Budden Confronts Adam22 for Profiting off Kevin Samuels Death

[BK The Great]

Didn’t Budden do the same to Em over that Untouchable song on Revival that looked fabricated? This might be the same.

 

[sosaa]

i dont watch adam22 so someone got to aware me on whether or not he said something disrespectful in his podcast

with that said, what's buddens endgame here? he trying to moralize but people are going to be checking for someone that just passed, thats fact and content creators gonna jump. maybe adam could have donated the profits from his podcast to KS estate? i just don't see what this convo between joe and adam is suppose to lead to considering adam most likely not going to stop lol.

 

[Scustin Bieburr]

i dont watch adam22 so someone got to aware me on whether or not he said something disrespectful in his podcast

with that said, what's buddens endgame here? he trying to moralize but people are going to be checking for someone that just passed, thats fact and content creators gonna jump. maybe adam could have donated the profits from his podcast to KS estate? i just don't see what this convo between joe and adam is suppose to lead to considering adam most likely not going to stop lol.

Basically he feels it was wrong for Adam to post up interviews he did with KS the same day he died. The interviews were monetized too so Adam's channel got cash from it.

Fans might have wanted that though. I'm not a fan of any of the people involved but I'd assume a Kevin Stan wanted to see those interviews right away as a means of preserving his memory.

 

[TAYLONDO SAMSWORTHY]

Every time I have seen this issue raised, it devolves into the old "they're White, so they can't talk about our problems".

Personally, I understand this take, but it does stifle the discussion and makes whoever says it seem like they're talking out of both sides of their mouths.

What kills me is that, as a group, we refuse to hold the net negatives in our community accountable. That's why when Dr. Umar said we need to put certain nikkas to sleep for good, I FELT THAT.

100%, u spittin

 

[Roid Jones]

If all Adam did was reupload the sit-down he had with KS I don't see the issue, it's not like he was running a live-stream and calling hospitals in attempt to break the news like some of Kevin's 'friends' were doing on the night of his passing. Joe acting as some sort of moral police has always been weird to me

 

[General Mills]

As distasteful as it may seem on the surface. It’s business. I work in digital marketing. This is done by everyone and it’s successful

 

[Stacks5000]

I thought it said Biden and got very confused

No you didn’t

And his point is that he conveniently aired his footage on the day that Kevin passed. Clearly that was the best day to do it, because what a better day than when everybody is searching for Kevin’s name.

It wasn’t out of admiration, it was out of profiting off the news of a person’s death. It’s not “news reporting”. It’s sick. fukk this old white fukk, and anybody who supports him

 

[FS4LFE]

GladTV be doing the same shyt. Someone will die and he will randomly repost a video that has zero connection to the death. Just for clout and clicks.

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

It was Adam's interview...I don't see the problem. It's not like he stole KS content

 

[Stacks5000]

Anybody defending Adam is a fukking spastic. Simple as that. You kind of people have zero morals

 

[L&HH]

Adam came with a strong argument-- when rappers pass, their music IMMEDIATELY gets played on the radio all day.

I can't see how this is any different from that... radio stations are also capitalizing off the death of someone. Playing a rapper's music means money for the station, and if that rapper just died, people will have interest in that rapper's music.

I've spoken about this before in one of my videos; it's called the Dead Rapper Effect, a phenomenon that explains that when someone dies, their work becomes exponentially more valuable than it was when they were alive.

The name isn't just for rappers though, as it applies to any artist. For example, Heath Ledger wasn't even that loved until he died, and then his great performance in The Dark Knight happened, and then he blew up posthumously, winning an Academy Award, the first ever awarded for a comic book film.

As quiet as it's kept, I believe Tupac also benefits from this phenomenon to this day. I would have loved to have seen Tupac's artistry viewed through a 2022 lens if he were still alive today. I think it would be interesting...

Biggie too. Not sure any other artists had made as much money from so little material than BIG. And no I don’t have a problem with ppl reup loading clips after someone passes. They did the interview and signed off on the interview. I’m not sure how it’s any different than media outlets running articles and posts and all that.

 

[TillWeDie]

Would Kevin Samuels (if he were still alive) do the same if one of his guests had passed?

 

[Marc Spector]

joes only saying this because at his core he cant stand Adam or Vlad and sees them as culture vultures.

which mind you, they are. But Adam has no shortage of LA degenerate trash to feature on his channel....i cant get mad at him if they keep lining up to perform hood safari for suburban cacs.

 

[Animal House]

Adam's content>>>>>>>>>> Buttons the failed rapper

 

[Gloxina]

Every time I have seen this issue raised, it devolves into the old "they're White, so they can't talk about our problems".

Personally, I understand this take, but it does stifle the discussion and makes whoever says it seem like they're talking out of both sides of their mouths.

What kills me is that, as a group, we refuse to hold the net negatives in our community accountable. That's why when Dr. Umar said we need to put certain nikkas to sleep for good, I FELT THAT.

That’s the crux of the issue.

There wouldn’t be anything to discuss/promote if we stopped the foolishness. It’s annoying, but I can’t knock white folks for commenting on our community/entertainment. We put our bad behavior on display and are too inviting to outsiders. White folks would be crazy not to profit off of it.