I think insecurity and competition is built into the culture. When you're catering to a black audience in a way where viewership and a following is involved, there's more of a tension in staying relevant because the audience is smaller compared to other cultures and it's more common to be hot one day and lose your spot the next.
It's probably why, within "the culture", we see celebrities with what seems like such a big platform (to us) do desperate things or feel extra compelled to address frivolous matters publicly; they're more afraid of how their image being tarnished could affect their position.
It's probably also why you notice that a lot of these same celebrities refuse to take risks in speaking out for their own long-term benefit or the benefit of polarizing causes that could make significant change.
It's probably why, within "the culture", we see celebrities with what seems like such a big platform (to us) do desperate things or feel extra compelled to address frivolous matters publicly; they're more afraid of how their image being tarnished could affect their position.
It's probably also why you notice that a lot of these same celebrities refuse to take risks in speaking out for their own long-term benefit or the benefit of polarizing causes that could make significant change.
