Cam'ron: I was dead broke when I signed to Roc-A-Fella, lost 10K check

[FreshAIG]

I hear what you're saying. My question is who has ever confirmed these show prices and net worth of these new artists? People fronted in the old school era.....they fronted during the MTV Cribs era, and I have to believe that they are mega fronting in the social media era.

I don’t know how much all these guys get but I know what some get paid first hand and make assumptions based of just using common sense. They all lie about what they get (Well not lie but they’ll act like the show they got their highest pay is their regular) but they’re making a shyt ton of bread. For example Thug has gotten up to over 75K for a show but that’s not his regular (He’s closer to 30-40) Some of these guys you can book for 10K depending on the venue and what’s expected of them. If it’s a walk through you get them for cheaper. Meek makes 60K just to walk through and not perform. But he’s considered upper echelon

IG Comedians make 7,500-10,000 for walk through nowadays

 

[brooklyngohard]

 

[CoCKy GeNiuS]

And let’s get it straight here. It’s not BETTER now in any stretch of the word as far as gettin money. Only thing I will say it’s that it’s way easier to make ur own lane for getting money cause of social media. But if u sign to a label. Them 360 deals ain’t no joke. U will be giving up a percent of ur tour money and show money too. Back in the day u didn’t have to do shyt like that. So if u had the same hustle and was able to do shows like crazy back then. U could make a killing. Especially down south when u had nikkas who was rich off they independent hustle and selling they shyt out the trunk. NY was a different story cause we didn’t like to buy music off nikkas on the street like that. So tryna do that out here was WAY harder. A lot of these nikkas out here right now frontin about what they got. Just like back then.

U sound like a hater, these young Niggs eating and u can't do nothing about it

 

[spliz]

U sound like a hater, these young Niggs eating and u can't do nothing about it

Im not hating at all. There is young nikkas out here eating. Same as there’s young nikkas out here frontin. Trust me. I’m just keepin it 100. What nikkas eat don’t make me shyt.

 

[head shots101]

nikkaz who fukked with Cam knew he was popped before the roc deal

 

[Edub]

Wu tang nikkas ran through Ohio

Even recruited Ohio street dudes into the Wu Tang organization ( Killa Army)

Youngstown

 

[Edub]

I saw Cam @ Eastland mall around when come home with me dropped. I damn near walked past him. They looked like a bunch of regular dudes back then. You could tell they weren't wealthy at that point.

Damn Eastland......nikka was lookin broke in the broke nikka mall......damn

 

[Edub]

These the same nikkas hating on southern cats calling us stupid, yet nikkas down here was making they own labels and distributing their own music, say what you want but south nikkas was the real hustlers.

Make cacs millions while your basically living off minimum wage after taxes brehs.

Popularize signing to a label over owning your own shyt then wonder why the game is fukked up brehs.

Talk down on the South while your popping, but then need to run to them for a hit or a style brehs.

NY rappers were and are in the bread basket of the Jewish opportunist.....NYC, add to that the plight of the hoods they came out of......starting labels and distribution was the least of concerns sadly.........Jews had money and backing to supply that.......basically carrots dangled all over ny for hip hop and nikkas chased.....whereas the south HAD TO get it how they lived.......which has obviously proven to be more beneficial in the long run. That's why NY hip hop fell flat.....it was never facilitated by its creators

 

[get these nets]

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co headlined by salt n pepa

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[AkaDemiK]

Dame really looked out because they signed Cam for 4.5 Million

Dame looked out signed a gem
It’s all creme de la creme, now run tell a friend

 

[Redwing80]

All I'm saying bro is an artist like Young Thug for example would not be a millionaire in the 90s like he is now. He'd be getting 1K-2K a show if he was lucky, and probably at odds with his record label because of his albums didn't perform well. Now he's living as well as quadruple platinum artists in the 90s were.

Biggie, Nas, Pac, Fugees, Bone Thugs, etc.. weren't rolling in the dough. They were living comfortably but they weren't where they should've been. There's no way the members of Bone Thugs shouldn't be all millionaires.

I'd bet money Nas made more money the last three years (2014-2017) with no album and almost no songs than he did from It Was Written-Stillmatic.

You really think Young Thug and these rappers today are millionaires?

I wasn't around in the 90s but I'm in the music industry now. Rappers today are still getting fukked by major labels, actually they're getting less money now.

That's why we've never seen anybody get Baby/Diddy/Jay/Master P level of bread since 50.

The independent grind is good but rappers only realised this because major labels weren't making them money. These 360 deals fukked the game up.

I know an entertainment lawyer that schooled me on 360 deals and why it's bad for any artist to sign one. His name is Mike Epstein I'm sure he's published some articles online if anybody wants to gain knowledge. Good dude.

But of course Nas would be making more money now. His catalogue is bigger now more than ever, plus he isn't in a 360 deal like these new artists. All these legendary artists are eating cause they can tour arenas and festivals off their CATALOGUE.

But don't let these nikkas fool you with their fake chains and rented whips. The term "millionaire" should never be casually thrown around. That's a serious bracket and I'm willing to bet anything only a handful of artist that's come out since 2010 are in that millionaire bracket.

 

[Jimmy Two-Times™]

if you read Gucci Mane's book. When Gucci had a hit and went to NY he was introduced to Cam'ron. Cam was driving a Toyota Camry that he told Gucci he got it for his mother. Gucci said Cam looked mad regular.

 

[mortuus est]

interesting thread

 

[K.Dot]

Say what you want about the music but money is so much better now for artists

An artist like Cam two albums in, with multiple hit records, would be making a a shyt load of money doing shows now.

There's so many stories of artists in the 80s and 90s with hit records and platinum albums still living with their parents. Now artists have regional hits and make 20K a month doing shows alone.

I remember that video of luda having 2 chainz I'm the trap/at his momma house shyt, pretty sure this was post duffle bag boy.

 

[Woodrow]

M Reck has the worst video presentation.

Stop click-baiting videos in 2017 breh. Just give people content and they'll come back. And for the love of god.. can you rehearse the promo before you record it at the end?