Justin Bieber Controversies

Sixteen years young Justin Bieber has a promising singing career going for him but he also stays mixed up in controversy. Even though Justin hasn’t been in the music industry for very long, he has already experienced his share of controversy.  In reality Justin’s entire career is controversial. Many critics have complained that Justin is just a music industry experiment with no real talent while others have said that they simply just don’t like him. Issues of age, race and sex all play a role in the Justin Bieber controversy.

A) Age-Justin was only fifteen years old when he signed his first record contract. The controversy from this stems from the fact that the entertainment business just isn’t suitable for children. Many view child singers and actors as people who are being manipulated by an industry known to exploit them. Another factor is schooling as well as who is getting the money from the child’s labor. By Justin being a young singer he will continue to face that sort of scrutiny.

B) Race-The kind of music that Justin does is a mixture of R and B along with a pop element added to it. Traditionally R and B music has been considered “Black” music. There are people out there who resent Justin doing R and B and feel he is making a mockery of it. Others feel that he is just being used to sell “Black” music to a “White” audience. Even when Justin was nominated for a BET (Black entertainment television) award in 2010 it raised a lot of speculation and controversy.

C) Sex-Justin’s music is marketed to the younger audience of teens and pre-teens. At this age children are impressionable and eager to try new things. Justin has been made into a sex symbol of sorts yet he is only sixteen. This opens the door for parents to have to deal with and answer sex related questions. This is because their teenage daughters and sons may be in love with Justin Bieber who commonly deals with relationship themes in his music. Controversy over his lyrics and image continue to rage on.

Other Justin Bieber controversies:

When Justin was attacked by hackers on Youtube, Google was quick to fix the problem. Justin was targeted just for being Justin. Porn was posted under some of his videos and people were re-directed to porn websites. Then, there was controversy over Justin’s popularity on Twitter. He had become so popular that he would remain on the top of Twitter trends which caused Twitter to re-format the concept behind it. One of the most recent controversies involving Justin was based on the word “German”. While being interviewed overseas Justin misunderstood a question in which everyone thought he didn’t know what “German” meant. The misunderstanding was cleared up later when footage of Justin counting in German emerged.  Even after his manager was arrested Justin caused controversy simply by showing him his support.

The controversy surrounding Just Bieber won’t end anytime soon. Even though most of the controversy that he finds himself in isn’t his fault, he still has to deal with it. Much of it is just spite coming from a public that loves drama. Very little has anything to do with Justin Bieber as a singer.