Personal Stories

Gabby has been in an on and off relationship with a prominent basketball player. They met back when the two were only in high school (before he got famous) and have kept contact over the years. Today, he has a girlfriend, and the couple is often seen in the media. So when it comes to seeing Gabby, it's like playing a game of hide and seek.

"When I first started doing it, it was exciting, it was a rush, but now that he is this person now with so much clout and fame its like its not even fun it's becoming more of a job," said Gabby. "Having to come at certain hours, so no one sees us. Having to make sure no one hears about it because of his girlfriend."

Nonetheless, Gabby is interested in continuing this secret relationship with him, with hopes that it could lead to something more serious and unhidden. "Yes I still talk to him [even though he has a girlfriend], and I know it's not going anywhere, but I still do it because it's thrilling you know this may could go somewhere? Part of me wants to believe it could, but I know its not going anywhere," she said.

Merima's been messaged by celebrities quite a few times on Instagram, but still it comes to a surprise to her.

"I think it's cool because I mean im not on his level you know, I'm not a celebrity so it's like how did he even find me why is he hitting me up out of every girl on the gram," she asked. "There's millions of accounts out there, like it's crazy how someone finds me. I don't know."

Her latest experience happened when a legendary rapper messaged her late night, after attending one of his concerts.

"I knew automatically because of the timing he hit me up, which was at 4am what he was kind of looking for."

"I think he was looking for a hookup. I think it's obvious when it comes to rappers, but then again you don't know because how it all went down was just crazy because the next two days he hit me up again and we ended up going to his studio which was insane."

Apparently, tagging a famous person in your Instagram story is an easy gateway to get them to notice you.

This is what happened to Melissa. When she tagged a famous rapper, he hit her up immediately, inviting her to his hotel room. When she asked to bring her friends, he responded with "I only want to hang with you though."

"I wasn't expecting him to respond, I was kind of shocked at first," she said. "You know you always tag artists, but they dont ever reply so to see that I was kind of shocked."

"Was it exciting?" I asked.

"At first it was. But when he said that…it was just like I knew why he wanted to hang out it was just for one thing and one thing only, so then after i was pretty much over it and I didn't reply to him."