It’s a special type of resentment that builds in you when your own family is against you.

[Harry Sax]

I don't discuss anything with them they will randomly bring it up when they hear music from my room, it's actually very infuriating, I'm not quitting my 9-5 i just got laid off luckily I have a new job lined right up.


As another poster said it has to be London or NYC for me since I'm not doing hip hop atm, most likely NYC

couleur

Listen to a track uploaded by billionZ.

whyp.it

naw breh that aint it...link me something better than that

moms n nem might be right

 

[GrindtooFilthy]

naw breh that aint it...link me something better than that

moms n nem might be right

Remember I’m doing afro. I’m assuming you don’t listen to afrobeats or amapiano. I deaded all my rap shyt but here’s a trap track

Duppy

Listen to a track uploaded by billionZ.

whyp.it

My single

Fantasy - Unmastered Mix 5

Listen to a track uploaded by billionZ.

whyp.it

 

[Mowgli]

If you can't sell 20k without a major wtf are you doing

 

[Da King]

@GrindtooFilthy heard your tracks, it’s not shyt but you need to stay with engineering as your main job

 

[get these nets]

Here’s the thing I’m not giving up Engineering completely that’s dumb it’s funding My whole lifestyle right now until I get a REAL bag or touch a few Ms then I’ll quit Engineering. my problem is them telling me to drop music completely and only focus on Engineering like if I can do both I’m going to both regardless not one or the other

OK. I remembered that original post because a younger relative of mine was going through at the same time. Since then, I've tried to tag you in stories/threads related to the topic. My point was to show that others had gone through it.

Most recently, the surviving members of De La Soul were interviewed with Basquiat's sisters. Both of those late artists received pushback , and Pos and Mase joked about Dave's (ENTIRE) family holding a council about him wanting to be a rapper....in 1987.

If music is in your soul, and you have to express it....then by all means do that. What you seem to be talking about is being able to monetize your art, and that takes a LOT of mental and physical energy. Again, no disrespect, but seems driven more by commerce than artistic passion. Nothing wrong with that, but extremely difficult to have a real life occupation and be trying to break into show business on your own. Something has to give at some point.

 

[get these nets]

Our parents just want a safe life for their kids and their perception of how things work is also rooted in another time. 30-40 years ago, getting a job and buying a home was all there was to life. Pursuing a dream was literally unheard of, your purpose in life back then was to work a job and have kids.

Whether it was music or any other dream, you have to be prepared to do it without support of people around you. Ideally, they would see your vision and believe in you but you cannot take it personally if they don’t. Entrepreneurs have to learn to become so consumed with their vision that they don’t need anyone else to believe.

To bring a vision or dream to life means creating something that literally does not exist. So you cannot fault people for not believing in something that doesn’t exist, especially if it’s not something they’ve seen as possible for themselves.

The only person’s belief you need to make a dream come true is your own. Your self-belief, your faith and your actions are the only things that are going to determine the outcome of your life. You have to take their lack of support as a reminder that you have to do whatever possible to make your dream happen

Excellent post. Clear sober advice.

 

[GrindtooFilthy]

OK. I remembered that original post because a younger relative of mine was going through at the same time. Since then, I've tried to tag you in stories/threads related to the topic. My point was to show that others had gone through it.

Most recently, the surviving members of De La Soul were interviewed with Basquiat's sisters. Both of those late artists received pushback , and Pos and Mase joked about Dave's (ENTIRE) family holding a council about him wanting to be a rapper....in 1987.

If music is in your soul, and you have to express it....then by all means do that. What you seem to be talking about is being able to monetize your art, and that takes a LOT of mental and physical energy. Again, no disrespect, but seems driven more by commerce than artistic passion. Nothing wrong with that, but extremely difficult to have a real life occupation and be trying to break into show business on your own. Something has to give at some point.

Oh most definitely, it’s been a passion but I know if I want to do it full time I need to be able to monetize it, that’s a given. The question is how to get there. I got a BMI check for $4, which is nothing but it’s the fact I was able to get a check from them at all, that was the real eye opener for me. That showed me it’s possible, I just have to lock in and figure out how to actually turn a single digit check into a 5-6 figure check.

 

[Dave24]

..........*

 

[Atlanta 80s baby]

Bruh this goes to my aspiring hoopers too. Have you a solid career/means of income and then make time for your other interests. If you get real traction with the latter, than you can fully pursue that.

 

[dangerranger]

Fam, this is what it’s supposed to feel like. It’s supposed to be hard. Life will make the people closest to you your greatest challenge because life is testing your resolve. It wants to see if you really want it despite it seeming like the people closest to you don’t want it for you. But you have to provide that you want it without a shadow of a doubt. So Just keep pushing. You should never assume how a game should go at halftime. Hell you don’t know how a game can go until the buzzer goes off. So don’t judge yourself based on what’s happening now. Do your thing and judge when you die. This doesn’t mean you don’t adjust, just don’t go off your path if that’s what you really feel is destined for you.

 

[ba'al]

couleur

Listen to a track uploaded by billionZ.

whyp.it

I can hear someone like Bad Bunny, Drake, Partynextdoor, or WizKid sing over this instrumental. Great music. I see why your people hating.

 

[ba'al]

naw breh that aint it...link me something better than that

moms n nem might be right

nikka that beat was nice. The only critique I got is the drums sound like stock drums but in Afrobeat most of the drums sound like that. Even in some pop songs like Rihanna's Umbrella that song uses a drum loop from Logic.

 

[Texas2step]

Op you done with your family because they hurt your feelings? I was expecting to read about how they stole something from you or done some shady shyt

 

[BaggerofTea]

You better listen to your fam and get out of your ego OP

 

[Shadow King]

OP if I remember correctly you want to produce, not necessarily be upfront rapping/performing. I don't think money/clout is an issue. I know exactly what you mean because I dealt with it being on the mic, but a hot beat is a hot beat. I think you need to immerse yourself in that world/around people in that world and just keep going.