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CYBER BULL Dragging: The New word for
It isnonews that theentertainment industry globally is filled with so muchdramaandscandal.
Of course, we all had our fair share of all the juicy gists that went down in 2022, ranging from Russia invading Ukraine, worldwide economic gloom, inflation, and various other factors delivered a yearneverexperiencedbefore Beit Elon Musk's Twitter takeover or actorWillSmithslappingcomedian Chris Rock on the Oscars stage, Or even Bianca Ojukwu slapping Mrs. Obiano,wifeofformerGovernorof Anambra State, Nigeria, 2022 will berememberedasaneventfulone
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And thanks to Technology, social media has become a connecting point for all things controversial, trendyormundane
People are beginning to go beyond connecting, to sharing content whether negative or positive, and even calling out people for one reason or the other. While some of these are not bad, I believe there shouldbeabalancetoeverything
Now more than ever, random strangers especially the likes of DanielReghaknown forcallingout Nigerian celebrities, Oriretan Honour who just started following his steps, and the new podcast by media personality Nedu #TheHonestBunchpodcast who suddenly feels they know everything happening in everyone ’ s life simply because of the narrative theyhaveoffsocialmedia.
Itcanbeoverwhelmingsometimes!
MarvinRecordssignee,Magixxina chat with the Uncutxtra magazine team recently, said that staying relevant in the entertainment industry requires a lot of mental strength, and I couldn’t agree more The blue street is not FRIENDLY, it DOESN’T CARE HOW YOU FEEL! In Nigerian pidgin parlance, ‘mostofthemjustopentheirmouth waa’
We have a lot of keyboard warriors who do not really care how their actionsandinactionsmakeyoufeel Somehow, we have normalized ‘bullying’, in today’s term ‘dragging’ LMAO Theweirdpartishowsome of them actually are awarded as ‘Influencers” Well, it is the blue streetafterall….