Many people have dreams of sleeping and waking up famous,its very few who never wish to have fame. This phenomenon is seen and taken as a blessing,but ae much as fame would come with benefits,it comes along with a house full of drama. The international artists well certify to this and recently you saw how one Kanye West wrestled down a paparazzi who was following him and he felt uncomfortable,reason being he invaded his privacy. Its not the first time celebrities come under paparazzi stalking matter of fact,they are followed every where. If you think being famous is a bed of roses think twice,locally take for example avril and kaz both who have had their private and nude photos leak into the internet and got psychologically tortured. What exactly does it take to be a successful celebrity in Kenya?
First in my list,I’ll say you need to have a condom on your heart,you need to be immortal to critiques many of who are never constructive. Women are known to be weak emotionally,but in this field you won’t make it with such. You will have highs and lows of your career. One needs to be able to rubbish off such criticism and stand the trial of times. People will say alot about you especially when your star is shinning brightest just with the intentions to demoralise you and step out
• Morality vs relevancy
This a major space for the clash of interests for you to be relevant and keep the media talking about you hence publicity often pushes celebs to do unimaginable stunts most of the times.ending up refuting your moral standards and degradation in the society,perfect example is one model and socialite Pendo who has been in the media limelight lately all for the wrong and immoral reasons,its either nude photos or a sex scandal. The publicity and her morality are never at per. The question is will you sacrifice your moral values for fame or find a way to maintain them yet stay relevant in the ever changing arena.
• Lease privacy rights to the public
Once you are famous,things take a new rurn,you can never engage in some activities as you used to before. You get to lose some of your rights like leasing your right to privacy to the public. You get stalked by the ever roving paparazzi cameras always hoping to catch you off guard,anything in your life is a juicy news,I mean you would be spotted walking into a city council toilet and you’ll end up in the front page of the tabloids,who you date and stuff is never tied up to you only.
•Ever evolving industry
Like any other field,the entertainment scene is ever changing and what is relevant today could be totally irrelevant the next day,this calls for one to ne flexible enough to circumstances in order to stand the zeal and be relevant. You realise how for example musicians who were relevant 6years back are now totallyirrelevant right now or trying hard to get back into the limelight. The scenes keeps on changing and there needs one to keep changing as well. If you become rigid that’s how it goes. But if you become mind open like Amani who almost lost her grip but restructured herself and came back to the scenes by doing a song with Ugandans Radio and Wissel who are regional giants giving her back the lost groove,now she even hosts sakata on citizen TV. Key lesson,flexibility to the industry’s revolution.
• Taking advantage of the opportunities
They say it comes once in a lifetime that is opportunity,what you need to do is clinch and run with it and use it well. One outstanding celebrity who used the opportunity well is former miss Kenya Cecilia Mwangi who used her crown to start a worthy course by initiating an anti-jiggers campaign,this program would later see many souls helped. Essence of the story,use the opportunities that comes with fame well and leave footprints when you leave. Fame is like clouds,its never stagnant,wind blows it away. When you have the grip,think beyond the glamour,what happens when its gone? That’s the question to be on your mind. Clinch the opportunities and build your future out of it,investment is anotherthing Kenyan celebrities should think about,its always a bad and sad picture to see a struggling person who in previous years was a force in the industry but failed to plan and never invested. Let the wave of the fame not blind you,think beyond the hair.
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