DMX Will Never Use Twitter or Friendfeed

I’ve been collecting my thoughts for my eventual conclusions (and subsequent blog post) regarding whether or not I think services like Twitter and Friendfeed will ever be adopted by the other 89%. While I find both services to be continually more useful and interesting, I’ve yet to be convinced that these tools will be adopted by the mainstream in a meaningful way in their current form. (Italicized for emphasis)

As I noted in a recent post, those who are currently avid users of these services, the 1%, have some shared characteristics most of which can be traced back to some variation of “smart”. And amongst the 89%, there are a whole lot of people who are….not so smart, to put it lightly.

To that point, I saw this interview with DMX earlier today and thought to myself, “Here’s someone who will never use Twitter or Friendfeed.” While I don’t think DMX represents any majority, I don’t think Scoble represents any majority either. To further make a comparison, DMX has sold 20 million records, which represents a lot more paying customers than Scoble and Arrington have non-paying readers combined.

Additionally, I found this interview to be not only a relevant, if not sad, cultural datapoint, but also amusing in that “can’t look away from the trainwreck” kind of way. Consider the following recent interview with rapper DMX at XXL (for those with virgin ears, look away):

Are you following the presidential race?
Not at all.

You’re not? You know there’s a Black guy running, Barack Obama and then there’s Hillary Clinton.
His name is Barack?!

Barack Obama, yeah.
Barack?!

Barack.
What the fuck is a Barack?! Barack Obama. Where he from, Africa?

Yeah, his dad is from Kenya.
Barack Obama?

Yeah.
What the fuck?! That ain’t no fuckin’ name, yo. That ain’t that nigga’s name. You can’t be serious. Barack Obama. Get the fuck outta here.

You’re telling me you haven’t heard about him before.
I ain’t really paying much attention.

I mean, it’s pretty big if a Black…
Wow, Barack! The nigga’s name is Barack. Barack? Nigga named Barack Obama. What the fuck, man?! Is he serious? That ain’t his fuckin’ name. Ima tell this nigga when I see him, “Stop that bullshit. Stop that bullshit” [laughs] “That ain’t your fuckin’ name.” Your momma ain’t name you no damn Barack.

So you’re not following the race. You can’t vote right?
Nope.

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June 4, 2008 | Filed Under Internet, Entertainment 

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