What do you mean by successful? Career Wise? Number of Units Soundscanned? Money in the bank? Houses owned? Companies owned?
Because there are some small independent catz in smaller parts of the Bay that might not have the Registered Sales of some of the larger Bay Names, but have Multiple Houses, I.R.A's, and Large Dollars in the Bank. There are so many avenues of the game to be successful at, not just the Music/Cds Sales part.
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