How many rappers actually make it

If not then professional means getting paid. Everyone thinks their somehow gonna just make it one day just cuz they think they deserve it lmao. I was kick off on the first episode. La Reid said it was the best rap act ever seem and the audience love it. Simon said no. He only wanted gay boys that look like Justin Beaver. I was just to gangster for him to deal with. A dream can be lived everyday of your life. Get money, connection.

Check out this song I did all about dreaming big as a rapper! Watch me be that million to none lol. You are the type of person I enjoy eating alive in a debate. Because guess what?

Which leads me to my next point. As an aspiring artist myself, I can assure you that I would be happy making as much as a teacher, or say… a professional blogger.

While I am an emcee, I consider myself to be highly educated, and the fact that you would consider somebody to not be because of wanting to make their passion a career choice shows a level of ignorance rivaled by Fox News.

Speaking of education, student loan debts are at an all time high in an extremely competitive job market. While I understand what it is you were trying to do with this article, it honestly came off extremely one sided and ill informed.

Are you serious? So what if some kid wants to be a rap star? Who does that hurt? Those with talent might be heartbroken, but along the way if they work hard and are persistent might achieve enough small victories to enable them to go in a different direction in life. How many lawyers, college professors, teachers, etc… started out as MCs and found themselves learning about and eventually pursuing other dreams because of their rap music adventures?

Would you rather see them on the streets, angry? Why not let off some steam and write a poem or learn to use a beat-making program? It assumes every person out there making a rap song has dreams of being Jay Z.

Some people just like making music. Why discourage them? Stop with the trolling because articles like this only discourage sensitive types who actually might have the talent to succeed.

You think any serious struggle rapper on Twitter is going to stop spamming people because they read this? Instead of trying to bring down indie MCs you should be posting 5 new rappers a day on this site and actually help some people make things happen.

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In order to be a successful rapper, who is known at least locally , you have to be the jack of all trades. Like the Shaolin master, who knows all the combat styles, you have to make sure that you know all the aspects that are vital in this music industry.

People who can only rap, hardly make it. You have to be lucky to have a person who will market you, a person who will promote you, a person who will let you know of the opportunities you can use to your benefits. The reality is that nowadays nobody gives a shit. You can rap? You have to be willing to do this by yourself in the beginning, since there will be nobody there. Kanye West did an interview, where he admits that at the start of his career, he and his crew, were the only people who were listening to his records.

You have to get those business skills in man. Knowing all about mass appeal, marketing strategies, playing with controversy, alternative sources of income and so on. People who never take the time to gather that knowledge and develop those skills, are the ones who FAIL. Rap is like an iceberg and you have to go below the surface and get all wet, if you want to know how it actually operates.

Research the strategies of Immortal Technique. He is an independent rapper, who manages to get a considerable amount of exposure. Let me explain this by giving you an analogy. If you sell milk on the market, why would people buy your milk, instead of the milk from your competitors? What makes you different and appealing? Luckily for rappers, touring is where all the money is! The average concert attendance this year has gone up to 9, people. It is impossible to tell exactly how many concerts a rapper will do, with cancellations and all, but I am assuming around This means that the average rapper will make 6.

The only problem with this is that touring costs money. On tour, he will need to pay for food, gas, drink, hotels, equipment, transportation, and a roadie crew. What is left? Then, there are all of the other rappers that are on the tour. They need to be paid as well. So, the 5. This means each artist makes 1. All in all, if you are a well respected, mainstream rapper you only make 1.

In a recent interview, Will I Am stated that he made far more money once he did the score for an advert with all the creatives, than when he was doing only music. Stars can be paid to tweet, paid to star in TV or Movie advertising, paid to endorse a product, paid to appear, and more. Once a musician becomes well known, then the fortune companies trip over themselves to have the artist mention their brand.

Many established rappers discovered long ago, that they need to diversify in order to make the big money.