2.Willy Moon was similarly rising in the music scene aftergoing viralfor his hit “Yeah Yeah.”
I was encouraged to be outspoken, and things got out of hand.
… Joe, I hope you could forgive me and I wish you all the best!"
but the damage was done.
The duo waslet gofrom the show after a viral petition to get them fired.
The Grammys swiftlyrevokedtheir award.
Even Squier said so: “The video had a deleterious effect on my career.
The video misrepresents who I am as an artist,” Squiertoldthe authors ofI Want My MTV.
“I was a good-looking sexy guy.
That certainly didnt hurt in promoting my music.
But in this video, Im kind of a pretty boy.
And Im preening around a room.
People said Hes gay, or Hes on drugs.
It was traumatizing to me.
First, reported details about his past (namely that he had a rough background) were proven false.
His music also was criticized for being white-washed and “mainstream.”
6.Iggy Azalea looked like she was going to become huge after the success of “Fancy.”
With “Problem” and “Black Widow,” Azalea proved she wasn’t just a one-hit wonder.
She eventually canceled her debut tour.
Butallegationsof drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2012 derailed his career before he could become an A-List star.
Green pled no contest, and was sentenced to three years of probation.
so WITH Implies consent and “People who have really been raped REMEMBER!!!”
Green is still around today, but not even close to the degree of his early 2010s fame.
8.Ben Hopkins of Pwr Bttm also saw their career derailed by sexual misconduct allegations.
Their label dropped them, streaming platforms removed their music, and their upcoming tour was canceled.
However, they have yet to release a new album or make a full comeback.
9.Another example?
Mystikal, who’d steadily risen in fame over the ’90s and early 2000s.
However, in early 2004, he wasconvictedof sexual battery and sentenced to six years in prison.
Mystikalattemptedto make a comeback when he was released in 2010 and found some success in early performances.
He has not released a solo album since 2001.
But in 2021, the 30-year-old Wu wasaccusedof sexual assault of a 17-year-old two years prior.
11.Another musician whose career was derailed by jail time is Tory Lanez.
He was eventuallyconvictedand sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Time will tell if he attempts to make a comeback after that.
13.Keri Hilson had a wildly successful debut album and continued that success with her second album.
She still has not released another album.
She says she’s sincemade upwith Beyonce.
Apple was labeled afterward in her own words a “brat bitch loose cannon.”
His next album wasn’t in 2021 and did not cement a comeback for Thicke.
17.And finally, we’ll end on Azealia Banks.
While she still performs, she certainly has not achieved the level of mainstream success she might have.
