Justin Bieber Beefing With Marilyn Manson

If you’re the type of person to purchase past season clearance rack clothing from Walmart chances are you aren’t too familiar with the clothing company Fear Of God. Which isn’t a bad thing. They’re literally the same flannels and graphics from garments you can find at Walmart with a 200 percent markup. Being cool costs. And it’s costing Justin Bieber his credibility because Marilyn Manson is calling out Biebs for rock culture cultural appropriation. We live in America. So Canadians are free to wear whatever they want under the first amendment right during their stay. On the other side of that double-edged sword of edginess is that is a self-proclaimed lead singing lord of the underworld is also allowed to call you a “piece of shit” for wearing his face on an unauthorized shirt he didn’t approve for printing. Also the level of arrogance that can only come from a Canadian douche wasn’t very trendy to Manson. 

“Thank you Marilyn Manson for signing off on the ‘Bigger than Satan’ x Justin Bieber tee,” Fear of God’s Jerrry Lorenzo, who designed the shirt, wrote on Instagram. But here’s the problem, Manson told Consequence of Sound he never approved the use of his image and name for the shirt. According to the rocker, when the two finally met, Bieber “was [already] wearing the shirt that had his name on my shirt, and he said to me, ‘I made you relevant again.’”Manson also claims he made Bieber and Lorenzo pay for using his name on the shirt, saying, “They didn’t even fight, they were just like, ‘Yea, we already know, we did wrong, so here’s the money.’ ”

Justin told Marilyn that he made him relevant again. As if every current Christian household in America hasn’t at one point in their existence told at least one of their offspring to turn that devil music off. Not too often do you get to see a teenage heartthrob pop star take on a satanic rock singer about choice of clothing as if both stars haven’t been seen in questionable attire already. Manson walked away with money and a victory in this dispute. Hopefully he’s not too shaken from this brief Bieber pause. Now back to hailing Satan one six and song verse at a time. Anton LaVey is rooting for you from the depths below. 

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