You can always tell when a rapper is going broke

[Eternally Jaded]

It’s a double edge sword in the social media age. You are almost forced to put on this image of success so fans buy into the success and in turn pay to see and hear you. That’s why rappers be in rented cars, rented planes, big jewelry, flashing tons of cash. Makes young ignorant fans feel like “yo he’s doing it big!”. Then rappers go broke trying to keep up with that image and want to be humble when the fame dies.

Why does " yo, he's doing it big!" even matter in regards to fandom tho?

I'd rather hear talent and see that talent being wisely monetized, than fallback to stunting.

I'd rather hear about thirty more expanding portfolios and one hundred more Akron Academy's than about some dude I don't know buying yet another chain or car or house.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

we gotta stop crutching age to explain away stupidity.

people have never had more information about anything in any other era of humanity. all we got is information. people choosing to make the same mistakes are ignorant.

age has nothing to do with it. I wouldn't do that shyt at any age. the idea of teens and young adults having a license to be juvenile is a modern thing.

our grandfathers were functional family men at those ages. or fighting world wars at even younger still...

Using age isn’t a crutch tho depending on the environment you come from. Who in the hood is pushing wise investments? That’s something that has to be instilled young or learned later on in life

Our grandfathers made weren’t necessarily functional family men back then either when you look beyond the surface. How many of them had whole separate families on the other side of town or drink away all the money?

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Using age isn’t a crutch tho depending on the environment you come from. Who in the hood is pushing wise investments? That’s something that has to be instilled young or learned later on in life

Our grandfathers made weren’t necessarily functional family men back then either when you look beyond the surface. How many of them had whole separate families on the other side of town or drink away all the money?

Whoa pushing it? Books are free, investment information is plenty.

Basically a lack of interest

Why do positive things have to be instilled but negative traits are readily picked up from the environment?

A lack of interest. If you are in an industry where almost everyone that came before you is an example and you still make the same mistakes. You are willfully ignorant.

 

[Standing on business]

Whoa pushing it? Books are free, investment information is plenty.

Basically a lack of interest

Why do positive things have to be instilled but negative traits are readily picked up from the environment?

A lack of interest. If you are in an industry where almost everyone that came before you is an example and you still make the same mistakes. You are willfully ignorant.

You’re severely downplaying these kids being products of their environment. They don’t care about books or learning because it was never instilled in them. Even the most successful Rapper/businessman said it on his first album.

“the streets school school us to spend your money foolish, bond with jewelers and watch for intruders”

 

[Gold]

They start posting humble shyt, ooooouuu

Young M.A. been preaching this shyt from the jump. You don't even know her or her struggle but yet you in here hating.

This is why its so hard for a young prodigy like M.A.

Ya'll get mad when rappers flashy
Ya'll get mad when rappers smart with money


Ya'll just BIG mad

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[BmoreGorilla]

Whoa pushing it? Books are free, investment information is plenty.

Basically a lack of interest

Why do positive things have to be instilled but negative traits are readily picked up from the environment?

A lack of interest. If you are in an industry where almost everyone that came before you is an example and you still make the same mistakes. You are willfully ignorant.

If you come from an environment where you see more negativity than positivity what do you think is gonna be picked up more? I get the info is out there but that info is irrelevant to people who might not even know what it is in the first place. I knew absolutely nothing about investing until I was well into my 20s and it wasn’t becuz I chose not to know. It was becuz I never saw it and didn’t know it’s importance. You can’t expect people who come from situations where people are living day to day and expect their mindset to change over night

 

[I Really Mean It]

Maybe she’s just maturing and tired of being in the presence of dusties. OP sounds like he’s projecting.

 

[Legal]

That’s what a lot of people don’t understand. You can’t come from a place where theyre broke and everybody else around them is broke and expect them to make sound financial decisions. Especially when they’re young. Young folks think that money train gonna last forever anyway. So I can understand why they wild out. Not saying it’s right. But whose telling them not to?

On one hand, I understand where you're coming from with financial literacy being nearly non-existent within our community.

However, with rappers there are COUNTLESS cautionary tales of rappers sinking themselves into bankruptcy, and then publicly telling people to not be like them. So, while they might not have a friend, family member, or mentor in their life to teach them about what to do, they've got plenty of people that walked the same path as them willingly offering knowledge on what not to do, at least.

We just need people to stop immediately dismissing all input that isn't completely positive as hate. The majority of the time you see someone offer financial guidance, they immediately get shot down as a hater.

 

[Arithmetic]

That’s what a lot of people don’t understand. You can’t come from a place where theyre broke and everybody else around them is broke and expect them to make sound financial decisions. Especially when they’re young. Young folks think that money train gonna last forever anyway. So I can understand why they wild out. Not saying it’s right. But whose telling them not to?

 

[Knowledge]

That's because they're modern day jesters. All the chains n shyt is just part of their outlandish clown outfit in order to out do the next clown

 

[King Poetic]

I truly understand young blacks 16 to 21 not understanding the music business and when some white executive or slick brother and sister throw $50,000 at them(a Loan by the way), a car , a house all by the way in the labels name u going to run to it,,, so u can bragged about it and tell other nikkas that they broke

Not too many of these artist have smart individuals in they circle and when they hit their 30s and 40s they end up like Mary J Blige and Toni Braxton and the thousands of rappers

 

[BmoreGorilla]

On one hand, I understand where you're coming from with financial literacy being nearly non-existent within our community.

However, with rappers there are COUNTLESS cautionary tales of rappers sinking themselves into bankruptcy, and then publicly telling people to not be like them. So, while they might not have a friend, family member, or mentor in their life to teach them about what to do, they've got plenty of people that walked the same path as them willingly offering knowledge on what not to do, at least.

We just need people to stop immediately dismissing all input that isn't completely positive as hate. The majority of the time you see someone offer financial guidance, they immediately get shot down as a hater.

Tbh thats where the youth thing comes in. When we were younger we all had the mindset of “that won’t be me”. With wisdom comes foresight. By no means am I making excuses for them but I get the mentality

 

[CoryMack]

we gotta stop crutching age to explain away stupidity.

people have never had more information about anything in any other era of humanity. all we got is information. people choosing to make the same mistakes are ignorant.

age has nothing to do with it. I wouldn't do that shyt at any age. the idea of teens and young adults having a license to be juvenile is a modern thing.

our grandfathers were functional family men at those ages. or fighting world wars at even younger still...

it was a different time then man. didn't have social media, no internet, no reason to be in the house in front of a computer or glued to a phone every waking minute. hell, no cable tv. it wasn't 24/7 consumerism. that's all these young kids know.

it's funny, i was reading the thread about why young people don't fix their cars up anymore and people were saying it's because they're broke. i'm thinking it's because instead of chrome rims and systems, young people are buying gucci belts and $500 jeans and shyt like that.

you hope you wouldn't fukk that kinda money off at a young age, but you can't really say what you would've done.

 

[Originalman]

OP I thought it was when they appear on a reality show.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Nip was a different breed. And it’s a shame that right when he was getting ready to blow and possibly have his message spread to a wider audience that his life was taken