Stop The Madness: Record Label Trying To Turn 14 Year Old Into A Sex Symbol
Keke Palmer, is the 14 year old girl who played Akeelah, in the movie, Akeelah and the Bee. She and her mother Sharon have a huge problem with the upcoming record deal they signed with Atlantic Records in March of 2006. The problem is that the record label wants to market the 14 year old as a sexpot but she does not want that image.
Who’s behind this nonsense? Well the Senior A&R rep, Mike Caren, was the main antagonist, he kept on saying, ” Keke is urban”, so as long as they refused to record the raunchy tracks that he sent them, he refused to pay for the good clean music they brought him. At one point he even stopped Keke from recording by not paying for studio time.
Found this story interesting, labels are trying to fit artist into stereotypes instead of letting them be themselves. We always hear complaints about the artist, but sometimes it’s the label that needs to be criticized. People complain they want to hear more positive music, but when it’s time to buy the positive records they are no where to be found.
For more on the artist check out KekePalmer.com
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October 13th, 2007 at 10:06 am
Okay on the real note…… that just aint right!
October 13th, 2007 at 10:09 am
kill them all
October 13th, 2007 at 10:12 am
fuck tha label.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Call Uncle Al Sharpton and get in they assssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!1
October 13th, 2007 at 10:44 am
Sex sells. Old, young, it sells. Its unfortunate but that’s the way shit works.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:57 am
^^^^ THat’s a misconception.
October 13th, 2007 at 11:16 am
1st. so why did they sign the contract in the first place? and 2nd why do they need to turn her into a sex symbol at 14?? look at Tiffany Evans??? or Hannah Montana who has sold 100s of thhousands of CDs and toped the charts for idk how long or JoJo i mean all that really isn’t necessary …atleast not now
October 13th, 2007 at 11:17 am
14? Dude must be crazy. He should be brought up on charges for having that idea. The song was good too…better than what I expected.
October 13th, 2007 at 11:18 am
JESUS CHRIST IF THAT VIDEO WAS ANY MORE COLORFUL I WOULD HAVE TO SEND THE UNITED GOONIES ASSOCIATION AFTER THE DIRECTOR
October 13th, 2007 at 11:33 am
@ #6
Sex sells is not a misconception, its a fact.
October 13th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Wow, thats really messed up.
One of the main keys to creativity is freedom, if you ask a liberal, he or she would certainly agree! Same thing goes for everyone else, I mean, it’s just crystal clear.
October 13th, 2007 at 11:46 am
Man thats fucked up but looked @ briney she was only 16 when she came out with ‘Hit me baby’. She was a sexy school girl jail bait looking chick aint no one stop that….just wrong!
Song cute..she cute…and NOT SEXY THANK GOD YUCK! lol
October 13th, 2007 at 11:50 am
all i gotta say is…holla back when ur 19 LOL…i aint tryna be rkelly and goto jail for dis shit lmafo.
on real note as least shes good looking unlike that boy looking “lil mama”
October 13th, 2007 at 11:50 am
its the white man at the top always try to exploit entertainers for profit by any means thats why the music game is fucked up now.
October 13th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
lol, im not gonna front, im feeling this song
October 13th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
the song was ok until dude hoped his ass on the track talking bout some part like a rock star
October 13th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
#14 ur an idiot..
October 13th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
cosign,14,16,13 and 4.
i wanna say i looked at the vid…but i couldn’t get past tht old school moment at 3:31 lmao converses,2 tube socks and a boom box. roflmao i juss thought tht was so old skool she shoulda made a song about juss tht lmao it’d b stupid but “lip gloss” sold so anything’s possible in music nowadays.
October 13th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
18…tru…I see shorty like a 07 Brandy……..
October 13th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
do make-up and short shorts considered to be sexy? if so, from the video she already complied. luckily she skinny cause if Deelishis wore shorts that short it’ll be a video people will watch just to see the booty.
i think she should’ve shopped her music to Nickolodean or Disney
October 13th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
That’s fucked up! They knew she was a clean act when they signed her. That’s the one track mind of the white executives who try to be the voice of urban music. That’s why we have so much ignorant music right now… White exec’s controlling what goes out and how its presented… And black execs to busy pulling each other down to care about the integrity of the urban genre. Its not a good look!
October 13th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
@ 7 that is so true. Tiff Evans is just like Keke. Both started acting in movies with Tyler Perry and singing songs for disney. Tiff’s label let her be who she is and didnt try to mess with her image. Now look at how successful
“Promise Ring” is . Hannah Montana sells more than most chicks in the game. More than Rihanna and almost as much as Ciara,lol. Sex sells true. But only to a certain extent. Alicia Keys is one of the biggest selling artists of our generation and doesnt have to be half naked in her videos. Rhi started selling sex with GGGB and still cant go plat, while A Girl Like Me went plat while she was still a “good girl”.
October 13th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
@ 20 (blud bro) isn’t she affliated with one of those channels? I would think especially w/ the disney channel they wouldn’t let the record label change her image like that. I hope they stop this though cause her career is based on NOT being like a lil hook boogie!
October 13th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
she is a good actress,and is cute fo 14… the song was ok she gota pretty brite future,the record label is fucked up for tryin to use this lil ass gurl as a sex symbol but lets look at history mya,monica,brandy and brittany spears started out yung and were used as sex symbols and worked… and hannah montana and lil mamma arent and they are sucessful so keke and her mom just gotta chose wat route they wanna go..
VITAMIN WATER PEOPLE TRY IT…
October 14th, 2007 at 1:47 am
@ 6 Sex does sell I know its a different industry but Porn is one if not the highest most profitable industries, also you rarely get a music video without any girls in their shaking their ass and shit. It’s not right what their doing but was it written into the contract when it was signed ?
October 14th, 2007 at 1:48 am
Lil Mama is 18 not 14. I doubt one major song with no release date is success.
And though Hannah Montana is 14, that’s a different case since she’s Disney’s product. Don’t think they were going to put her out there with her daisy dukes on. Middle america isn’t going for it.
Also, peep the quote.. “Keke is urban.”
Subliminal for sex sells to little urban kids. You can’t tell me that song isn’t meant for the “urban” ear.
@22 Rihanna’s new disc may have not gone Plat yet, but she’s a bigger star nationally and internationally since GGGB. You can’t tell me you saw Rihanna more last year then you saw her this year.
Alicia isn’t half naked but her thick thighs ain’t hurting her career lol.
Sex sells.
October 14th, 2007 at 10:20 am
cosign 26
you 2 r not acknowledging tht she did go plat worldwide,which is really hard for people except for legends nowadays
ppl are confused by the ye/fif numbers and thinkin ppl do tht regularly…soulja boy sold 117k and thts amazing for a new artist this day which means most artist who r considered to be good but not legends do between 200-600 thou these days and thats realtalk.
October 14th, 2007 at 11:02 am
peeps need to understand that this is the business. Sex sells, BS walks. She and her mums are not stupid, they know what’s up.
October 14th, 2007 at 11:22 am
i hope that there really not tryin to turn her into a sex symbol cuz she not, she pretty but she to young. i mean come on the chick ain’t even finish growing breast or thigh yet, but maybe it just me. i share that there a lil 14 year old kids on this website, that may think differently and diss me for this comment. but she 14 she to young to be a sex symbol……and isn’t she an actress that fuck up.
October 14th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
@#14 true @#17 frank u most be a white guy
October 14th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
she pretty but she to young to be a sex symbol, maybe another time when she turn 18, with is fuck up cuz in some country they have girl ages of 12, becoming sex symbol….fuck up world isn’t it.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:08 am
i applaud her mom for stepping up and taking control of her career, we see so many artists sell out real quick for the paper. Ke Ke can go elswhere and be the star that she is. she better work with the disney channel or something.
October 15th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
This is why we keep hearing and seeing the smae types of music & images, because of the behind the scenes influences. My daughter is 14 & I probably would have caught a charge just for someone suggesting that I exploit her sexually. congrats to her mom for standing up to them, I just hoe they don’t get put up on the shelf like most rebelious artists do ……..
October 16th, 2007 at 10:49 am
@ BAJAN CHICK CIARA ACTUALLY SELLS UNLIKE SOME OF THIS CHICKS IN THA GAME CIARA:THE EVOLUTION SOLD ALMOST 400,000 COPIES IN THE FIRST WEEK THEN WENT PLATNIUM 5 WEEKS LATER NOW HER CD IS ALMOST TRIPLE PLAT SO SHUT THE FUCK UP
November 7th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
how the hell was she a sex symbol
November 13th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
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