Kanye turned down $4.5 mil to perform in Vegas

[Mandarin Duck]

Bbbbut theres no rappers on Britneys level that could make that much money in Vegas

I asked that question a few days ago and Coli brehs were like "nah no1 is on that level"

 

[duckbutta]

Must mean Kim is going to be going on more play dates with old white men for money

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

The Hip Hop artists who would draw those kinds of crowds are still putting out music that people are paying money for. They don't have to do residencies. It's not necessarily about them moving 100 million records. There's other living artists who belong to that 100 million+ club, but don't have residencies. Some of them are still putting out music that sells more than what a Britney Spears and Celine Dion album would sell combined worldwide if they released an album now. One of those artists is a rapper.

Furthermore, a lot of people who cop the top sellers by Hip Hop artists aren't necessarily Hip Hop fans. It's not like Britney's target audiences are her core fans either. The songs and albums that were huge were big with teeny boppers who are grown-ups now

and that's why i'm saying it's impossible to get that perfect mix from a hip-hop star right now

1. they gotta have/had move major units.. america and international
2. they gotta be at a point where being in vegas for 150 days doesn't hurt their careers
3. they gotta have a live SHOW that's an actual show and not a concert
4. they can't have a violent or hood element that'll get the shyt shut down in 3 weeks


there's plenty who have 2 or 3 of those.. i can't see jay-z doing a show with bytches twirling around and pogo dancers and shyt.. i could see diddy doing that but can diddy pack a house 150 nights... i could see ye but ye got a career.. 3000 definitely but he act like he don't even want to do music anymore so i doubt he does 1000 shows and would he actually pack the house to the tune of 475k a day..

there's a lot of factors.. and until i see a rapper say yes and pull it off.. i'm sticking with nobody is gonna do that shyt

 

[itsyoung!!]

Breh hes trying to do deals with Prada and Louis Vuitton.

How would that look if he has performing in Vegas on his resume?

That would look great because Louis Vuitton and Prada Vegas stores are some of the most popular and profitable stores those companies have and their locations are under the same umbrella of the location Kanye West would perform at.. The people Louis Vuitton signs their rent checks to would be the same people paying Kanye West in Vegas..

 

[itsyoung!!]

Snoop could get something very close to that if he went the Vegas residency route. IMO he should be the first rapper to do a residency; lives only a few hours away, has the catalog, isn't a diva, doesn't take himself too seriously. Makes too much sense.

Snoop is already in Vegas at Tao a few times a month, shyt hes there on Halloween, he cant command a full show/residency

 

[itsyoung!!]

Celine Dion =/= Kanye West

Celine Dion has a perception of a past prime artist living off of legacy.

The only exception to this rule is the one Beyonce did. Vegas is not a place you want to be seen performing if youre a current artist.

WHAT ?! WHAT THE fukk STOP BRUH

 

[lutha]

You do the long term residency for security when you're on the wrong side of your career. Doesn't leave much time for making new music and exploring other ventures when you're tethered to Vegas 3 nights out of the week.

it was only for 3 weeks, not a long term deal...and if the show was gonna be anything like Britney's, he wouldn't have had to do much...

 

[lutha]

Snoop could get something very close to that if he went the Vegas residency route. IMO he should be the first rapper to do a residency; lives only a few hours away, has the catalog, isn't a diva, doesn't take himself too seriously. Makes too much sense.

snoop has a residency, as a dj at tao...

 

[itsyoung!!]

Bbbbut theres no rappers on Britneys level that could make that much money in Vegas

people said if any rapper can do it its Kanye..

again just like that Britney thread, a lot of people are confusing SHOWS with CONCERTS

Snoop Dogg, Eminem, lil wayne, 50 cent, Jay-Z CANT PUT ON SHOWS. They can do concerts. Shows are wardrobe changes, theme changes, back up dancers and shyt..

not pacing back and forth on a stage or having a 64 in the back ground bouncing up and down with some flames coming out of it every 30 seconds

Thats why its easier for RNB artists to do it.

Kanye can do it because hes been doing it in his concerts/shows over the past decade

 

[JustCKing]

and that's why i'm saying it's impossible to get that perfect mix from a hip-hop star right now

1. they gotta have/had move major units.. america and international
2. they gotta be at a point where being in vegas for 150 days doesn't hurt their careers
3. they gotta have a live SHOW that's an actual show and not a concert
4. they can't have a violent or hood element that'll get the shyt shut down in 3 weeks


there's plenty who have 2 or 3 of those.. i can't see jay-z doing a show with bytches twirling around and pogo dancers and shyt.. i could see diddy doing that but can diddy pack a house 150 nights... i could see ye but ye got a career.. 3000 definitely but he act like he don't even want to do music anymore so i doubt he does 1000 shows and would he actually pack the house to the tune of 475k a day..

there's a lot of factors.. and until i see a rapper say yes and pull it off.. i'm sticking with nobody is gonna do that shyt

There's Hip Hop artists that are capable of all four. The question would be "would they be willing/want to do a Vegas residency?". Of course, an artist that still makes money from album sales and/or touring isn't going to do one. A live show could be easily pulled off especially with that amount of money being an incentive.

 

[itsyoung!!]

Artists that do Vegas residency are seen as something to check out once you finished hitting the slots. You dont want to do that when you are in your prime.

people book their entire Vegas trips around seeing Britney Spears / Celine Dion

just type #vegas in twitter a few times a day "ill see you soon britney!" you'll see it multiple times a day

yall so outta touch with reality its damn near sickening..

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

people book their entire Vegas trips around seeing Britney Spears / Celine Dion

just type #vegas in twitter a few times a day "ill see you soon britney!" you'll see it multiple times a day

yall so outta touch with reality its damn near sickening..

i mean it's just a simple fact... people are asking which rappers can do it... people actually asked if britney is really successful with this shyt


you think they'd give her a raise to 475k a show if it wasn't successful? if it wasn't constantly sold out? if they weren't making way more than 475k back?

you think if there was a list of rappers that could do this shyt... that they wouldn't offer it up? that they wouldn't put it out in the world? that nobody would take up the offer to make damn near 1.5 million a week??


if it was profitable, there'd be 1000 stories of rappers getting offers... not just 1.. i mean shyt they offered it to Ye and didn't even offer the shyt to jay-z who sells more and is more famous


funny how this article comes out HOURS after we were talking about this in the original thread tho

 

[lutha]

people book their entire Vegas trips around seeing Britney Spears / Celine Dion

just type #vegas in twitter a few times a day "ill see you soon britney!" you'll see it multiple times a day

yall so outta touch with reality its damn near sickening..

exactly...these cats just don't know...the shows used to be the afterthought to gambling, but not anymore...shows, clubs, restaurants, etc. are right there with gambling as a priority now...cause the money pool demographic they going after is younger....they aint gambling like that, but they'll spend good amounts on shopping, clubbing, shows, etc...

 

[itsyoung!!]

i mean it's just a simple fact... people are asking which rappers can do it... people actually asked if britney is really successful with this shyt


you think they'd give her a raise to 475k a show if it wasn't successful? if it wasn't constantly sold out? if they weren't making way more than 475k back?

you think if there was a list of rappers that could do this shyt... that they wouldn't offer it up? that they wouldn't put it out in the world? that nobody would take up the offer to make damn near 1.5 million a week??


if it was profitable, there'd be 1000 stories of rappers getting offers... not just 1.. i mean shyt they offered it to Ye and didn't even offer the shyt to jay-z who sells more and is more famous


funny how this article comes out HOURS after we were talking about this in the original thread tho

well I think it came out now because Kanye and Kim were in Vegas for Kim's birthday at Tao on Friday

but yeah the shyt i was reading in that thread was the entire time..

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Dude wasn't offered a residency tho. It was three weeks. I feel like if it were a better venue it might have popped. Planet Hollywood, Paris, ny ny, TI, mirage...they're all wack compared to the bellagio, Mandalay, Wynn, Cosmo and aria, etc