The SBA’s SVOG grants were intended for struggling small artists. But big stars like Post Malone and Chris Brown got $200M in pandemic ​r​elief funds.

  • vlad@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Every time I see Chris Brown’s name, I’m reminded that this piece of shit is still rich and famous. People are disappointing.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah… I bailed on him when just how awful he was came out. Granted, I bought some Chuck Berry stuff recently and he was no saint from the looks of it… People are complicated

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        1 year ago

        People are complicated, yeah, but there’s nothing complicated about deciding to not support people who have been beating and sexually assaulting women for decades. There are so many good, independent artists out there, I have no idea how you people settle for these algorithm-endorsed scumbags at the top