How many artists have real jobs?!?!

[Cuddie Cut]

Just curious...if y'all depend on this rap shit as a career..........I know it's not my #1 priority in life, it began as a hobby and will end as a hobby......I'm trying to get a fat paying job......i'm coo where i'm at....but i'm trying to hit over 40K a year

 

[GHP]

I know whacha mean cuddie, I want to get a better paying job so I can persue my rap/beats hobby a little more, If i ever pop that would be sweet but I'm not about to put all my eggs in one basket you know.

 

[MrPeete]

*raises his hand*

I work at ESPN Videogames

 

[CHRISHOGGALYPSE]

damn homie, get me a job and shit lol

 

[BASEDVATO]

I work 40 + hours work weeks, on salary.

gotta Support a wife and baby ya know.

I'm the most savage Restaurant manager you'll ever meet... dont go complaining to me about ya food be'n cold, or you'll be talking to a man that really don't care, and most likely won't fix it =) shit I'm at work right now, been in the office browsen for like 30 minutes and haven't been on the floor =)

Raps a hobby, tell I make more then I make now... and I get paid pretty good... so we'll see

 

[miggidy]

damn homie, get me a job and shit lol

Damn skippy!
I could've gotten a job at Sony's 989 Studios out here in Foster City but their games suck! Can you imagine playing a shitty ass game 8 hours a day, 5 days a week?
LOL!

Oh yeah, I got a full time job, building engineer (AKA Maintenance Technician). Which has been enough to save up some dough for our production....

 

[CHRISHOGGALYPSE]

yes i can! you got any hookups? i'll play shitty games all day lol

 

[bay_dezinz]

what i think is funny is the 15/16 yr olds who see rappers on mtv so they instantly think if your rappin you got millions or somethin or thats what you do for a livin....that shit cracks me up everytime, fools need to realize only a very very very very small handfull of artists are lucky enough to make rap their full career....especially this day an age with piracy and bootleggin and shit.

I also think its funny when fools think if you have to have a regular job that you aint a success music wise, thats some bullshit. Long as you makin music you and your homies like and its somethin fun and somethin you enjoy doin then your a success plain and simple.

 

[Sav Scorcese]

I have a 9 to 5. Rap is a hobby for me but I'm only doing it this one more year then I'm gonna start dissing everybody fun.

 

[THE D.U.G.O.U.T]

what i think is funny is the 15/16 yr olds who see rappers on mtv so they instantly think if your rappin you got millions or somethin or thats what you do for a livin....that shit cracks me up everytime, fools need to realize only a very very very very small handfull of artists are lucky enough to make rap their full career....especially this day an age with piracy and bootleggin and shit.

I also think its funny when fools think if you have to have a regular job that you aint a success music wise, thats some bullshit. Long as you makin music you and your homies like and its somethin fun and somethin you enjoy doin then your a success plain and simple.

REAL

 

[bayGIANTS]

what i think is funny is the 15/16 yr olds who see rappers on mtv so they instantly think if your rappin you got millions or somethin or thats what you do for a livin....that shit cracks me up everytime, fools need to realize only a very very very very small handfull of artists are lucky enough to make rap their full career....especially this day an age with piracy and bootleggin and shit.

I also think its funny when fools think if you have to have a regular job that you aint a success music wise, thats some bullshit. Long as you makin music you and your homies like and its somethin fun and somethin you enjoy doin then your a success plain and simple.

yup, that is why a lot of artists run their own labels and have clothing lines and what not. It seems that if you want to get big and have major backing, you have to be willing to make very little money.

 

[cHeWdOGG]

If you want this rap shit as a career thats fine and dandy, as long as you have a back-up plan in case of failure...

 

[MrPeete]

"I aint got to do shit, my momma take care of me!!!"

lol

It's a gang of mufuckas on this board that can say that too

 

[Spitz]

me and jaydeuce just started a low budjet lawncare company. ive been doin landscapein for years and hes been cuttin grass for years so fuck why make the next man loot. we just gonna do that shit ourselfs. get our yellowpage ad this mounth then its all good from their.

 

[BIGCHILL]

it began as a hobby and will end as a hobby

GOT MY OWN HOUSE (2 BED ROOM BIGGER THAN MOST 4 BED ROOMS),CAR,STAY FULL,NOT A NEED FOR A DAMN THANG..........................AND I DONT EVEN GOT A JOB!!!!...LOL.I BEEN DOIN THIS RAP THANG SINCE I WAS 12, SO ITS PART OF MY LIFE NOT JUST SOME FAD PASSING THRU.I HAD TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO FOCUS ON MY RAP THANG AND NOT HAVE A JOB AND I PULLED A BEAUTIFUL TWIST (AND ITS NOT BREAKIN THE LAW)...LOL.

 

[LadyTragik]

I work at the Juvenile Hall in San Francisco (YGC), court advocacy, counseling and 1 on 1 sessions in the girls unit. It's a full time job, doesn't pay much, but i love what i do.

I'm also attending school to major in Criminal Justice.

Music is my passion, but so are many other things in life.

 

[Spitz]

same here but i mean im droppin a album in augest but its still what i do when im NOT WORKIN shit i cant afford studio time and beats if i didnt work. yea kids think that artist get where they at just rappin. everyone gotta work to get their shit done its not free.

 

[Spitz]

I work at the Juvenile Hall in San Francisco (YGC), court advocacy, counseling and 1 on 1 sessions in the girls unit. It's a full time job, doesn't pay much, but i love what i do.

I'm also attending school to major in Criminal Justice.

Music is my passion, but so are many other things in life.

you should make 80k a year doin that. keep it up its better to help than to complaine.

 

[Daddy Rich]

Im a bartender I work 8 hours a week I make a shitload of money and I do my music all the res of the time its convienent cuz music is my first priority.

 

[LadyTragik]

you should make 80k a year doin that. keep it up its better to help than to complaine.

Yeah after i complete my 4th year at Sf state ill be at 50-60k, entry level pay for the position i want to be in...

I'm not trying to make a lot of money anyway, just enough to survive and to continue being able to do what i love. And these days to survive in the city you need at least 50-60k...