Keri Hilson has pissed off the Internetz again. (This was the first incident.) In brief summary, Keri's people reached out to a popular YouTuber by the name of Mr. Chi City for an interview on YouTube. He initially declined, but they called him and put Keri Hilson on the phone. He alleges that Keri PERSONALLY reassured him that the interview would be fun, so Mr. Chi City was persuaded and agreed to the interview. Then, a few days before the interview, Keri's management team calls and wants to know EXACTLY what questions he'll be asking. Needless to say, the questions aren't flattering. Her management team bristles, but doesn't cancel the interview, Mr. Chi City alleges. Rather, they say he should go out and buy 10 Keri Hilson cds, which they will reimburse him for, that she'll sign during the interview, which he can then give away on YouTube to his viewers. Well, the interview doesn't happen and Mr. Chi City is now striking back, TRASHING Keri Hilson for being stuck up, snooby and leaving him with $160 worth of Keri Hilson cds. Watch. It's 9 minutes long but well worth the wait.
Admittedly, Mr. Chi City is HILARIOUS. But all of these people going on and trashing Keri Hilson after admittedly getting giddy about the opportunity to meet and talk with her are doing a little double talk. If she's really such a worthless, talentless hack, you shouldn't have bothered with the interview in the first place. But there's no denying Keri Hilson and her people need to do much better. This was a marketing FAIL. You don't burn bridges with people in new media, because if you do, you'll get caught out there on YouTube. Today's little guy on the web can easily be tomorrow biggest thing in the media. Step your game up, Ms. Keri.
