Indie/Unsigned Hip Hop /R&B Artist

In order to be successful in the hip hop game, you got to be about your business, meaning you've got to get on your grind. Just by wanting and wishing to be the next 50 cent or Rick Ross is not going to cut it, you have to put in work. An artist trying to make it in hip hop should always be hungry, starving for that chance to be in the lime light.When it comes to being a hip hop artist , man it's a tough tough world out there. My best advice to you that I can give to you is you know go to the cyclers, go to the circlers, go to the cats who are on your block that are spitting and battling everyday don't be scared just jump in there. You know the people around you are going to be your worst critics to tell you what is hot and what's not so get in there. If you are scared and you stand on the outside then you will never get in so if you want to be a good rapper throw yourself in them battles and sharpen up in your lyrics daily and make sure you can get back to them cats and roast them and get in there as hard as they can. You have got to be witty and have style, pizazz, deliverance, you know what I mean and all those things have got to be in and you have just go to be hot because if you aren't believe me your peers are going to let you know that you are not." I know everyone wants to sell millions of records. The reality is not everyone will get there. Somewhere people lost sight of the fact that you don’t need that many fans to make a good living in the music biz. Let me break it down. Let’s say you work hard to develop a good relationship with just 500 people who like your music. With your merchandise, music and other offers, it wouldn’t be hard to get each of them to spend just $100 a year on your goods. Just $100 a year! Multiply that by 500 and that’s an income of $50,000 a year. That’s a decent living. Five hundred fans are definitely within your reach and can be made with a family and friends network. Now what if you had just 1,000 fans? You get the point.

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