Chocolate Rain: Super Sell-Out or Super Smart?

We showed you Tay Zonday's newest "video" -- complete with corporate sponsored production value, backup dancers and a whole mess o' bling.

TMZ TV wants to know what you think. Is this guy the ultimate sell-out, or a marketing genius extending his 15 minutes?



Reader Comments

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1. First!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 5:45PM on Nov 30th 2007 by FIBiker

2. Don't think he's a either a sell-out or that he really thinks about marketing. But I can say that he's brilliant, positive guy. He's mostly just focused on school and seems pretty flabbergasted by all the attention (from Dr Pepper or otherwise) his alter-ego is getting.

Posted at 6:53PM on Nov 30th 2007 by jjtomsic

3. I aint mad atcha dawg!!! Get that money while the gettin is good!!!!!!

Posted at 7:33PM on Nov 30th 2007 by St James III

4. Who the hell is this?????

Posted at 6:23PM on Nov 30th 2007 by Who cares?

5. Who? What? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

Posted at 6:39PM on Nov 30th 2007 by Don't Know, Don't Care...Enough Negro CRAP!

6. He's got an interesting voice and a lot more talent than other people on youTube.

Posted at 6:42PM on Nov 30th 2007 by Mo

7. he is no sell out people who said he is a sell out is just mad they didn't think of the ideal themseleves. I say do the d%$m thing make that money

Posted at 7:44PM on Nov 30th 2007 by sala

8. Love it! I laughed out loud!!!

Posted at 7:30PM on Nov 30th 2007 by Melanie B.

9. Funnier the 2nd time! lolololol

Posted at 9:53AM on Dec 3rd 2007 by Melanie B.

10. Sell out?

Are you kidding me? this guy is a freakig genius.

He's either turned 15 min into 3 hours and cash, genius!
Or he planned it from the start, mega genius!

I hope he makes a billion bucks.

Posted at 5:46PM on Dec 13th 2007 by Cab

11. If people actually want to hear this guy, more power to him. Personally, I don't.

Posted at 10:53PM on Nov 30th 2007 by VLC Research

12. Tay is a genius.


Besides, how is what he is doing any different than any of these people:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi_spokespersons

Posted at 12:09AM on Dec 1st 2007 by le0

13. Yeah what a sell out!!! What a loser, he was making videos for free and not getting paid for it and someone offered him to do exactly what he's doing on his own but get paid for it, YEAH HOW STUPID!!!!

Posted at 12:11AM on Dec 1st 2007 by Perky

14. I have wached the vid and omg SELLOUT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the bigest SELLOUT!!!!!! ever!!!!

Posted at 4:48PM on Dec 18th 2007 by President Al

15. "The school book says it will be back again"

Posted at 3:55PM on Dec 2nd 2007 by Atlas