
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Is it just me or has Mariah been pregnant for about 2 years now? I hate to make the obvious joke.....
Submitted by Whamo on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 3:06pm.
Submitted by Fucking_Classy on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 2:53pm.
Well, I do, and I bet so does the general public, especially because those cunts make a shitload of money by marketing themselves as kind and wholesome. It's not illegal to sing for a murderous, thieving, cruel dictator, but it is IMMORAL, and people have every fucking right to call them on it. Besides, it's not like they were starving and needed the cash to pay the rent. They were GREEDY.
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Don't mean to be a prick but how long has this been bothering your conscience for?
If these Dictators bother you you might as well take a look a everything you own because I fucking guarantee you you’re probably sitting on, typing on, eating on or wearing something that came from somewhere where their leader has their boots on their necks.
Most of the general public are a bunch of sheep that wave their swords where they are told to...us included don't kid yourself.
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Yeah, you don't know me so you are being a prick. I see what you mean, but the shit that has been going on in the Middle East in general is not news for ANYONE who reads the newspaper every once in a while or knows a little bit of history, which I more than fucking do. And for the record, although I don't make people follow my example, I worry VERY FUCKING MUCH about where the shit I buy comes from, and avoid at all costs even stuff made in China, which is a damn pain in the ass because pretty much everything is made there nowadays, and I'm not exactly rich to afford being too choosy (which is why I don't judge others who buy those products, I just don't do it because I feel bad about it). So although you might be right about most people being naive and alienated - like Haiti, who gives a fuck about them now? - don't fucking assume everyone is.
ETA: Two wrongs don't make a right. Just because the government of your country is kissing Gadhafi's ass, it doesn't mean it's ok for you and others to do the same. If you live in a democracy and disagree with your government's position on a certain matter, you can always protest, and nowadays there are several ways to do it. Think I'm being naive? The people's outcry in Lebanon will probably take the power away from that shitbag.
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People really are hypocrites!!! Nobody gave a shit when they performed for this fucker, but now everybody is over them... Please you should have complained earlier.
Gaddafi came to Paris in 2007, fucking dwarf treated him like a king, they even did "une chasse à cours" hunting. And when some people tried to complain, this bunch of fucktard replied: leave him alone, yeah he did bad in the past, but now he's a reliable man, he even read Montesquieu. AKA we need money and this dude wants to buy some weapons.
If we allow our governments to sell weapons to dictators, I don't see how we can spit on performer that sing for them.
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I DJAY FOR GADAFFI
I KEPT THE MONEY
SPENT IT ON EXPENSIVE HOOKAHS & CHEAP BEER
got a problem w/ that suck it
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And how about the celebs who fuck dictators and despots and their entourages for fast big cash? Oh yeah, Carmen Electra, Eve and Rachel Bilson...I'm lookin' at you!
Ok, enough pontificating, I need some liquor.
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To all those debating the degree of wrong or the hypocrisy of America, I say this:
They're wrong. We're wrong. They're wrong for taking the blood money. We're wrong for being crackheads for oil to the point that we let our enemies fuck us in the ass for a hit. Our government was and is corupt as are our mega corporations. We need a revolution. Probably gonna get one eventually in some fashion, because we can't keep this shit up too much longer. Our chickens have come home to roost.
Ok, enough pontificating, I need some liquor.
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Mariah could have just lied and said it was Tiny, TI's wife that performed and not her.
Somebody paid nelly furtado a million dollars to perform?, you could've had her for a mcdonald's happy meal.
All of these celebs would perform for Satan himself as long as the check cleared. Nobody had anything to say until they were called out. I do believe most are dumb enough to not have any idea who Gaddafi is--especially Beyonce. She is dumb for serious!
*sigh*
Dumb ass dumb celebs contributing to the dumbing down of planet earth. Way to earn a living.
Ok, enough pontificating, I need some liquor.
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Team I Can't Get Worked Up About It.
personal service? riiiiiiiiiiight. bitch doesn't even hold her own cup!
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...but her rep said this: "Mariah has and continues to donate time, money, and countless hours of personal service both here and abroad."
Stop already with all the details. No, really, you don't have to be so specific!
Does anyone else recall Mimi's cameo in "Don't mess with the Zohan"?
She might as well have not even commented on it.
But really, she's not any worse for not donating her money. I mean, Beyonce just donated it because she got shit for it, and the rest are just jumping on the bandwagon to avoid looking bad. That's not exactly sincere. And how are they claiming to be donating 'the' $1mil from the performance? It's not like they set it aside in some separate bank account.
greed is something else isn't it?
oh please mariah beyonce and the rest of those idiots performed for 2million now they're saying its 1? please.
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Beyonce is just as much ghetto trash as her sister, she just knows how to hide it better.
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Submitted by literarylioness on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 3:09pm.
Submitted by putsomestankonit on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 2:47pm.
Hell I still remember being in elementry school when Regan was trying to bomb Gaddafi's tent.
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As did I, that's my point.
He's as bad then as he is now but he played the game got back in line for the world..kept his shit to himself, didn't rattle any feathers and the WHOLE world looked the other way...now...OH MY GOD HE'S A MONSTER.....he always was a fucking monster but what now he's MORE of a monster?
The world is full of hypocrites..I'm no better or worse, we're just a pawn in the government’s game
Did Ghadafi get to suck on those humungous udders?
Well said Whamo. Totally agree.
Submitted by putsomestankonit on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 2:47pm.
Hell I still remember being in elementry school when Regan was trying to bomb Gaddafi's tent.
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Submitted by Fucking_Classy on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 2:53pm.
Well, I do, and I bet so does the general public, especially because those cunts make a shitload of money by marketing themselves as kind and wholesome. It's not illegal to sing for a murderous, thieving, cruel dictator, but it is IMMORAL, and people have every fucking right to call them on it. Besides, it's not like they were starving and needed the cash to pay the rent. They were GREEDY.
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Don't mean to be a prick but how long has this been bothering your conscience for?
If these Dictators bother you you might as well take a look a everything you own because I fucking guarantee you you’re probably sitting on, typing on, eating on or wearing something that came from somewhere where their leader has their boots on their necks.
Most of the general public are a bunch of sheep that wave their swords where they are told to...us included don't kid yourself.
Its only being made an issue now because its trendy and WE want something. Do you think that American government didn't know of everything going on there before now? Of course they did, but turned a blind eye because we were getting what we needed from them. Oil. Many many many times we have turned a blind eye as atrocities were being committed. We trade the lives of whole societies for what WE need and what WE want..and only when it becomes trendy or politically necessary do we become enraged about it and cry foul.
one of Gaddafi sons used to leave 10.000 euro tips at taverns in Mykonos.Artists love money thet don't care if it's dirty or not.
Submitted by Morbidosity on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 2:43pm.
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Here Here..Especially when she sang there no-one gave a shit about the country, now all of a sudden people are crawling all over themselves condemning anyone and everyone that's ever put their foot in the country for the last 20 years, where were all these angry people, oh let’s say more than 4 weeks ago? What a crock of shit!
They were all hired to do a job and they did it. Plenty of governments propped up Qaddafi for oil and turned a blind eye to his human rights abuses...and the fact that he's completely insane. A couple of years ago that dude was swanning around Paris with his all female bodyguard troupe and setting up tents. Everyone laughed. There are bigger fish to fry when it comes to "Who Took A Check, And For How Much?". Going after these performers is like going after the janitor of a company instead of the CEO who actually ripped you off.
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Submitted by Morbidosity on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 2:43pm.
WHO CARES? I dont. Their money, they made it SINGING. Its not like they all went in there to do Black Ops maneuvers. The only people they really need to answer to is the IRS. All money is dirty and EVERY single one of us sells ourselves to some degree to earn it. If I could I would sing for a cool mil too and fuck you if you ask me where I spent it.
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Well, I do, and I bet so does the general public, especially because those cunts make a shitload of money by marketing themselves as kind and wholesome. It's not illegal to sing for a murderous, thieving, cruel dictator, but it is IMMORAL, and people have every fucking right to call them on it. Besides, it's not like they were starving and needed the cash to pay the rent. They were GREEDY.
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I like how they're all WHO??? or *crickets* after the fact. Puhlease.
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@ Morbidosity
I agree with you. It obviously wasn't an issue back when they played these gigs or the newspapers would have hounded them then. Can't say what i would have done in their shoes but most of them probably just saw easy money for an hour or less of work and then free cocktails.