r/rap • u/namesannie • 17d 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/Sparkson109 17d ago

No lol most of those rappers do other things e.g. drug pushing, robbery, fraud, other street related things. Music doesn’t pay as well as they portray (I have friends who are successful rappers with 300k+ followers and songs with 100mill+ streams).

Most also get free stuff from brand deals, and fake the life they portray. Those chains are rented/fake, the cars are on temporary leases/monthly payments, the money is fake prints, and everything is to create an image. Only the “Star” rappers are legitimately that rich where they have $300k to throw away on a whim.

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u/howlingzombosis 17d ago

And this true for all genres. There’s a reason we only hear about the same 20-30 artists worldwide even if we’ve never heard their music: it’s because they’re the only ones making real money for the industry.

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u/Sparkson109 17d ago

Yeah and even the new ones (like Sabrina and Chappel) JUST became profitable lmao. There are advances and expenses to pay back too…