Really screw your rap skills, you need respect and people to follow you. Dudes respect money, power and pu$$y. So you need to at least look the part. No one's listening to a broke bummy rappers anymore.
Get a really nice car
Always have women riding with you
Guys will follow you and respect you by default. That's even if you're not really good at rapping. They see the money and cars, they'll give you a pass. Women see the money and how guys follow you and they'll follow you to. Before u know it, you'll have an entourage and the city will take notice. The city might not know why you're a local celebrity, but you're a local celebrity and that's what matter. Hopefully you'll at least have one or two songs that's not unbearable. Your power will get you in clubs and in the in crowd.
I've been around the music industry for about 10 years, I've seen garbage get deals and great rappers flipping burgers.