I really can't sympathize with dude. Here is a guy that made millions of dollars and blew it. Doesn't even matter how he blew it, it's gone. He's irrelevant in the rap game, so even touring won't help much.
One thing that makes it even worse - rappers don't have that loyal fanbases like other genres do. For instance - groups like Rolling Stones could start a tour and they would be sold out. shyt, even a cracked out Whitney Houston (RIP) could still attract the masses, that is until they saw that she lost her voice. Rap - make one or two average albums and you're gone. Rappers have a much shorter career life-span, some manage to make a transition to become successful actors, but the majority of them become irrelevant.
Which rock and RnB acts from the late 80s/ early 90s are still putting on?
Is it any difference from rap?
I don't know why people like to bring up Rolling Stones, The boss etc as if they define rock. It's essentially like saying you make billions while working in the automobile industry look at Ferdinand Porsche and his family.
The most prominent people in 60s rock delivered during a period where there was nothing except rock commercially. They basically founded commercial music.
We've got to look at the percentage and not the absolute value.
There's a whoooole lot more rock bands with deals than rappers with deals.
I don't even think I would be wrong for guessing that through times there's existed 1000 times more rock bands. So 10 of them still doing big tours would mean that 0.01 of rappers should still make big tours in 20 years.
But we people like Jay, Dre, Snoop, Em, Puff and more who are all in their 40s.
X my nikka but i knew it would be him