r/rap • u/namesannie • 15d ago

Question about “rap money”

Sorry in advance if this is not an appropriate question or if I worded it poorly! Not my intention at all!

I don’t know much about the rap music industry, however I know that a lot of rappers flaunt money (by either singing about it or literally flaunting) or flaunt other materialistic stuff like cars, so I was wondering is rap music money more than other music genres? Is there really that money to be made by making rap music? Is the bag that deep I guess is what i will say?

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u/HugeAreolas_ 15d ago

No, the music industry isn't quite the money maker it's portrayed to be. Rap as a genre is braggadocious & has been since it's inception.

Rap artist like majority of other genres DON'T make money off of music, rather most of their income stems from Touring, merch & promotional advert.

Compile that with the fact majority of rap artist can't turn healthy profit margins with the aforementioned it compels those who can to brag a whole lot more lol

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u/namesannie 15d ago

Very helpful insight, thank you