The payola at MTV has always kept this bloated carcass afloat, while the kids moved on years ago-- see also Michael (& Janet) Jackson, Aerosmith, etc.
Who exactly are the fans of these people anymore? Is there not one journalist willing to investigate why MTV continually promotes these has-beens in their 40s (even 50s) to this day, with no correlation to record sales or popularity?
But now, judging by the number of hip-hop videos one comes across while channel surfing, I wonder how many guns have been put to the heads of MTV execs by people like Suge Knight and Death Row, "requesting" their videos be played ...
Madonna jumped the shark with all the publicity about getting pregnant by her trainer(?)or the like.
My guess is her acting career was swepted away with that movie by one of her husbands.
She's at a loss to further her career by respectable means, so she reverts to the LCD usually reserved for younger generations.
I used to admire her business acumen, but she's lost that too.
I can't stand MTV any more. Do they (Viacom/SeeBS/etc.) buy a lot of ads in [music-oriented] print media? Maybe its
the implied payola of the ad dollar that's protecting any irregularities at MTV?