Money

What happens when the money runs out? Yes, changes are coming to major label record deals.

When good things come to an end, what we learn in absence may resonate greater than the sum of what we were presented.

Sure.

Very impressive.

A guest editorial by independent singer-songwriter and producer Spree Wilson.

"It's like a push to the fans and stuff like that.

"It's crazy, I gotta stop."

Future is richer, but he is also more mature.

"Get a studio."

"Wow, he’s probably going to employ two hundred to two hundred and fifty people."

"I was happy as fuck!"

If we all can understand the disappointment of “fucking the money up,” we all should be able to respect what it means to try and make that money.

“It felt great.”

“Statistically, a rapper’s career lasts two to four years. I’m three years past that mark..."

The “F” is for grossing over three million dollars in one week.

“I’ve never been more focused and that’s scary.”

JAY-Z is hip-hop’s 2018 cash king.

Big money.

"I bought a lot of clothes and a lot of lean, cars, guns and shit."

It’s Drake’s world and we’re just streaming in it.

"For a genre that’s so infatuated with wealth, y’all be doing short-term shit…"

"He just kept saying it over and over again..."

Rap is deeply rooted in outspoken, unapologetic braggadocio, but the extravagance that comes with the entertainment is often misleading.

There’s more than one way to win a rap beef in 2018.