Lupe Fiasco says he's not rich.

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what publishing would Lupe be living off on?
I'm sure at the height of touring he was making high 5 figures, maybe low 6 figures for a show so that explains those cars he was buying which could be paid for doing just a couple of those shows
 

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Keeping my overhead low, and my understand high
Realize this is someone with Grammys and madd gold and platinum plaques who's toured the world several times and has businesses outside of rap and all that fly shyt.




I haven't seen the clip cause I'm at work...but is this one of those things where perspective matters?

To him, and compared to the people he's friends with, he probably doesn't consider himself rich.
 

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Lupe said JP Morgan definition of rich is 5 million liquid. That’s tough going by their standard so of course I’m sure he doesn’t consider himself rich. But dude said he has rich friends lol that let him ride their Jets and they buy his shoes lol

birds of a feather flock together

But I’m sure he’s comfortable that’s all anyone could really ask for
 
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WELL BY HIS DEFINITION
HE DOESNT HAVE 5MS CASH.


DOESNT MEAN HE DOESNT
HAVE 3MS CASH, A HOUSE AND
A BUNCH OF CARS.


:devil:
:evil:

Im along the lines with this, he's talked plenty of times about the material things he's had, especially whips/he's a car buff. He just manages his money better/is about quality over quantity these days. And his definition of rich may be different from the next man.
 

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Yeah but you'd think with all the success he experienced he'd have at least 5 million in the tuck. He doesn't seem like he lives some glamorous lifestyle either. No kids, etc... I think most rappers that we think are rich aren't rich...5 million is a lot of f'n cash money.

In my opinion artists don’t really make as much money from music only. The impression they give on social media is definitely an illusion.
 

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Drake already said it on Two Birds, One Stone, "only two percent of us rich and the rest of these nikkas all milk it"

Not saying Lupe milking it but there aren't very many "rich" rappers that are 10+ years into their career

I don’t recall who said it, but recently a veteran asked how these new rappers are all rich.
In my opinion they either have one foot in the streets doing something illegal, or they are giving the illusion of being rich by spending their advance money on rented homes and rented cars.

If someone can start a business offering financial literacy classes to artists they would make a lot of money. In my opinion a lot of artists don’t know how to handle their money especially if the go from having nothing to having everything in a short period of time.
 

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I don’t recall who said it, but recently a veteran asked how these new rappers are all rich.
In my opinion they either have one foot in the streets doing something illegal, or they are giving the illusion of being rich by spending their advance money on rented homes and rented cars.

If someone can start a business offering financial literacy classes to artists they would make a lot of money. In my opinion a lot of artists don’t know how to handle their money especially if the go from having nothing to having everything in a short period of time.


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I don’t recall who said it, but recently a veteran asked how these new rappers are all rich.

Because they look rich, lol.

Most of them are in 360's, that's why they all look wealthy af overnight. Label wave 300-400k upfront in front of somebody from the hood and they'll sign whatever you put in front of them. Here ya go, you can have a piece of everything I generate down the road, I'm bout to go lease 2 Wraiths!
 
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