Are we finally ready to accept that rappers today are way richer than those in the 90s

[ISO]

A lot of new rappers got money right now but people like Wu, De La, etc. can literally tour anywhere in the world, 30 or more years after their debut.

So do new rappers at this point in their career have more money than a 90's rapper....at the same respective point? Probably yes.

Will they make the same amount of money, long term? Probably no.

Fred.

Lol you can't see past the artist you grew up on.

Why the hell won't modern rappers be able to tour in 30 years.

In every era of music these guys have existed.

 

[JustCKing]

diddy and suge stole millions from pac and big lol none of the nikkas you named made money like that from rap outside master p who was a labelhead. Ice Cube literally said there was more money in movies n sht that's why he moved more to that

And they were still worth millions. Think about that. They made millions. Master P was still a rapper and wasn't just some label head. Cube still made a lot of money off music.

 

[JustCKing]

Why are people even still bringing up touring because the pandemic had most every artist canceling tours, shows, festivals, and concerts over the past year?

 

[Rell84shots]

Streams pay the same as album sales tho

Yes , They're getting fukked over in stream sales just like they do with album sales.
Musicians Say Streaming Doesn’t Pay. Can the Industry Change?

 

[eastsideTT]

They've commodified literally everything now. There are dozens of ways for rappers to make money now, especially if they have a decent following on socials.

Back in the day was what...basically just album sales, tours, merch, and if you were big enough, a cameo on a TV show?

Its funny because rappers today definitely aren't pulling down as much money as they claim, but they're still pulling down more than the 'average' 90s joe-blow was. There's a million more opportunities now.

 

[FreshAIG]

Someone like Dreamdoll makes more money in a year than most of our favorite rappers in the 90s did, and she doesn't have anything resembling a major hit. It's just the lay of the land now. The amount of avenues to make money now, and the ways you can monetize your name brand is at a different level. It's what technology has created. I have no idea why people are giving this obvious observation pushback

 

[mobbinfms]

Nostalgia has nothing to do with it man. If that was the case I would've said Black Moon or Mic Geronimo.

Very, very few 90's rappers can do what I said. So why does it make sense to assume it'll be common for today's rappers, 30 years from now?

It's especially unlikely given the quick turnaround in the rap game these days.

Fred.

Damn. We putting Buckshot and Mic Geronimo in the same category now?
That last sentence is the real point though. I don’t know if you want to call it life or culture or something else, but things have changed and things just come and go like they never did before. It’ll be interesting to see how rappers of the past five years do in terms of touring 20 or 30 years from now.

 

[FreshAIG]

Damn. We putting Buckshot and Mic Geronimo in the same category now?
That last sentence is the real point though. I don’t know if you want to call it life or culture or something else, but things have changed and things just come and go like they never did before. It’ll be interesting to see how rappers of the past five years do in terms of touring 20 or 30 years from now.

Yeah longevity is a different argument, I can't say. But if we go artists now and artists then, in general, artists now are making waaaay more money. Biggie in his doc was talking about getting 40 a show, this was in 1995 when Big was arguably at the height of his career. There's artists now that aren't 1/4th as popular as Biggie was then and getting more than that for shows. shyt there's bartenders and rappers baby mothers making 20k for walk throughs lol. We in a different era.

 

[I love Latina women]

It's probably about the same because artists are always complaining about not having the money that they're suppose to have.

So nothing has really changed in that regard

 

[Hood Critic]

There’s nothing that remains to be seen. We see it now

I don’t know if it has been mentioned but there are more fans of rap now. You don’t have to go platinum to make real money like you did in 90s. Artist like Griselda and young dolph can monetize their bases in ways that wasn’t possible in the 90s

We clearly got a different opinion of what "richer" means...I see a lot of emphasis on rappers today having more ways to make money than those in the 90s and I don't dispute that but a lot of those backends get busted down and split more than a couple ways. And I'm not talking manager, tour manager, etc.

And I know y'all are smart enough to not be fooled by clothes, cars, jewelry and homes. So the only way to gauge their wealth is over time and what they do with it.

 

[Crumple]

X had been addicted to drugs since he was a teen and was a functioning addict when he blew up. It was low key unreasonable to expect for him to beat it after a certain point, even though it would have been nice if he did.

True and well said. He tried hard. He achieved alot. We're all told to stay away from hard drugs. His experience proved to me why in a different way - how ppl can make it and still be ensnared. R.i.p DMX.

 

[CrimsonTider]

We clearly got a different opinion of what "richer" means...I see a lot of emphasis on rappers today having more ways to make money than those in the 90s and I don't dispute that but a lot of those backends get busted down and split more than a couple ways. And I'm not talking manager, tour manager, etc.

And I know y'all are smart enough to not be fooled by clothes, cars, jewelry and homes. So the only way to gauge their wealth is over time and what they do with it.

We never have any idea of what the net ends up being.

but these rappers are grossing more and have ways to gross money

and you have to take into account that rap is the biggest genre in the world. There are more rap fans now than ever and there are enough fans for every type of rap for artist to monetize

you don’t need to cross over now or cake up.

 

[Crumple]

We clearly got a different opinion of what "richer" means...I see a lot of emphasis on rappers today having more ways to make money than those in the 90s and I don't dispute that but a lot of those backends get busted down and split more than a couple ways. And I'm not talking manager, tour manager, etc.

And I know y'all are smart enough to not be fooled by clothes, cars, jewelry and homes. So the only way to gauge their wealth is over time and what they do with it.

Well said. So many even older ppl get fooled by image. 70 percent of flashy rappers are in debt. Unless they stay flashy 25 years later.

 

[Maximus Rex]

 

[Peruvian Connect]

they just better a laundering money