Recently, news have been spreading like wildfire in Twitter in regards to Jason Dhakal's tweet. I got curious who Jason Dhakal was and as I searched about him, he is an underground R&B artist. The likes of Jess Connelly, Curtismith, crwn, etc.
The issue was about Jason Dhakal dissing the performance of Michael Pacquiao, the son of Manny Pacquiao, famous Filipino boxer and politician. As stated in his tweets, he says he finds it weird that "rich artista kids w/ mediocre talent" get to have the platform while local rappers tries to find ways to make ends meet but gets less recognition. There's too much unfairness happening in the industry & great talent not being recognized because the last name does not ring a bell. Then suddenly, "cancel culture" starts to exist because others finds his tweets inappropriate, coming from an artist's mouth in whom he is supposed to show support to his fellow pals as well.
I resonate with Jason Dhakal. Jason Dhakal went to Manila, knowing nobody, pursued his passion and made sure to make a name for himself. In my case, I went in the banking industry considered as an outsider, tried to make ends meet to reach my quotas and was hoping to somewhat make a name for myself. I had to find ways to get sales using my own set of skills & talents & not depending on my parents help.
The world in general is not fair and unjust. With what Jason Dhakal tweeted, people have to understand that he said those out of frustration on how the said industry works. It's true that you may have the talent but if you don't have the right "sources" to back you up, you're dead meat. What happens to you then? Will you be able to properly survive the said industry? That's what he meant. He didn't mean to bring down his fellow artists. I am sure he knows he's privilege but he just wants people to realize as well what goes on.
Cancel culture has got to stop. I am very sure the reason why Jason Dhakal tweeted such is more on educating other people rather than showing shame. If you know you are successful in the said field and you know a struggling artist is trying to survive, by all means, help and support them. It goes a long way. When you educate someone, you are trying to make a change in the flawed system. And apparently, this kind of issue happens in all kinds of working fields as well.
With what happened, instead of being shameful on having those kinds of opinions/thoughts, it's still good that you voice it out and educate other people. People will have different thoughts but at the end of the day, you can still remain great allies if educated properly.
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