If you re a rapper all you have to do is total the number of guns you have down your pants, the jail time you ve done, and the lawsuits you re involved in, giving yourself bonus points for those filed by family members. Everyone wonders about their self-worth, and we each have our own way of defining it.
Celebrities have it easier.
They don t have to call their accountant or gaze inward to discover their self-worth, there are signs everywhere they turn. If you re a movie star, for example, you can count the number of buses with your photograph on the side, read Hollywood Reporter to find out whether the salary you got for that last movie was ever recouped at the box office, and see how many restraining orders you have against stalkers at any given moment. If you re a rapper all you have to do is total the number of guns you have down your pants, the jail time you ve done, and the lawsuits you re involved in, giving yourself bonus points for those filed by family members. And if you re an athlete, you can use the street price of your rookie trading card, how much you gouge fans to sign your autograph, and the number of times you ve been in rehab. Like everything else, politicians have their own way of doing things.