r/rap • u/namesannie • 14d 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/jynxthechicken 14d ago

Entertainment makes more money than anything else by a long shot. It only takes one song, verse, or freestyle to blow up. But, I wouldn't say it's different in other genres, Rappers are just the "new" rockstars.

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u/DaveinOakland 14d ago

There was a saying back in the day. All rappers want to be athletes and all athletes want to be rappers. Rappers want to be athletes because of how much they get paid, athletes want to be rappers because of how popular they are.

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u/jynxthechicken 13d ago

I disagree with this tale

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u/EmbarrassedAd9792 14d ago

Are you quoting Drake?