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When fame goes to their heads, some musicians self-destruct spectacularly! Join us as we examine the most infamous cases of entitled behavior that torpedoed careers and personal lives in the music industry. From offensive rants and legal battles to shocking violence and career-ending controversies, these cautionary tales show how quickly stardom can unravel.
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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo. And today, we're counting down our picks for the infamous times when famous
00:11faces in the music industry showcased entitled behavior that negatively affected their personal
00:17lives or careers. I admit I made a mistake, Pierce. If I had the chance to go back and do it again,
00:23I don't think I would have taken the audience up on their choice.
00:26Number 10. Jennifer Lopez
00:30In 1998, Lopez's public image forever changed after an interview with Movieline,
00:36where she criticized several actors and filmmakers.
00:40Now people loving me and hating me, treating me ungratefully,
00:44but not knowing that they ain't making or breaking me.
00:46Lopez claimed she was misquoted and her comments were out of context,
00:50but the damage to her image was done. Since then, the singer has gone through periods of
00:56public dislike, but none more than in the modern era.
00:59And I know that there's some people around me here like,
01:01this is stupid, why is she doing this? She doesn't need to do this. And they're right,
01:04I don't need to do any of it.
01:08On top of being accused of being rude to a journalist in 2024,
01:12Lopez was recorded spitting gum into an assistant's hand before filming. This was on top of her
01:17allegedly having a history of diva behavior at private airports, as staff detailed their experiences
01:24online. In 2025, Lopez continued her entitled ways by using images from a photographer without
01:32permission, resulting in a lawsuit.
01:34That's why I want everybody to say, this is me now. This is me. Love me, leave me, whatever, but I'm good with this person.
01:45Number nine, Katy Perry. Recently, Perry generated a lot of heat for being on the Blue Origin rocket
01:51and implying she and the crew were astronauts.
01:54And these are all of my astronaut girly friends. We are the Taken Up Space crew.
02:05Even other celebs mocked the space nun. Yet Perry's out-of-touch entitlement started before this.
02:12In 2015, she began an ill-judged legal battle with a convent of nuns for the property they lived at
02:18in Los Angeles, California. That's sister Catherine Rose explaining why she wanted to block the sale
02:23of her former convent to pop star Katy Perry. Rose collapsed and died in court today during a hearing
02:30involving the ongoing battle to prevent Perry from taking over the property.
02:35While no one came out looking good, Perry looked worse, especially considering she was accused of
02:41causing too much stress to one of the nuns who died.
02:44In 2018, while a judge on American Idol, contestant Benjamin Glaze mentioned he hadn't kissed a woman,
02:51so Perry went for a kiss on the cheek, only to smooch him on the lips. Glaze later called the experience
02:57uncomfortable.
02:59It was a really good experience, but it was pretty surreal.
03:01Number eight, Lizzo.
03:03With ear-warming tunes like About Damn Time, Lizzo was on her way to music stardom.
03:07Okay, okay, all right, it's about damn time.
03:12But then, 2023 happened, which forever changed her public image from an empowering woman to an alleged monster.
03:20That year, three former dancers accused Lizzo of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment
03:26with various racist and inappropriate comments.
03:29I know it's alarming to hear that Lizzo, a plus-size woman who preaches body positivity, would be fatphobic, essentially.
03:40But I want to challenge people to understand that, you know, hurt people hurt people.
03:47Soon after, stylist Asha Daniels issued her own lawsuit against the musician for several issues,
03:53including disability discrimination.
03:55Lizzo has denied the allegations.
03:57In 2024, Daniels' case was mostly dismissed by a judge, except against Lizzo's company,
04:05Big Girl, Big Touring.
04:06Some of the claims by the dancers were also dismissed, but the suit is still going ahead.
04:12I was completely surprised.
04:14Really?
04:14Um, I was very deeply hurt.
04:17Number seven, Michelle Schacht.
04:19In her early career in the late 80s, Schacht would insinuate she was a lesbian, later stating
04:25she was bisexual.
04:27They had to pull the plug on Michelle Schacht's show, and it's the first time they've ever
04:30pulled the plug on a show here in San Francisco.
04:33With that in mind, when fans went to see her at Yoshi's Nightclub in San Francisco, California
04:38in 2013, they were hoping to enjoy a non-bigoted performance in a city famous for its LGBTQIA-plus
04:46inclusivity.
04:47Boy, were they wrong.
04:49Lisa Bautista says the stunned audience reacted quickly.
04:52Instead, Schacht betrayed her fanbase by ranting against same-sex marriages, and said it would
05:01cause the end of civilization.
05:03The born-again Christian then uttered a slur.
05:06The audience soon began to leave as the club management shut down Schacht's performance.
05:11With the massive backlash, the singer tried backtracking and claimed her words were misinterpreted.
05:17However, it didn't work, and she's barely been heard of since.
05:21So you're not homophobic?
05:23If you want to keep this simple for the audience, let me just give you a straight, no, I'm not
05:27homophobic.
05:28But I don't think that the truth, I don't think lies in the simplicity.
05:31I think it's in the nuance, and that's been completely lost.
05:34Number six, Tim Lambesis.
05:37As the face of the Christian metal band As I Lay Dime, Lambesis was a respected figure
05:42in the industry.
05:50However, his entitlement and arrogance came out when he was arrested for trying to hire
05:55an assassin to kill his wife in 2014.
05:58After pleading guilty, he was sentenced to six years.
06:01Tim Lambesis is behind bars, accused of doing something very much against his religion, hiring
06:08a hitman to kill his estranged wife.
06:10During this time, Lambesis also stated he and the rest of the band had been atheists
06:15for a while, disillusioning their remaining fans.
06:19The singer was released from jail in 2016.
06:22In 2024, Lambesis got divorced from his third wife.
06:26Soon after, videos leaked online of the singer attacking her.
06:29Upon seeing the video, every musician left As I Lay Dime, leaving Lambesis alone in his
06:36empire of dirt.
06:37You know, we're just going to be raw because healing takes a lot of years.
06:43Number five, Chris Brown.
06:45At one point, it seemed like Brown would be a legend in the R&B game.
06:49But when 2009 came around, the first thought about him was no longer his music, but his crimes.
07:00That year, he and his partner Rihanna were in a car when an argument erupted.
07:04Brown viciously attacked her while driving.
07:07I didn't cause this.
07:09I didn't do it.
07:11This happened to me, and it can happen to anybody.
07:14There are a lot of women who've experienced what I did.
07:18He was sentenced to five years of probation.
07:20In 2025, during his tour, Brown was surprisingly let back into the UK despite having a violent
07:26criminal conviction and having been accused of attacking music producer Abraham Dioff.
07:32Brown, likely feeling untouchable, arrived, where he was promptly arrested in Manchester,
07:37England.
07:37The singer was able to post five million pounds in bail, around $6.7 million to continue his
07:44tour.
07:44The judge is allowing Brown to go on his world tour, scheduled to start next month, but
07:48he had to pay that massive bail to guarantee his court appearance.
07:51Number 4.
07:53CeeLo Green
07:54From Narls Barkley to his own solo work, the musician produced one eritifying single after
08:00another.
08:06However, the cracks began to show in 2011, when he used a homophobic insult to a journalist
08:12who criticized his live performance.
08:15The following year, Green was accused of intoxicating a woman and assaulting her.
08:19The accusation, it was so untimely and unfortunate, because we were in talks with sponsorship and
08:26people wanted to get behind me about this Vegas venture, and a couple of people walked
08:31off from me.
08:32He pleaded no contest to giving her an illegal substance, earning him three years of probation.
08:37Shortly after, Green went on Twitter, now X, to rant that an assault victim isn't a victim
08:42if they're unconscious.
08:44The backlash caused the musician to delete his account, and multiple concerts dropped him.
08:48Green was also replaced in 2015's Hotel Transylvania II.
08:53Since then, Green's albums haven't even charted on Billboard 200.
08:57It's really unfortunate.
08:59Number 3.
09:00Chuck Berry
09:01As the person behind 1958's Johnny B. Goode, Berry was a pioneer in rock and roll music.
09:07Chuck Berry was a pioneer in his field, often referred to as the father of rock and roll,
09:12who influenced a generation of musicians.
09:14Yet, despite being a legend, his personal life was an entitled mess.
09:19In 1960, Berry was sentenced to three years in jail for trying to transport a minor across
09:24state lines for immoral purposes.
09:27Other legal issues continued to follow him, including being fined for attacking a woman
09:32in 1987.
09:33In 1990, Berry was sued by several women after they discovered cameras in the women's bathroom
09:39at his restaurant.
09:40When the rock star's home was raided, police found illegal substances and intimate images
09:45of women and underage girls.
09:47Berry somehow got off lightly again with a six-month suspended sentence and ordered to donate $5,000
09:55to a hospital.
09:56That margin of glory is not too high.
09:59That margin of defeat, then, is also not too low.
10:02Number 2.
10:03Ike Turner
10:04Having been responsible for giving Anna Mae Bullock the name Tina Turner, Ike seemingly
10:10believed she was his property.
10:12New York is very good.
10:14I like to work there.
10:15That's one of my favorite cities.
10:16They originally performed together, earning a lot of success as they married.
10:20However, as Tina's name began to rise, behind the scenes, Ike had been violent towards her.
10:27This led to him attacking her in a limo in 1976.
10:29Soon after, Tina divorced Ike.
10:33I was prepared to go through whatever I had to go through with Ike Turner, even if it was
10:37death, because I would never go back.
10:39However, due to the amount of debts and lawsuits transferred to her, she had to perform at
10:43small clubs to pay them off.
10:45Thankfully, she managed to pull herself out of that horrible situation and became an even
10:50bigger star on her own.
10:51Ike, on the other hand, never enjoyed the career heights he once enjoyed.
10:56From 93 to 2001, man, I caught hell trying to make a living.
11:06You know, it was like, couldn't get work.
11:09There's just all kinds of stuff, man.
11:111. Kanye West
11:29No musician's success has gone to their head as much as it did with West.
11:34My reign is as far as your eyes can see.
11:40It's amazing.
11:42Famously known for comparing himself to religious figures and thinking he was entitled to overshadow
11:47Taylor Swift's 2009 VMA win, in recent years, the once well-respected rapper has descended
11:53into anti-Semitism.
11:55After praising the terrible legacy of dictator Adolf Hitler during an interview on Infowars
11:59and saying a lot of horrible stuff on X in 2022, West's business career started to crumble
12:06as brands dropped his fashion brand Yeezy.
12:08It was like some Black Mirror episode.
12:12They wanted to do everything to prove to me that I didn't have a right to say anything out
12:18loud that went against people who own the media, people who own the music industry.
12:25In 2025, he turned it up by releasing offensive songs and merchandise with reprehensible imagery.
12:31West then announced he's no longer anti-Semitic.
12:34However, he's made this statement several times before regressing again.
12:39Only time will tell if it sticks.
12:42Somehow I'm here inside of this universe, able to fight.
12:46Have you ever been a fan of a musician, only for their entitlement to turn you against them?
12:51Let us know in the comments.
12:53So I feel really connected to that strong, divine feminine right now.
12:58As I feel really connected to those tropics.
13:06Now, we're happening in the comments.
13:07So happy mechanician!
13:10Now, my
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