MAYBE IT IS THE ILLUMINATI

In 2011, 2012 and a bulk part of last year, the illuminati dominated the internet and social networks. Youth who love entertainment spent time analysing how musicians both home and abroad are involved in the occult.

There were rumours here and there regarding successful musicians and all of a sudden, it became a trend and virtually every aspiring/ambitious young person wanted to become a member.

Google's yearly review brought to the fore the fact that one of the most searched topics by Nigerians is how to become members of the cult.

The entertainment industry especially the Americans started shoving it in our faces. I have always felt it was a means to market their products while many people argue otherwise claiming they were on a mission.

In the past it used to be just music and that was what Michael Jackson and other greats did initially before 'BAD' broke almost every music record at the time.

In the course of his career, Michael Jackson spent millions of dollars shooting very wonderful videos but with the supposed illuminati craze, the likes of Kanye West, Jay-z and the others dished out videos that would have been considered not good enough for the screens and recorded huge successes with them by including strange symbols and uttering lyrics that seemed to attack established religion.

After a while, I guess the trick became boring and they moved to naming their albums in the most absurd manner. Kanye West's 'Yeezus', Jay-z's 'Magna carta holy grail', Joe Cole's 'Born Sinner' were all an attempt to grab success with less input.

This time the trick worked only for a short while and in other to remain relevant, Kanye West started ranting through most part of last year.

As the illuminati trick was dying, the younger generation artistes like Miley Cyrus discovered the power of nudity in the modern world and has since been topping charts with her out of control behaviour.

The effect didn't die in America, just as many Nigerians tried to copy the illuminati trick, some Nigerians have copied the nude trick too and topping the list is female artiste Maheeda who only recently has remained in the news for her newly found 'Naija Baddest girl' style.

Every artiste wants attention and publicity through the easiest or cheapest means, so they do what they do but do you think some like Maheeda go too far to achieve this?

My guess is as goo as yours, MAYBE IT IS THE ILLUMINATI.