FailSafe Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 (edited) I heard Bey's father hustled his way to the music industry just to give Bey a simple music contract; Britney IIRC her family was poor before she became a childstar; Taylor lived in a single bedroom house in Nashville before signing to big Machine; Rih's from a remote island in Barbados and had had coconuts and fruits most of the time just to get by; Katy's family live off of church donations; Gaga was disowned by her parents at the mere age of 19 and had to strip dance for a $2 tip to follow her dreams. And now Lana, the definitive "rich kid" from the crop of famous female artists actually lived in a trailer park and not some huge mansion in Salt Lake. I'm glad their kids (if all of the girls decided to have them someday) won't experience such cruel side of life. Edited October 21, 2023 by FailSafe 14
Reginald Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 is this a shade thread? "Had to eat coconuts and fruits to get by" "strip for a $2 tip" Y'all are too much lmao 2
BionicWooHoo Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 Gurl…Gaga went to NYU and her parents were upper middle class bffr Also didn’t Taylor’s dad buy her way into the music industry?
MingYouToo Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 8 minutes ago, BionicWooHoo said: Gurl…Gaga went to NYU and her parents were upper middle class bffr Also didn’t Taylor’s dad buy her way into the music industry? Her parents were from a finance background. Dad was a Meryll Lynch stock broker (not as prestigious as you think) and her mom idk what her job was but she was a finance graduate too. They lived in a middle class tree farmhouse. Think 200-250k household. They probably had enough money to give Taylor guitar lessons and enough spare to commit to moving to Nashville but not rich enough to jumpstart the fuel of her career all willy nilly.. Her dad was an initial stakeholder at Big Machine when the only artist it had was just his daughter. Her dad basically helped build BMR when it had no one but Taylor so its not some sort big rich dad buys daughter career story. She was almost put into the same artist development pipeline as other popstars that would've risen then fell by having writing camps write her songs but she refused (it was Warner iirc) and went w a nonexistent label to be able to write her own songs. The help definitely came when making business decisions though, Taylor's business acumen is no doubt learned as well as helped by her parents who know the ins and outs of finance and the industry in general. Its mostly why she always makes sound business decisions for her artistic ventures. Gaga was upper middle class as well. The only one among them who I think was truly ordinary and probably middle-lower class was Katy and Rihanna. Beyonce came from a middle class family for sure. 5
suburbannature Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, MingYouToo said: Gaga was upper middle class as well. She grew up here in a 4 million dollar condo bffr 1 2
BrokenMachine Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 Is this thread a set up ? Britney, Rihanna and Katy are ok, but the Taylor, Lana and Gaga sneak is not it We all know Gaga had a well privileged life, we all have seen Taylor's 'farmhouse' which is actually almost a mansion (also we know her father got a share in the label she got into), and we know by Lana's father own words, their net worth was way above the average Bey is kinda in a middle point, between hundreds of rumors and contradictions, I don't know what's actually true abot her upbringing 1 1
BrokenMachine Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 17 minutes ago, suburbannature said: She grew up here in a 4 million dollar condo bffr So she didn't own a house and had to share a building with other people? Sounds like poor to me
differentkindahigh Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 Taylor, Lana, Gaga? You wrote 3 whole paragraphs. I'd think someone capable of writing that much would at least have a little sense. 1
Taylor fanboy Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 They were all “rich” and there’s nothing wrong with that. 1
Trash Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, Taylor fanboy said: They were all “rich” and there’s nothing wrong with that. Britney had to hunt squirrels for dinner 1 2
SoldierofLove Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 (edited) Umm the only icons and legends who were legitimately dirt poor are Dolly, Celine, Shania and Jewel. Edited October 21, 2023 by SoldierofLove 1
suburbannature Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, SoldierofLove said: Umm the only icons and legends who were legitimately dirt poor are Dolly, Celine, Shania and Jewel. Madonna and Mariah too 1
Abracadabra Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 40 minutes ago, MingYouToo said: The only one among them who I think was truly ordinary and probably middle-lower class was Katy and Rihanna. 3 minutes ago, Taylor fanboy said: They were all “rich” and there’s nothing wrong with that. Nah, Britney's family were literally broke broke, her parents often couldn't even afford to buy food so her dad had to hunt for animals for them to eat. The small town she was raised in is well below the national average poverty line. 2
Benji124 Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 47 minutes ago, suburbannature said: Madonna and Mariah too was waiting for someone to mention Madonna .. the famous story is that she came to NY with just $35 to her name and was homeless for a time, couch hopping in NY.
BionicWooHoo Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 This thread is getting a little weird in the sense that I feel like it’s gonna evolve further and further into oppression Olympics…like no MY FAVE WAS MORE POOR…NO MINE. But yea a lot of the women in this thread grew up rich rich from what I’m reading 3
suburbannature Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 1 minute ago, BionicWooHoo said: This thread is getting a little weird in the sense that I feel like it’s gonna evolve further and further into oppression Olympics…like no MY FAVE WAS MORE POOR…NO MINE. But yea a lot of the women in this thread grew up rich rich from what I’m reading literally no one has done that
Orsay Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 Taylor, Gaga, Ariana and probably Lana despite her protests all come from upper middle class backgrounds Rihanna is a true rags to riches story, but I’d argue that isn’t the case for most of the pop girls
lonnie Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 Rihanna coming out of a small island with all her struggles to where she is now is most impressive. I know others like Britney, Madge, Mariah, the Jacksons etc had a rough time too, but thinking of someone coming from a place 21 miles long and 14 miles wide, with zero connections and absolutely no money and relying on adults who are complete strangers in a foreign country while being a mere child yourself. It's confounding. 4 2
istan4badgalriri Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 3 hours ago, Taylor fanboy said: They were all “rich” and there’s nothing wrong with that. Definitely not Rihanna lmao 1
ICLDXU4HS Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 Janet was poor as a baby and small toddler.
PopKills Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 4 hours ago, Taylor fanboy said: They were all “rich” and there’s nothing wrong with that. Katy‘s family was poor af and she literally couldn’t pay rent and was about to be kicked out before IKAG blew up.
KingWitch Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 DDD not y'all competing over who's fave was more poor, is there anything stans won't brag about? 5
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