Hate to burst your bubble, but DJ Khaled does not, and never will, have the keys to success.
DJ Khaled puts out some nice music — however, he’s no Dr. Phil. He’s not someone who should hand out life advice. There are several reasons why the DJ Khaled era he created needs to end.
DJ Khaled knows how to make someone feel extremely uncomfortable.
If he doesn’t make you uncomfortable then you’ve never watched the full Hold You Down video featuring Chris Brown, August Alsina, Jeremih and Future.
The official music video has about 150 million views, and more than 7 billion people live in the world. After accounting for the fans of the four beautiful features that have watched it several times, there’s a large chance you may not have seen it.
Those who haven’t seen the video may falsely assume DJ Khaled is your average millionaire trying to lead you to a successful life, but you’ll understand what I mean once you watch the video. He’s not the man you thought he was.
He attempts to lead the video’s star vixen to a more successful life by giving her useless advice and bribing her with money — he tells her to “go buy your whole family houses” but only after forcing her to “say my name, baby.”
He’s trying to do the same thing with his Snapchat followers. He’s leading everyone to believe he’ll help them achieve success if they simply follow his Snapchats — this is coming from the same man who got lost in sea on his jet ski last week. And the man who, according to Hip Hop Overload, was senseless enough to “accidentally” post his credit card on Snapchat. He had $80,000 stolen from him in less than 30 seconds.
In actuality, he’s leading his followers on a “downward” journey if they imitate him.
We shouldn’t trust narcissistic people who are so self-absorbed that they disregard people’s feelings. People like that aren’t trustworthy. It’s the same reason we shouldn’t trust Donald Trump.
You’re all out here screaming “lion” and “bless up,” but he’s a basic artist leading you to a rather basic life. Someone not encouraging originality can’t possibly want you to succeed — he’s turned people into little Khaled minions.
I know DJ Khaled fans are probably categorizing me as part of the “they” that doesn’t want you to succeed.
Who even is “they”? Everyone sounds like they’ve never taken a basic English class because of him. Who is the “they” he refers to in almost every snapchat post? “They don’t want you to win,” “they don’t want you to eat.” He never once specifies who “they” is — what an inappropriate use of a pronoun.
The “they” can be him for all we know.
It’s time to hop off of his fraudulent “journey of more success.” His snapchats are detrimental to mankind. If I hear “another one,” I’ll scream.
Clarke Perkins is a 20-year-old political science sophomore from New Orleans, LA. You can reach her on Twitter @ClarkePerkins.