So if this Rap shit don't work...

[JimmydaButcher]

What's your back up plan? Serious convo.

 

[Wssj x4]

sell drugs, cut hair, and pimp sum beezies

 

[DVS ONE]

is the Tribe making music amymore??

 

[TAY CAPONE1]

SELL EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS WORLD THAT MAKES A PROFIT...OR MARRY A RICH INDIAN GODDESS WITH TRUST FUND MONEY AND RETIRE AND HAVE KIDS.

 

[BayWayRecords]

You always have to have a back up plan, its hard to make a living off just music!

 

[Dirt E. Needlez]

this rap shit didnt work out (at least not in the long term, it was great for a year or two of quick money and no job)

so I/we got a 9-5's, started making money legally and now invest a portion of that money to possibly lucrative ventures such as younger talented artists, shows, merchandise, etc...

if there are any cats on this board still living a nice lifestyle off rap money only, i commend you, cause it aint like it used to be and you are one of the few to still get it....either that or you still live with your mom, your studio is your closet,and youre on the block still selling 10 sacks, 15 years later, pushin dope and claiming its rap money.....or you got a settlement...etc

but for those that music grind daily and still pay rent and feed their kids with the profits...keep hustlin

 

[JimmydaButcher]

is the Tribe making music amymore??

Got three calls for features recently. Haven't had much time on my hands. Been looking for property lately.

 

[TAY CAPONE1]

RAP MONEY HAS ALWAYS JUST PAYED A PORTION OF THE BILLS 4 ME...THE PERCENTAGE OF RAPPERS WITH MILLION DOLLAR DEALS IN THE REAL WORLD IS SLIM 2 NONE SO IVE ALWAYS KEPT IT REAL ANYWAY.EVERY DOLLAR MADE IN THIS MUSIC GAME SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AS A BLESSING CUZ THERES ALWAYS A SHARK IN THE WATER...THATS THE POWER OF THE DOLLAR.

 

[Dirt E. Needlez]

this remind me of the "which rappers have 9 to 5's" thread a while back....i still think it would be weird to walk into Subway and have one of my favorite bay rappers be like "Hi what can i get for you today? " and be stunned like...."aint you J Stalin ?" or have Tay come up behind me and ask me if I need assistance at Home Depot...

in the end, its whatever gets the bills paid, keeps the fridge full, and earns steady income...

 

[JimmydaButcher]

I know a few of you who like Tay are really in the business. Hope everybody has something to fall back on.

 

[Gemini]

I'm the guy to drain you from your blood, replace it with a strong chemical, place you in a box and take you on your last drive

 

[Unknown Poet]

well im hardly getting paid off rap now!

i mean i been hustling a solo only for a LONG time..
now making nice money from my own home..

but now I applied what I learned about making money online to my own music..
i just put up songs for free... but put ads on my shit
so i get revenue from the traffic..

my plan is to set up my own site.. and sell my album im recording online
and promote on that site..
have people go there and listen..
weather they buy it or not I still make some profit
from the ad revenue..
and if they do buy it.. then even better!

but yeah i learned a long time ago you gotta be an all around huslter...
find ways to get paid cash also..so the bitch made gov
can't steal it etc...

 

[TAY CAPONE1]

I KNOW WAY MORE RAPPERS THAT WASTE MONEY ON TRYING 2 RAP AND TRYING 2 MAKE IT THAN RAPPERS WHO ACTUALLY MAKE MONEY OFF THIS BUSINESS...I CANT EVEN THINK OF 5 RAPPERS IN NORTHERN CALI WITH A LEGITIMATE DEAL...DAMN...SMH

 

[DUTCH-F.E]

I KNOW WAY MORE RAPPERS THAT WASTE MONEY ON TRYING 2 RAP AND TRYING 2 MAKE IT THAN RAPPERS WHO ACTUALLY MAKE MONEY OFF THIS BUSINESS...I CANT EVEN THINK OF 5 RAPPERS IN NORTHERN CALI WITH A LEGITIMATE DEAL...DAMN...SMH

I can barely name 5 that deserve 1. Double DAMN.

 

[SpongeTodd]

yep ha. I know some kinda famous rappers that drop hoes on the track when they do they lil shows for 1500 to 2000 and make more with they hoes that weekend then at the show. dig that!!!

 

[phreakey]

If rap don't work then I don't know where ill be. I despise working a nine to five, and working my whole life just to die broke with the misconception that I actually have "freedom".

 

[Darkshowdown]

If rap don't work then I don't know where ill be. I despise working a nine to five, and working my whole life just to die broke with the misconception that I actually have "freedom".

hate to burst your bubble but u betta invest some your "rap" money if u made any on a education. bc that shit not gonna last. i know a few artists signed or was signed to major labels who was balling few years ago off rap when they was hot, but now them niggas broke or gone back to drug dealing.

 

[Darkshowdown]

RAP MONEY HAS ALWAYS JUST PAYED A PORTION OF THE BILLS 4 ME...THE PERCENTAGE OF RAPPERS WITH MILLION DOLLAR DEALS IN THE REAL WORLD IS SLIM 2 NONE SO IVE ALWAYS KEPT IT REAL ANYWAY.EVERY DOLLAR MADE IN THIS MUSIC GAME SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AS A BLESSING CUZ THERES ALWAYS A SHARK IN THE WATER...THATS THE POWER OF THE DOLLAR.

thats truth. bc one month a muhfucka can make some thousands then the next month 20 cent or nothing.

 

[montroller510]

"niggas said that i'll never make it rappin
and if i don't i'm snortin dope and heavy trappin"

 

[phreakey]

hate to burst your bubble but u betta invest some your "rap" money if u made any on a education. bc that shit not gonna last. i know a few artists signed or was signed to major labels who was balling few years ago off rap when they was hot, but now them niggas broke or gone back to drug dealing.

if theres a will theres a way