DrJays.com Debate: Is Rihanna A Swagger Jacker?
Tsk, tsk, and more tsk. Rihanna has been my smallest guilty pleasure for some time. I watched her go from bubble gum island pop to good girl gone bad, and thought she was successful in managing such a style change without skipping a stride or losing any fans. However, one little nagging echo about Rihanna’s style has bounced from blog to blog since her updated image- that’s she’s a swaggerjacker.
Can you really blame her? Or rather, should we blame her stylist for showing such a lack of creativity and versatility?
The internet was abuzz months ago when out the blue someone likened Rihanna’s style to little known (at least in America) Canadian punk-pop singer Fefe Dobson. All of a sudden videos, blogs, and pictorials sprang up about the uncanny resemblance of Fefe’s current and past style, with Rihanna’s newer edgier look.
I’ve seen the pictures, and the videos and my verdict was that Rihanna or her stylist did indeed swaggerjack Fefe’s style. If you do a Google search, you’ll see more than enough evidence, even if you have to sift through the crap.
Nevertheless, I came across this tidbit and thought I should share.
An up and coming singer named Eva Simons–we’ve never heard of her but others apparently have– posted some photoshoot pics several months ago on her myspace page. Our reader noticed the striking similarities between those pics and Rihanna’s new promo pic and sent us a Swagger Jacker Alert.
Rihanna is on the left and Eva is on the right. No doubt this will benefit Eva Simons because she’s going to get countless free publicity, on top of everyone trying to see who Rihanna stole her style from now. A lot of people like to blame the artists for these type of decisions, but at a certain level of the industry things get a little cutthroat. You don’t have as much control over your image as you want and your label and stylist tell you what to do, and why not? It can only help record sales.
If you don’t think so remember Pink? She said she was railroaded into singing R&B pop because of her soulful delivery and that she always wanted to sing Rock from the jump. So while her original sound was one aspect of her talent, she didn’t stick with that style of music or look for long.
SO do you think this hurts an artist’s reputation? Or do you think that once you’re so big that no one cares whose music or style you appropriate? I think that at a certain level, you’re no longer an artist, just an entertainer and no one will care at all. Plagiarism isn’t new at all.
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nah aint pink rocking the same short do???
Is she also jacking shorty hair style??
Cassie bit JDaveys hair style and everyone thought it was so original no one called her a swagger jacker tho
Swaggajackin goes on all the time and has been going on for a while. It goes on everywhere. The only good part about it is if someone says oh “I got it from this person” or they get outed. Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
aww boo!
i lost all respect for Rihanna now. she used to be my idol. i loved her style & i thouqht she was so oriqinal..damn “/
first she ripped off beyonce, then it was kelis, then it was fefe, and now its eva. this girl has no identity what so ever
she just had to cover that big ass forehead up!
definitely looks like she jacked her swag to me..but it is more her stylist fault then anything..
Dont people take bits and pieces of someone elses style and tweak it to theres. And lets be clear fefe wasnt the first to make that style her own. Nothing is orginal its just re done again Wat up Rick Chris J in the building!! Yo Chris could you do a blog on the recent remarks made by Spike Lee on the Tyler Perry sit coms calling it coonery sounds like HATE from a old head on the new bully on the block lol
@Beams, YOOOOO I was one of the FIRST people to call Cassie a swagger jacker when I saw her rockin’ that hairdo. I’ve seen J*davey live several times and absolutely love them!
Cassie does not get a pass at all. Unfortunately Cassie isn’t where Rihanna is so she isn’t held under a fine tooth comb as much as people like Rihanna.
I’m glad to know you know about j*davey. love them!
CANT STAY DA SAME N DA MUSIC INDUSTRY
GOTA KEEP IT MOVE’N KEEP
HER FANS WAITN 4 SUMN EXCLUSIVE
ND SWAGALISCIOUS
RiRi ayn no swagger jacker! bloggers jus tryna cum up with ol sorts of bull jus to get her down. she’s a style icon and she is the one who made this look popular. nobody gives a damn abt the likes of eva. jus lay off her case!
wtf yall nuchin? RiRi ayn no swagger jacker! bloggers jus tryna cum up with ol sorts of bull jus to get her down. she’s a style icon and she is the one who made this look popular. nobody gives a damn abt the likes of eva. jus lay off her case!