When people get cancelled by social media users, what does it really mean?<\/p>\n
Personalities and artists such as R Kelly, Mampintsha, Chris Brown and Sjava who have been reported to be perpetrators of GBV, have since been “cancelled” by some social media users. Yet, in an on-air conversation between #YMornings and its listeners, it became evident that the same artists are still widely supported, even by some who may, at some point, have claimed to cancel them.<\/p>\n
Cancel culture, also known as call-out culture, may be defined as a social media courtroom that often leads to the mass declination of an individual (usually being celebrities).<\/p>\n
When the #YMornings team began a discussion around the authenticity of cancel culture and those practising it, a question of impact and authenticity arose.<\/p>\n
Do people genuinely stop listening to and supporting these artists or do they do it for clout?<\/p>\n
Listen to the convo here:<\/p>\n