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Some contestants show a genuine passion for music and performing, while others seem a bit delusional and ego-driven -- a combination of personalities clearly orchestrated by producers to cause the most on-screen arguments. There's a lot of sexism on display as the "moguls" (especially self-professed luxury lover Rick Ross) advise the contestants while being massaged by women, and ask the young musicians to perform for them onstage at a strip club.

Some contestants talk about using their sexuality to get ahead, and make a concerted effort to always be wearing revealing outfits. The contestants are taken to a strip club and encouraged to toss money on the dancers and perform onstage. One contestant reveals that she formerly worked as an exotic dancer.

Like his pal Puff Daddy, hip-hop mogul Rick Ross is "all about the Benjamins" and takes an aspiring performer on a shopping spree, stressing to her that she needs to always look the part and seek out the finer things in life. The focus is less on the actual music and more on what a lucrative career can buy you.