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<p>Obviously every marketer in America fantasizes about their every video advertisement going wildly viral. But hey, why not skip a step and just cast someone who's already Internet famous? That seems to be the thinking behind the appearance of Sweet "Ain't Nobody Got Time for That" Brown in a new ad for the startup <a href="https://www.wepay.com/">WePay</a>, as Business Insider <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sweet-brown-aint-nobody-got-time-wepay-2013-2">reports</a>.<!--more--></p>
<p>This is in fact the second commercial that Ms. Brown has appeared in, after an ad for <a style="font-size:13px;" href="http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2013/02/sweet-brown-stars-in-local-dental-commercial-video/">a local dentist</a>. Nice hustle, if you can get it!</p>
<p>It took Ms. Brown a little time to come around to her Internet fame. When KFOR followed up for a post-viral interview, she <a href="http://kfor.com/2012/04/10/fire-victim-reacts-to-new-found-fame/">told the station</a>, "I don’t like looking at [the video] because I don’t like looking at myself like that because I look like a joke and I was really serious." But she also added, "Wow, that’s amazing. You think I can be a superstar?"</p>
<p>America, ladies and gentlemen. But maybe WePay should've asked themselves whether this was <a href="http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2012/04/move-over-antoine-dodson-the-ironically-racist-internet-presents-sweet-brown/">the best move</a>, given Silicon Valley's <a href="http://betabeat.com/2013/02/race-tech-media-silicon-valley-pattern-matching-jamelle-bouie-jason-calacanis/">pattern-matching problem</a>.</p>
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<p>Obviously every marketer in America fantasizes about their every video advertisement going wildly viral. But hey, why not skip a step and just cast someone who's already Internet famous? That seems to be the thinking behind the appearance of Sweet "Ain't Nobody Got Time for That" Brown in a new ad for the startup <a href="https://www.wepay.com/">WePay</a>, as Business Insider <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sweet-brown-aint-nobody-got-time-wepay-2013-2">reports</a>.<!--more--></p>
<p>This is in fact the second commercial that Ms. Brown has appeared in, after an ad for <a style="font-size:13px;" href="http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2013/02/sweet-brown-stars-in-local-dental-commercial-video/">a local dentist</a>. Nice hustle, if you can get it!</p>
<p>It took Ms. Brown a little time to come around to her Internet fame. When KFOR followed up for a post-viral interview, she <a href="http://kfor.com/2012/04/10/fire-victim-reacts-to-new-found-fame/">told the station</a>, "I don’t like looking at [the video] because I don’t like looking at myself like that because I look like a joke and I was really serious." But she also added, "Wow, that’s amazing. You think I can be a superstar?"</p>
<p>America, ladies and gentlemen. But maybe WePay should've asked themselves whether this was <a href="http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2012/04/move-over-antoine-dodson-the-ironically-racist-internet-presents-sweet-brown/">the best move</a>, given Silicon Valley's <a href="http://betabeat.com/2013/02/race-tech-media-silicon-valley-pattern-matching-jamelle-bouie-jason-calacanis/">pattern-matching problem</a>.</p>
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