What Happens When a Celebrity Becomes President
...Global What Happens When a Celebrity Becomes President In electing a pop star, whose five-year term ended on a Sunday, 7 Feb 2016 Haitians may have been ahead of the curve, based on talking to those who are here USA. A protester holds a sign during a demonstration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. With his country descending into its worst political crisis since a 2004 coup d’etat, and thousands of people demanding his resignation in the streets, both Port-au-Prince and the rest of Haiti. Haiti’s embattled outgoing president, Michel Martelly, went back to basics, last week: He released a new song. Before Martelly became head of state five years ago, he was a pop star known as “Sweet Micky.” 'Micky,' was famous for saying or doing anything to get a rise out of a crowd. He of silver tngue, would provoke them, insult them, or seduce them with his velvet baritone and bad-boy charms. A lot of it was your typical rock, hip hop or rap rebel shtick—bragging about bitches, s...