“Shoot The Rapper” Banners on MySpace Link to Virginia Tech Victims

Author: Staff | Date: April 24th 2007 | Filed: News & Gossip | VIEWS: 699

The “Shoot the Rapper” banner ad (shown above) that I have frequently spotted on MySpace is really starting to erk me now in a way, it just started popping up more and more ever since I’ve placed that link (also shown above) from my dedication post to the Virgina Tech victims up there. I just ignored it at first, but now I’m seeing more and more people complaining about this issue, one blogger who saw the ad while looking at the profile of a Virginia Tech victim said, “I was looking at one studentâ€™s MySpace profile, and noticed the rotating banner ad: ‘Shoot the Rapper, win $5,000.‘ I hope MySpace deletes the ad soon.” Shawn Gold, CMO of MySpace said that banner ads on MySpace aren’t placed contextually and so whatever is happening is random, “That’s a random network ad that runs throughout out site, and it’s not connected contextually because we don’t place banner ads contextually on MySpace,” said Gold. “It’s inappropriate if the ads are running on those profiles, and we can eliminate them from our network if that’s the case.” - Read More Here

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PaqMan

April 24, 2007 at 10:35 PM

While they’re at it, they can get rid of those stupid dating site ads made with Flash.. you know, the one with the chicks with STDs dancing at their laptops? Bleh..

That “Shoot The Rapper” ad sure does seem to be contextual because some of my friends who posted bulletins on the incident last week had those ads on the top of the page. Myspace is full of shit lol.

~paq
Mike

April 24, 2007 at 10:52 PM

THANKYOU!!!! LOL
j-funk

April 26, 2007 at 12:32 PM

Actually, if you look closely you will notice the photographer on the left side of the banner. It’s obvious to me that the idea is to shoot the rapper with a camera! (not a gun)
Cameo56

September 28, 2008 at 4:07 PM

THAT AD IS RIGHT ALL RAPPERS SHOULD BE SHOT!!!
All the killin and evrythin goes on today becoz of them!
THEY ARE WORTHLESS PEICES OF TRASH THAT SHOULD BE DISPOSED OF NOW!!!
Cameo56

September 28, 2008 at 4:09 PM

if only 50 cent couldve died wenn he got shot! (9 times apparently!!)

actually if only all rappers cud b shot YAY!