In the final part of Tom Towers’ Jordan B. Peterson [premature-]obituary, he reads another self-help book for comparison: Takin’ Over By Imposin’ the Positive: My Personal Rap to You by Brandon “Lil B” McCartney.
Check it out here! Praise Eve!
For the uninitiated:
Lil B shot to fame as a living meme, before anyone even knew what a meme was. In fact, his ironic fans prefigure the ironic post-modern Neo-Nazis which started popping up only a few years later; and he paved the way for the likes of Lil Yachty and 6ix9ine. And just like the rainbow shirts, it turns out quite a few ironic fans grow into genuine ones.
So if you’re going to ironically like something, you may as well ironically like something that is good for the world! Plus, his music is actually kinda dope at times; and he has the ego-destroying presence of an evangelical pastor (check out the last video in the article), but instead of scamming people and warmongering, he’s stream of consciousnessing whatever he’s excited about in the moment—kind of like talking in tongues, but selling high heels instead of an afterlife!