In the first day of his recent—and hilarious—foray into the world of Twitter, Kanye West quickly picked up over 120,000 followers. And with tweets like, "
Fur pillows are hard to actually sleep on", it's easy to see why. Until last Saturday, however, he himself did not follow any Tweeps. Announcing that he would choose one fan to follow, Kanye selected Steven Holmes, a teen from Britain. And then, for Holmes, all hell broke loose:
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From Stop The Presses)
In an exclusive interview with his hometown paper, the Coventry Telegraph, Holmes says he was immediately barraged through Twitter and his phone with requests from media organizations. He says he turned down interviews with the BBC, CNN, and New York Magazine, among others.
Since Saturday night, when the rap star chose to follow him on Twitter, Holmes began receiving messages from people desperate to get West's attention. People tried to send him film trailers and music demos, hoping to reach 33-year-old Kanye and his 400,000-plus followers. "I didn't want to talk to any of them," Holmes told the Telegraph. "Fame has never appealed to me. It's vacuous."
Yet
another symptom of a society willing to strangle its own common sense in exchange for fame. If you really think harassing some kid in Britain is going to lead to Kanye putting you on, then you need a strong slap upside your head.
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And while I'm somewhere in the neighborhood of the subject, don't forget to follow your favorite Crooked Straight writers on Twitter (K Lew: @kevfocusgroup; The D.E.F.I.: @crkstr_defi).]
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