NOTABLE TIMES WHEN CELEBRITIES HAVE USED ALL-CAPS IN A RANT

NOTABLE TIMES WHEN CELEBRITIES HAVE USED ALL-CAPS IN A RANT - Page 6

1. MOBB DEEP’S PRODIGY HAS A BLOG (2008)

BEFORE HEADING TO PRISON TO DO A THREE YEAR BID (FOR GUNS) RAPPER PRODIGY STARTED A WEBSITE WHERE HE HAD HIS OWN PERSONAL BLOG. DURING THESE BLOG POSTS, PRODIGY WOULD RANT ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM THE ILLUMINATI TO OTHER RAPPERS (LIKE NAS AND JAY Z) TO HIS INFLUENCE ON HIP-HOP.

2. DONALD GLOVER WRITES ABOUT LEAVING “COMMUNITY” (2013)

LAST, YEAR ACTOR/RAPPER DONALD GLOVER ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS LEAVING THE POPULAR NBC SHOW “COMMUNITY.” IN A SERIES OF INSTAGRAM POSTS, GLOVER EXPLAINED HIS REASONING, WRITING HIS THOUGHTS DOWN ON A MARRIOTT RESIDENCE INN STATIONERY.

3. DAN GILBERT WRITES LETTER TO CLEVELAND (2010)

AFTER NBA SUPERSTAR LEBRON JAMES LEFT THE CLEVELAND CAVILERS FOR THE MIAMI HEAT, DAN GILBERT, THE CAVILERS OWNER, WAS FURIOUS. SO FURIOUS, HE PENNED A MENACING LETTER TO LEBRON, WHERE HE WROTE, IN ALL-CAPS: “I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WILL WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE THE SELF-TITLED FORMER ‘KING’ WINS ONE.” HE WAS […]

4. JADEN SMITH’S RANT ABOUT THE EDUCATION SYSTEM (2013)

THIS ISN’T ALL-CAPS, PER SE, BUT JADEN HAS BEEN CAPPING THE FIRST LETTER OF EVERY WORD FOR A WHILE NOW, SO WE’RE INCLUDING HIM. THE FIRST LETTER CAP THING HAS BEEN JADEN’S STYLE FOR A WHILE. OUR FAVORITE JADEN SMITH TWITTER MOMENT CAME WHEN HE RANTED ABOUT THE EDUCATION SYSTEM LAST YEAR.

5. CHRIS BROWN’S MOM LOVES HER SON (2012)

SINCE 2010, JOYCE WATKINS, CHRIS BROWN’S MOM, HAS SENT OUT OVER NINE THOUSAND TWEETS. SHE HAS NEVER UTTERED A CRITICAL WORD ABOUT CHRIS BREEZY ON TWITTER. SHE HAS ALSO NEVER NOT USED THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON.

6. LADY GAGA VS. PEREZ HILTON (2013)

LADY GAGA AND INFAMOUS BLOGGER PEREZ HILTON WERE ONCE VERY GOOD FRIENDS (PEREZ USED TO CALL HER “WIFEY.”) HOWEVER, THEIR RELATIONSHIP WENT SOUTH AFTER PEREZ SAID KATY PERRY’S “ROAR” SINGLE WAS BETTER THAN GAGA’S “APPLAUSE” SINGLE. THAT, WITH OTHER INCIDENTS, CAUSED GAGA TO LASH OUT THE BLOGGER, CALLING HIM A “STALKER.)

7. KANYE WEST COMES AFTER JIMMY KIMMEL (2013)

WE LOVE ALL KANYE WEST TWEETS. BUT WE LOVE THEM MORE WHEN HE IS IN ALL-CAPS MODE. WE SAW THIS LAST YEAR WHEN HE WENT AFTER JIMMY KIMMEL AFTER THE LATE NIGHT COMEDIAN HAD A GAG ABOUT HIM.

8. JAMES FRANCO BLASTS NYTIMES CRITIC OVER BAD REVIEW (2014)

AFTER NYTIMES THEATRE CRITIC BEN BRANTLEY GAVE FRANCO’S “MICE AND MEN” A POOR REVIEW, THE ACTOR WENT TO INSTAGRAM TO CALL BRANTLEY A “LITTLE BITCH,” AND THEN HE POSTED A POSITIVE REVIEW FROM VARIETY.

9. CHER VS. THE GOP (2014)

LEGENDARY SINGER CHER HAS GONE ON MANY ALL-CAP TWITTER RANTS. HOWEVER, WE PARTICULARLY ENJOYED THIS YEAR’S RANT, WHERE SHE WENT AFTER REPUBLICAN MEN IN THE MICHIGAN STATE LEGISLATURE.