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: