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 ====Possible real-life inspirations====
-Tony McTony is partially a parody of young internet moguls, primarily [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerburg], who handed out [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/11/28/8361945/index.htm business cards that read "I'm CEO... Bitch"] during the first few years of Facebook's success. He may also satire [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Hurley Chad Hurley] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Chen_(YouTube) Steve Chen], creators of YouTube who posted a video on their own site that primarily talked about their collaboration with Google founders [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Brin Sergey Brin] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Page Larry Page] (also young billionaires and influences for McTony's character), calling themselves "kings" and relishing their freedom to do things "our own way". Jerry Yang and David Filo, the young creators of Yahoo, are also possible inspirations.
+Tony McTony is partially a parody of young internet moguls, primarily [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerburg], who handed out [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/11/28/8361945/index.htm business cards that read "I'm CEO... Bitch"] during the first few years of Facebook's success. He may also satire [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Hurley Chad Hurley] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Chen_(YouTube) Steve Chen] of YouTube, who flaunted their success with a video on their own site after being bought by Google founders [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Brin Sergey Brin] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Page Larry Page] (fellow young billionaires and influences for McTony's character). Jerry Yang and David Filo, the young creators of Yahoo, are also possible inspirations.
-McTony is also a heavy satire on the antics of rap stars like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Combs Sean "Diddy" Combs] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_west Kanye West]. Diddy, for example, ordered contestants on his show [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_the_Band#Making_the_Band_2:_Da_Band_.282002-2004.29 "Making The Band 2"] to bring him cheesecake (which may have inspired McTony's "salad" incident), while Kanye West is known to be very easily offended, and has often interrupted and/or thrown tantrums at music awards shows (mirrored by McTony's intention to sue [[LC24]] magazine for calling him "Napoleonic"). Some of his style cues are also derived from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharrell_Williams Pharrell Williams], a childhood nerd and outcast like McTony, who went to summer band camp as a child and would later dub one of his musical projects [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.E.R.D "N.E.R.D."]. Though [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Brown_(American_singer) Chris Brown] and his assault on girlfriend [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihanna Rihanna] would point to McTony's "history of domestic violence", the incident broke out a small while after GTA IV's release.
+McTony is also a heavy satire on the antics of rap stars like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Combs Sean "Diddy" Combs] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_west Kanye West]. Diddy, for example, ordered contestants on his show [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_the_Band#Making_the_Band_2:_Da_Band_.282002-2004.29 "Making The Band 2"] to bring him cheesecake (which may have inspired McTony's "salad" incident), while Kanye West is known to be very easily offended, and has often interrupted and/or thrown tantrums at music awards shows (mirrored by McTony's intention to sue [[LC24]] magazine). Some of his style cues are also derived from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharrell_Williams Pharrell Williams], a childhood nerd and outcast like McTony, who went to summer band camp as a child and would later dub one of his musical projects [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.E.R.D "N.E.R.D."]. Though [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Brown_(American_singer) Chris Brown] and his assault on girlfriend [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihanna Rihanna] would point to McTony's "history of domestic violence", the incident broke out a small while after GTA IV's release.
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