Gateway Artist Theory

The Gateway Artist Theory is the theory that the association or listening to of the less deleterious musical artist may lead to the listening of musical artists with a greater magnitude of lack of substance or quality. It is often attributed to the listening to of Kid Cudi,

Gateway Artist: An artist that encourages the common person to participate in drug usage and who leads to other artists that write lyrics about going harder and using harder drugs.

Example of the Gateway Artist Theory:
- Person 1: Ayeee! Let's get faded and zone to some cudi.
- Person 2: fuck Dat. Taylor gang errday. I only smoke papers now and i gotta save my good weed so wiz can get at that good fan weed.

by mertz man April 9, 2012

Trace Artist

A band that you find as a result of listening to another.

Yo man I found so many trace artists from that song you sent me.

by Its Big P December 26, 2011

Mumble Artist

Someone who speaks in different variations of Mumble.

Yesterday Gary mumbled something to me that was beyond comprehension. He used at least three different variations of stutter and mixed in a little grumbling as well. He definitely had his Mumble Artist going.

by Mumble on over here March 25, 2011

stick artist

an artist who draws stick figures. In stick figures, heads are represented as circles and the rest as straight lines.

He is a famous stick artist. His drawings are vivid.

by uttam maharjan July 25, 2011

artist

Someone who expresses their feelings through any medium in a beautiful manner, be it painting, literature, dance or speech.

He spoke so beautifully about what he went through! He must be an artist!

by LiA37 November 24, 2021

Dylz The Artist

Theme park music artist who makes some dutty theme park riddims.

Yo, did you hear Dylz The Artist new track?! Spinning my head like colossus, dutty track!

by Dutty Dictionary 101 November 23, 2021

Gateway artist

An artist or band that has an appeal to people who aren't fans of the genre, that introduces people to their genre and eventually makes them fans of said genre

Metallica is a gateway artist for heavy metal

by STL446 May 22, 2023