Woman who quit 80K a year NBA job to become a rapper, is now homeless

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Petty Vandross.. fukk Yall
Theres a reason why EVERY (breh) ONE was a photographer a couple years ago breh
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She's the prime example of someone who can't cut it in the corporate world. And this isn't a knock on her because I get it, but she's the type I think about when some of these coli brehs talk their shyt about what everyone else should be doing - which generally involves following a specific (corporate) path. People like her tend to feel stifled and claustrophobic in more controlled environments and don't function well. And when forced to be there they end up being a drag on your team and force you to pick up the slack.

That said, being a full grown woman with a degree and a solid position in a highly competitive field leads me to believe this is more so related to mental illness than anything else. The fact that she made it as far as she did in her career and then dropped everything to basically follow a pipe dream says a lot. I heard some of her music and tbh it wasn't bad (from what I remember), but a smart - SANE - woman would've used her position and relative closeness to athletes, agents and other power players to gain traction in the entertainment industry in her SPARE time. Pursuing music doesn't take all day - most people have real jobs to pay the bills - and she would've been better off keeping her day job while trying to grow a following by night. Which should've been easy enough if she's the go-getter she claims to be.

The bolded is a good point.
 

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The days of "making it" as a legit artist is over. I heard one of her songs and she's actually talented.

The music industry is all about fukkery and sluttiness. Their used to be a balance but actual talent won't get you anywhere now.

Kinda disheartening. Tough to tell your little boy or girl that being a famous singer/artist isn't really possible anymore unless you're a complete slut and/or buffoon
 

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Most people in show business are running from their problems though

True but that could be said about a lot of people though regardless of which job or career they are in. Life is hard. It's just having the courage to deal with it and not losing yourself.
 

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She's the prime example of someone who can't cut it in the corporate world. And this isn't a knock on her because I get it, but she's the type I think about when some of these coli brehs talk their shyt about what everyone else should be doing - which generally involves following a specific (corporate) path. People like her tend to feel stifled and claustrophobic in more controlled environments and don't function well. And when forced to be there they end up being a drag on your team and force you to pick up the slack.

That said, being a full grown woman with a degree and a solid position in a highly competitive field leads me to believe this is more so related to mental illness than anything else. The fact that she made it as far as she did in her career and then dropped everything to basically follow a pipe dream says a lot. I heard some of her music and tbh it wasn't bad (from what I remember), but a smart - SANE - woman would've used her position and relative closeness to athletes, agents and other power players to gain traction in the entertainment industry in her SPARE time. Pursuing music doesn't take all day - most people have real jobs to pay the bills - and she would've been better off keeping her day job while trying to grow a following by night. Which should've been easy enough if she's the go-getter she claims to be.
I think she might be mentally ill as well. This is the age of bipolar and schizophrenia diagnoses. Her talk about selling crystals really highlighted that something might be wrong.
 
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