In this short article, we will see how social media sites and journalism connect with each various other and can frequently, convenience people when handling loss.
On the morning of January 17, 2018, rap artist Jayceon Taylor likewise known as “The Game” shed his daddy, George Taylor. When the information damaged, the net was plastered with the story. I was incapable to hop on a single social networks platform without seeing the heartbreaking information. Nevertheless, as I scrolled with every one of the posts on twitter, facebook, instagram and whatever various other social networks platform I logged into over the following few days, I had not seen a single article from The Game himself, relating to the loss of his papa. Being that The Game is just one of my all-time preferred rappers, I was a little concerned regarding just how he was doing; just how he was handling such a distressing loss.
TMZ validated the fatality of The Video game’s daddy a few day later.
The Game was on a social networks hiatus for 8 days after the information of his papa’s death emerged. Understandably so, he simply shed a parent. Despite how stressed or “off-and-on” their connection was, they were still papa and kid.
When The Game did go back to social media sites, he was heartbroken. His instagram posts and tweets coldly stated so. Currently, I had a few inquiries. I was trying to wrap my mind around why he was uploading a lot concerning his daddy’s fatality, and whether or not that must be a private matter between him and his family. A lot of celebrities often tend to keep the public out of their exclusive lives sometimes like this, yet The Game was various. He allowed his followers to mourn with him, he enabled us to witness what he was going through. Below is a series of tweets from The Video game, simply providing his fans a look of just how he was really feeling.
I can just imagine what it’s like to shed a moms and dad. My heart crave him.
A couple of days after The Game laid his dad to remainder, he shared this:
“The day I laid my father to remainder … the factor I keep publishing is since I am very unfortunate & & myself, my life & & my family have actually constantly been shown my followers & & I am grateful for you permitting me to regret with you. Constantly understand, I am no various than any one of you. I am human & & when in times similar to this is when I require you the most. I claim that to say … I am extremely pleased for all of you … all the remarks, the DM’s, the quantity of love & & support you’ve all shown me in my time of darkness does not & & will certainly never go undetected or unappreciated. I come to you completely humbled with a totally various understanding of LIFE, LOVE & & DEATH. Some concerns I have regarding just how or why will never be addressed and that’s something I will have to find out to cope with together with the fact that I’ll never see my papa again in this lifetime. That last sentence itself can compel a sea of take down my face but tonite I am all sobbed out. Just here to share all that I am with all whom aided me obtain here. Thank you, regards “A lost heart”. #RestInParadiseDaddy
This is the post that answered every one of my questions. He regreted publicly due to the fact that it was comforting to him; his fans and follwers provided him words of toughness, they provided him hope. They regreted with him and most of all, they supported him in his time of demand.
I claim every one of that to state this, social media and journalism might be viewed as an intrusion of personal privacy, however in The Game’s instance and potentially many others, it was an outlet. It was an extra support system for him. The Video game was comforted and sustained in his time of need, thanks to social media and journalism. His fans are regreting with him and for that, I make certain he will certainly be for life thankful. As we can see below, social networks is not constantly a bad point, it has the power to bring individuals together in the very best and worst of times.