Advice
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EMPIRE Founder Suggests Solution for Breaking Through Hip-Hop’s “Self-Entitlement” Era
“We haven’t done a good job of actually grooming long-term talent, and this is an industry problem.”
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How 2 Chainz Bought a Tour Bus Before His First Record Deal
Invest in your career.
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Making Sense of Drake’s Contradictory Career Advice for Tone Stith
This is very easy for Drake to say.
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Boogie Breaks Down Fake “Making It” Narrative
“We have this fake narrative that ‘making it’ is when you’re at fancy places or spending a lot of money.”
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Q Da Fool: Roc Nation Changed My Life
“When I went to Roc Nation, it was all love.”
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Lil Baby Explains Why It’s OK for Rappers to Tell Some “Little” Lies
“Rapping is a profession, so it’s business.”
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Eminem Taught Royce da 5’9” You “Don’t Have to be Drunk or High” to Make Music
“You don’t have to be drunk and high in order to create music.”
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This Rapper Is Selling His SoundCloud Account for $2,000. But You Can’t Buy It
“You must not sell or transfer, or offer to sell or transfer, any SoundCloud account to any third party.”
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What Pharrell Taught Pusha-T
“Man, be a risk taker, number one, but also be identifiable.”
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Blueface Doesn’t Understand His Record Deal. Do You?
Signing a record deal is not necessarily a bad idea, but its implications MUST be understood.
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Vince Staples Loses Money on Tours to Increase the Fan Experience
“It’s like a push to the fans and stuff like that.
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How to Not Lose Your Album in Norway: An Anonymous Guest Editorial by Not-Lil-Pump
This is hands down the most useful thing you will ever read.