Right now in the music industry 50 cent along with some other rappers have been starting drama with other rappers whose records have sold more than theirs. 50 cent is the main rapper doing this, but it is funny because he is so rich and has had so much success, yet is acting like a child.
The Genre of this video is humor.
The audience is basically the entire hip hop community and young people because those are the people that would know about the drama going on.
The purpose of this video is basically to show how ridiculous the entire situation is. The fact that such a grown person is basically "crying" over the fact that he is not number one is used to show how people have gotten out of control. The serious aspect of this video is that these rappers turn to violent threats over childish comments. This affects people everywhere because they look up to and copy everything these rap celebrities do. When these celebrities start nonsense over nothing, it sends a negative message. This video uses humor to portray it as ridiculous that such a successful person would lower themselves to that level and basically show how it is not the "cool thing to do."
The stance of this video is arguing against the reasons rappers start public drama. By making fun of 50 cent in a fashion that compares him to a little kid, it stands against adult's entertaining petty arguments that turn violent. The video states all the things that 50 cent has, and then compares them to the little things he is complaining about, which just proves how stupid he sounds and further argues how ridiculous these feuds are.
The video is extremely effective in that its comparisons and portrayal of the "gangster rapper" show the situation for what it truly is, childish. This video is also effective because it uses humor to address such a serious issue. Teenagers do not enjoy boring documentaries therefore, the fact that they use humor makes it interesting and more likely to be watched. Also, the video targets a very popular rapper who is the main person in the drama. By breaking down the head person, the video shows that it is all pointless considering one of the most famous rappers doing it does not even have a good reason to start drama and violence. If the video had used some rapper not many people know, it would not have been as effective because people wouldn't have cared.
In this video Pathos is the only appeal that is at work. The reason that I say the other two, Ethos and Logos, are not at work is because the man playing 50 Cent is not well known, and the credibility of material presented on Mad TV is not very much. The numbers of records and net worth spoken of are probably not correct figures, but instead an exaggeration to make the rapper seem even more ridiculous then he already does. The video appeals to viewers emotions because it is humorous and bringing up an issue that many people are outraged by, his complaining. The funny parts of the video that appeal to the viewers emotions are when he is saying "sad 50 Cent" over and over, which is not a way gangster rappers are usually depicted. The entire video is poking fun at the rapper, which appeals to viewers who find him to be a "cry baby" because their emotions of satisfaction are reached in that someone else, Mad TV finds the rapper as ridiculous as they do. Another aspect of the video that appeals to the viewer emotions (Pathos) is the beginning of the video where he fires an employee. It makes the viewer feel indifference towards the rapper. For those who know that 50 Cent has publicly humiliated employees in such a way, this brings back the emotions of extreme distaste for his character.
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