Artists STILL Don't Make Money From Record Deals
ARTISTS STILL DON'T MAKE MONEY FROM RECORD DEALS By, Wendy Day
from Rap Coalition (www.RapCoalition.org
and www.rapcointelpro.com)
Who is the incredible bonehead who said rap artists make a lot
of money? Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!! Because the fans
expect their favorite artists to be very wealthy, and have an
interesting, far above average, glamorous lifestyle, this puts
an incredible amount of pressure on the artists to appear
wealthy. And it's not just the fans; I can't tell you how many
times I've been out with rappers along with people in the
industry, and the industry opportunists have expected the
artists to pick up the dinner check. I've even seen people have
an attitude if the artist doesn't pay for everything. This is
small minded and ignorant because the artist is ALWAYS the last
to get paid.
Everyone gets their cut first: