Jamie Walters was poised to be the next big star. Instead, he ended up a pop music oddity: the double one-hit wonder. Becoming the Ike Turner of the Beverly Hills 90210-verse will do that to you.
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(Legal) Career Killers: Diddy and A Whole Bunch of Sexual Misconduct Lawsuits and Federal Sex Trafficking Charges
Diddy do it? You’ll have to be more specific. He’s facing quite a bit of legal jeopardy.
Diddy ruin his career? Yeah, probably…
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Career Killers — Mass Murderers Edition: How Dr. Dre Killed a Bunch of Careers
Dr. Dre’s 1992 classic, The Chronic, did more than make him a megastar. It also fundamentally changed music.
George Michael was on the verge of being the biggest pop star in the world — until his lawsuit against Sony.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on Don Henley?
Be Here Now was a perfect disaster in many ways.
We’ve seen several careers come to an end on (or above) the stage of the MTV Video Music Awards.
How an iconic, generation-defining song helped break up the band that recorded it.
The Cars tried to go back-to-basics with Door to Door. Instead, they broke up for decades.
Was Billy Idol ahead of his time with Cyberpunk? Of course. But that doesn’t mean the album is good or deserved to be successful.
When done right, concept albums can be career enhancing. Or they can be disasters.
Lou Pearlman was one of the most influential music moguls of his time. And one of the biggest fraudsters.
Michelle Branch has always had a strong following. Too bad contract law has always been stronger.
Lip syncing and not performing on albums are nothing new. But when Milli Vanilli did it, people lost their minds.
Limp Bizkit were everywhere in the late 90s/early 00s. Then they fell off the face of the earth.
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