Word: fame
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...stereotype,” adds Bushu, who blames the nation-wide association of hip hop with extravagance on popular rap personas such as 50 Cent. Indeed, the only national rap star to come out of Boston in the last five years is Benzino—a dubious claim to fame for a city which has also spawned dozens of critically acclaimed underground rappers...
Claim to Harvard Fame...
While I can begin to sympathize with Morgan Grice’s experience (“Zero Minutes of Fame,” Comment, Mar. 9), that sympathy falls away with this one sentence: “I was to appear on a certain cable news network that shall remain nameless (yes, careerism and any potential ramifications unfortunately factor...
...reports that Elvis showed up around 10:30 to a cocktail hour, went unrecognized by most of the wannabe hipsters in attendance, and handed out his digits to perplexed partygoers. Or tried to, at least. While we doubt Elvis will be put up, we do wonder whether any fame-seeking Signette...
...caricature of the “typical feminist,” employed for the wily tactics of the theatrical and substance-devoid media. It was a travesty that possibly ended my interest in broadcast media—not to mention robbed me of my modest, if delusional, bout with fame...