You know an artist has truly made it when they amass a dedicated, hard core fan base (some may call them Stans) who will stick with them through thick and thin. These fans will stand in a torrential downpour to buy tickets to a concert even though their idol hasn’t released a record in over a decade.
These are not your typical bandwagon rider fans of today who tend to dump an artist as soon as their record stops spinning on the radio.
The list of urban superstars who have such a rabid cult following is a small one. The list includes singers Monica, Beyonce, and rapper Lil Kim.
Last night, Lil Kim’s hard core fans went to war on the social networking site Twitter.com, with Lil Kim’s new “team”. Her hard core fans feel that Lil Kim’s new team routinely sends her out looking like a mess in order to garner negative media attention. The idea is that any media attention is good.
Well, that tactic worked in the past for singer Whitney Houston, whose matted wigs, unkempt appearance and stories of illicit drug use made her fodder for the tabloids.
The battle royal began when one of Lil Kim’s “team” accused a popular Lil Kim fansite of altering Kim’s pictures. The popular fansite, LilKimZone.net, responded by threatening to shut the site down for good. This was all brought to my attention by loyal reader Anthony A. who previously emailed me the hilarious Lil Kim makeup tutorial video that I decided not to post, but all the other blogs did.
LilKimZone.net has the complete rundown of the war that took place last night on Twitter.
