Who's More Famous?

[Lando]

My younger cousin (17 year old male) and my mother (53 year old woman) were arguing this earlier today, and I wanted to see what OOT thought.

Note: My cousin is white suburban kid, my mom is white, I'm mixed.

I don't know how the discussion started, but my cousin believes that the rapper 50 Cent is a more known figure than Oprah Winfrey. Not that more people know what he looks like, not that more people like him, but more people WORLDWIDE know the name 50 Cent than they do Oprah Winfrey.

Originally I thought he was an idiot, and I chose Oprah, but the more I think about it the more I wanna lean towards 50 Cent. In many countries they don't have television, but I'm sure they get music. If they do get television, there's probably a female talk show host equivilant to Oprah.

I'm sure my cousin doesn't own more than 5 rap CD's, and he's definately more booksmart than me, unfortunately most of OOT is as well.

So... please vote, and say why you voted for whom.

[GBP04]

Oprah. Not close.
I'd say three times as many people know of Oprah.

[Duke]

I think more people know of Oprah than the number 50.

[Duke]

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I think more people know of Oprah than the number 50.

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On second thought, I'm certain that more people know of Oprah than know that "cent" means 1/100th of something.

[schundler]

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I think more people know of Oprah than the number 50.

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It took me three times to read this to get what you meant. I am very tired.

Maybe as a test of how tired soeone is we should have them read a stametn and see how many times ehty

[Jasper109]

You guys are all wrong. 99% of Eastern Europe and Asia has never heard of Oprah. On the other hand, rap music is popular everywhere, and so a certain percentage of 12-30 year old will know who 50 Cent is.

[TIEdup14]

white suburban 17 year old?

yeah, he probably knows more about the world

[Duke]

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You guys are all wrong. 99% of Eastern Europe and Asia has never heard of Oprah. On the other hand, rap music is popular everywhere, and so a certain percentage of 12-30 year old will know who 50 Cent is.

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Those people think that Oprah IS a rapper.

[Klompy]

Almost everyone from every age knows who oprah is. only half of people over 40 know who 50 cent is.

easy win for oprah.

[Lando]

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Almost everyone from every age knows who oprah is. only half of people over 40 know who 50 cent is.

easy win for oprah.

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What about in places like Asia, Europe, and Africa?