Ricky Wilson on The Voice & other artists' weird career moves
50 Cent, Johnny Rotten & more bizarre decisions
- 50 Cent on QVC: With his success in the charts waning recently and being muscled out of the game by, well, better rappers, when the 'In Da Club' hitmaker announced he was going to appear on grandma's favourite shopping channel QVC to flog his headphones, it was met with a collective jeer. However, Fiddy had the last laugh, flirting with the female presenters and making a cool reported $177k.
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Tags: Kaiser Chiefs
This morning, it was announced Kaiser Chief's frontman Ricky Wilson will be joinging BBC's The Voice as a coach in the new series - which has been derided by critics and audiences.
Fans of the band greeted the decision with a mixture of inevitable disappointment and curious glee - but Ricky isn't the first musician to raise a few eyebrows with peculiar career choices.
From Johnny Rotten selling butter to Manic Street Preachers on Strictly Come Dancing, we take a look at which other musicians have made questionable or downright bizarre career moves, and how it worked out for them.
