How do all of the washed up rappers pay their bills?

[pimpineasy]

believe in unicorns and pixie dust brehs

 

[FreshAIG]

its really not bad.. say you make at least $1k/show.. do 10-15 spots a month, for about 4-5months..

thats not bad money to travel around, and spit raps.. especially considering the fact that most people dont even make $45k/yr..

Most people don't. Medium income numbers are skewed tremendously because of the extremely rich kinda throw off proper calculations.

If you make 1K a show and only do 4 shows a month, you living better than the majority of this country

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

Top dollar but not 300k. More like 100-150k for domestic shows.

You are giving an opinion, I'm stating facts. Contact WME out in L.A., and try and book Lil Wayne for 100k.

 

[Zach Lowe]

That underground rappers touring Europe thing is overrated unless you're legend status like a KRS or something

The average lyrical underground rapper doing Euro shows is performing in bars, sneaker stores, toilet bowls, etc.

 

[Born2BKing]

 

[mortuus est]

lol

 

[Zach Lowe]

Most people don't. Medium income numbers are skewed tremendously because of the extremely rich kinda throw off proper calculations.

If you make 1K a show and only do 4 shows a month, you living better than the majority of this country

Median?

and that's not even true

you just failed on two levels

 

[scuba]

Median HOUSEHOLD income was 52K in 2013... If u can get one small venue show for 1000 every week u gonna hit that... I don't know how likely that is tho after u fall off... I Would think legends like slick Rick. Or DMC could do it... Guys like inspector deck probably can't...

 

[Jhoon]

 

[DrX]

for real i mean nikkas like Cassidy, Jae Hood, Hell Rell, JR Writer, etc are all beyond the point of anyone wanting to buy music from them or pay for a show.... How come we dont see more of these nikkas working 9-5 jobs at macys or driving buses and shyt

seem reason u dont see alotto bummy dudes in the hood without jobs



they have any work ethic and rather stay at some bytch house or live on their man couch.....those guys arent gonna work hard for a living

 

[DrX]

old school rappers eat good....trust me, they aint millionaires but they makes six figs a year

 

[Born2BKing]

old school rappers eat good....trust me, they aint millionaires but they makes six figs a year

Man I wonder how much Doug E Fresh makes a year. That dude makes a killing touring year around.

 

[StretfordRed]

Probably pool water in his cup, too

 

[StretfordRed]

Amil was working at Kmart, Jeru da Damaja delivered takeout for a Chinese resturant, and Cappadonna drove a cab ....theres 3 right there

Nah, I believe it was Macys Amil was working at, and Jeru was a subway train driver

 

[Pop123]

they get booked in Europe, lol. anybody who has any sort of knowledge about the inner workings of rap knows this is how these crusty, dusty, washed up mc's pay their rent, they get show dates in europe. over here a lot of these cats are dead to us, but over in Europe them oblivious white people worship these american rappers