I don’t recall how the YouTube user Pruane2Forever, aka “Sexman”, came on my radar, but I definitely remember a few of his videos from a couple years ago. (Here’s a old favorite — Not Safe For Work.) Basically, it’s this kid who does movie and new media reviews that are (or at least used to be) unintentionally hilarious. These days, he apparently has quite the following on YouTube, as he has over 150 videos that range in popularity from tens of thousands of views to over a million.
One of his most popular ones was a video from 4 months ago in which he calls out rapper 50 Cent. Sexman wonders how 50 still has “street cred” after doing endorsements for Vitamin Water, makeup and dildos (I’m not kidding). “What else is he gonna do? 50 Cent diapers for your little gangsta?,” Sexman wonders at one point. He concludes that 50 Cent is “just a media whore!”
Well, 50 Cent has responded. Yesterday, the rapper posted a video alongside Sexman, who apparently flew from Canada to New York to meet up at the rapper’s request.
Pure. YouTube. Gold.
Here’s another old classic. Sexman’s review of the latest Rambo review.
[thanks Corentin]
I love YouTube!! Makes you a star from your little cubicle..
50 of course couldn’t help milk this one too
I cant believe they set this up, is so unbelievable
hahaha … he looks like he’s nervous when he’s with 50 … like he doesnt know if hes gonna get stuffed in a trunk of a Cadillac
test2. tcn,ch X)
the kid is cool and he got to meet 50.
its a shame that techcrunch is now a gossip blog. whats this have to do with tech and startups?
its a pretty forward thinking new media pr move…
Don’t feed Youtube trolls… They grow too big and swallow you.
He’s critiquing 50 being a media whore? Hmm… Million+ views on Youtube is going to make him one…
he looks better than you MG
your articles are unintentionally hilarious
Hey thanks! I was finding that my fingers hurt because it was too easy typing tmz.com. Introducing a few more letters to punch our techcrunch.com and getting the same content is such a relief. And, now my fingers don’t hurt.
I had the same reaction – this was neither relevant tech or internet culture news
Cool of 50 to do this lol, what better way to silence your critics but to get them to like you.
sexman looks like a virgin
NO really?
Rofl, this is fucking epic!
This was just simply funny. There’s nothing wrong with a non-tech article once in a while.
Oh the irony. You know he called up “Sexman” because the number of views his videos are getting. He’s using him to get more media exposure, which is precisely what Sexman was ranting about. Media whore!
A Sexman Film!
the kid looks like pocket vomit pulled out for a cheap show
I love MG’s random articles… they make my day!
I kept holding my breath because I knew for sure 50 was going to bust a cap on this kid. I almost died from asphyxiation and 50 certainly has lost his street cred from being soft.
This is actually marketing genius by 50…
Large corporations should take note on this as to how to deal with social networking “issues” as they pop-up… or at least one way.
This kid obviously has a following, so bashing him will only make the bad message even louder.
“…it’s Friday and Friday is the only day he can’t have 100 ho’s on him…” LOL!
Oh MG why write non tech articles like this?
It must be a slow day.
TechCrunch? More like GossipCrunch..
yadda yadda yadda.. I’m sick of comments like that. Don’t like the article? Don’t read it! Simple, right? You’d think people would know that.
Ah who am I kidding? It’s not like my comment here would stop people like this, they glaze over everything just to say their trolling statement.
MG,
What has been seen cannot be unseen, and as such, I don’t know if I will ever be able to forgive you sir for exposing my fragile mind to this youth who reminds me so much of a Squig (see http://warhamme....com/wiki/Squig and http://img.thes...682_438463a.jpg for a real life example of an unreal life form that is and can only be the Squig avatar on earth.)
I think even the great Voltaire would shudder speaking to this youth. I could see him sadly recounting his noble proclamation with some measure of hesitation and most certain trepidation, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Mostly Gunit. I guess someone is trying to branch out.