[PM_Mama00]

Originally posted by Bamboozled
Why was Clay on the cover of RS and not Ruben? Why is Clay's single selling more than Ruben's? Why does it seem as though Clay won AI on not Ruben?

Because Ruben's PR team SUCKS!!!

Where is Ruben? Have you seen him? I haven't...... Now anybody who read my posts on the AI thread knows that I was a huge Ruben fan. When he won, I was ecstatic. But now that the dust has settled, I'm pretty disappointed in ol' Rube. This kid seems to have no drive and no determination to monopolize on his 15 minutes of fame. In interviews, I've heard people ask him what's next for him and he replys with, "I'm just blessed that God has let me make it this far." Ok, now I'm all for counting your blessings, but I also know that God helps those who help themselves. Having your inexperienced brother and various other family members as your manager/PR team/agent is not going to work in this business. If Ruben had the right people behind him, he'd have been on a lot of covers, and done promotional tours/publicity stunts by now. Hell, he hasn't even been on the cover of Ebony, Essence, Savoy, etc... Jet is his only claim to fame .

I am not in the music industry, but even I know that it's all about hustle. Nothing's going to fall in your lap. So, I think that Clay just has more hustle, a better team behind him and a desire to milk this thing for all he can. Ruben seems to just be happy with having the title "American Idol". So, to the victor goes the spoils......

I bet y'all thought I was going to say it was a matter of race, didn't you, LOL.......

I agree with you totally. If Ruben (and his PR team) had the drive to get him out in the public, he'd be out there and would definately be getting his share of "famous time".

I think Mr Enlightenment is tryin to spark up a race argument but please, we've had enough of those on GC so can we not play the race card AGAIN? If it was a matter of race then RUBEN WOULDN"T HAVE WON!