This comes from Grey Lensman's post on the Controversial Opinions Thread:
Way back in his breakout days, I thought there was no way that Prince was going to last once people tired of his antics, and I can see that people might have thought the same of Elton John. Both of them proved to have real talent that lasted over time.
Who else is out there like that who's image masks their very real abilities? (not just limited to musicians)