You'r nobody Till Somebody Kill You

Originally posted by Bardock42
Not Nobody, you can be very famous, but being killed can certainly enhance your fame...or at least the "cult" around you (but only if you were famous to begin with). And it's not necessarily being killed by someone else...take Kurt Cobain, or Ernest Hemingway for example.

I'd say that's true about Kurt Cobain, but Hemingway is famous because he was a great writer, not because he killed himself.

It's interesting that it only seems to happen to some people. Tupac, Biggie, and Cobain have sold way more albums since their deaths than they did before. Jam Master Jay, however, is also dead, and I don't know that there's been any jump in Run-DMC album sales. Same with Layne Staley and Alice in Chains.

Originally posted by Darth Revan
I'd say that's true about Kurt Cobain, but Hemingway is famous because he was a great writer, not because he killed himself.

It's interesting that it only seems to happen to some people. Tupac, Biggie, and Cobain have sold way more albums since their deaths than they did before. Jam Master Jay, however, is also dead, and I don't know that there's been any jump in Run-DMC album sales. Same with Layne Staley and Alice in Chains.

Darth Raven, ur a smart dude.

Death can only enhance the majesty behind a celeb who was ALREADY admired to begin with. If a certain famous figure wasn't even liked that much, his or her death would only inspire pity, not awe. You don't have to DIE to become something great.

Originally posted by lord xyz
know. U nead betta grammer, but still know.

He needs better grammer! Ha! You said 'you' as 'u', and 'no' as 'know', so before accusing someone else of their grammer, get your's right. You can if you were rich/famous, if it was a black person getting killed by a white person (which is actually true, they get a lot of publicity) and if you were killed by a strange cause, like the 80 year old man in the shopping trolly

Everybody is somebody before they die.baby

Originally posted by Inspectah Deck
Is this true? Why or why not?

It is LOGICALLY FALSE: There are so many counter examples but one is sufficient to prove that it is FALSE: MONICA LEWINSKY.( you don't have to have somebody kill you. But doing the president sure works like a charm) 😄

Originally posted by Darth Revan
Jam Master Jay, however, is also dead, and I don't know that there's been any jump in Run-DMC album sales.

Well he wasn't really popular to begin with

Originally posted by Inspectah Deck
Is this true? Why or why not?

WTF? I rather be a nobody then

Originally posted by Captain REX
Has Bill Gates been murdered? 😐

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Van Gogh (sp?). First person that came to my mind...

Originally posted by AOR
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Van Gogh (sp?). First person that came to my mind...

Originally posted by TheSpinner
It is LOGICALLY FALSE: There are so many counter examples but one is sufficient to prove that it is FALSE: MONICA LEWINSKY.( you don't have to have somebody kill you. But doing the president sure works like a charm) 😄

And if she would have been killed during the time when all that stuff came out to the media she would have 50 times as famous, and probably would have had a movie about her, or at least based on her story...

When people who are in the attention at that time are killed they ussually become even more famous. Some of the most famous artists, painters and singers were unknown to the mayority of the people until the moment they died.

The more spectaculair or strange his life and or dead the more important the death will be. So no, getting killed doesn't make you famous you need a basis to get that, but it can help... Help a lot