This upcoming October the 15th marks the 30th anniversary of the album Road Apples which took The Tragically Hip to number 1 in Canada and has since gone on to diamond certification. Not only are both of them hard at work overcoming some major dependency issues by spending money at rehab clinics that definitely don’t come cheap but they’ve also had to work their way through a particularly expensive lawsuit that would see the Three-Six Mafia try and collect a piece of everything the Suicideboys have built.Īccording to the folks over at the BBC, The Tragically Hip are “the most Canadian band in the world”, and really, is there anyone who disagrees with that sentiment? The New York Times once defined them as “the band that has come closest to defining Canada’s cultural identity.” We are talking Rock N Roll legends and I’m lucky enough to get the opportunity to sit down with the members of the band a little later this week. And it’s a good thing too, because, to be honest, these two need a boatload of cash. But if recent headlines are to be believed, that net-worth is about to increase by an astronomical amount thanks to the Suicideboys becoming one of the most el-Fuego viral brands around, according to. Well, thankfully for all of us, especially themselves, not only have the Suicideboys made it – they’ve accomplished more than their wildest dreams on their way to a net worth that sites like TADDLR estimate to be in the $1 Million range each. When the $uicideboy$ burst onto the scene in the early 2010s, they shocked their listeners with their depression-laced lyrics and an origin that told the story of two down-on-their-luck wannabe rappers who made a pact to end themselves if they didn’t make it by the time they were 30.
Want to know what happened? Well, so do we - so let’s try and piece things together now on the Dark Side of Fame. At least eight people have died and hundreds were injured as chaos broke out during Scott’s performance on Saturday night in what would become one of the deadliest crowd-control disasters at a concert in United States’ history.
In others, it’s happening again – history repeats itself – and this time, the consequences are simply unacceptable. But in all honesty – even that could have never prepared us for what went down this weekend during Scott’s most recent iteration of his Astroworld event in Houston, Texas. I mean, we even ended with a side-bar that Scott had once been taken into custody for inciting a riot and endangering the welfare of his audience after a number of people were injured at a Rogers, Arkansas performance. Take, for instance, the story from our video of a young man named Kyle Green who was pushed off a balcony during a live Travis Scott performance and paralyzed for life. You know, normally I would dive a lot deeper into a revelation as big as that, but today, we really don’t have the time - because there’s an even darker side to Travis Scott then simply using other people to get ahead in life and it generally concerns his absolute disregard for the safety of other people - most importantly, his fans. There, we not only covered things like turning his back on his friend and mentor, OG CHE$$, but also how he used and abused the friendship of Shane Morris who helped Travis Scott earn far more streams and fans than he ever would have otherwise. So, if you want to hear all about the Island Boyz dip into the Dark Side of Fame - keep watching!Īlmost exactly a year ago, we debuted a brand-new video chronicling the “Dark Side” of Travis Scott’s fame. I’m talking calls of cultural appropriation, multiple arrests, months spent in juvie, and taking advantage of the recent pandemic to land themselves a brand-new dream home where they’ve been filming the bulk of their content. oh, and they’ve also hopped onto a Zoom call to speak with none other than yours truly! But even though I haven’t seen a more viral act since the heyday of Kid Buu or Joker 305, that doesn’t mean everything about the Island Boyz story shines – in fact, a whole lot of it has to do with some pretty seedy and dark stuff. Since that clip made them viral, they’ve been featured on H3H3 AND the BFF podcast. Not only do these two have a combined 3.5 Million followers on Tik Tok and just over 800K followers on Instagram, but they’ve also become a viral sensation thanks to a bare-bones clip that sees both of them singing while hanging out in a pool.
Is there a more viral act tearing up the inter-webs right now then Kodiyak Redd and FlyySoulja, aka, the Island Boyz? If there is, I’m not aware of it, and considering that’s more or less my job, I think I would know.