Laughing Boy wrote:
] ] LONDON (AP) -- Eminem stunned tens of thousands of people
] ] attending a concert in England by giving a necklace
] ] estimated at $450,000 to one of his fans.
]
] HELL YEA! 'cuz donating half a million dollars to charity
] where it might do some real good isn't "cool". Gotta make a
] publicity stunt out of it and give a necklace to a random fan
] - who will likely end up hawking it anyways and pocketing the
] cash (wouldn't you?).
]
] Whats next? Confetti cannons filled with $10's and $20's at
] his concerts??
]
] Laughing Boy

But you see, that's what I love about him... he's flying in the face of conventional wisdom. Everything he does pisses off somebody. And I like that. That's how he got started in this business in the first place. His lyrics pissed people off, and he became infamous, and now he's more widely accepted. We need more artists and entertainers that piss people off, rather than those who fake themselves just to make people happy. "Be true to yourself"... Eminem certainly does that.

RE: Eminem Gives Fan $450K Gift