Someone answer these questions for me please? (A thread for wondering....)

[LUClEN]

How do up and coming rappers market and promote themselves? Back in the 80s and 90s you'd make a 12" record and if it made a buzz you'd make a video and send it to BET or MTV. But back then there were less people trying to get in the game. Nowadays it seems like everybody and their mother makes beats and rhymes. The availability of music production software and video production software means anybody can make a song and a video in 48 hours.

So how did people like ASAP Rocky, Joey Badass, Schoolboy Q, Young M.A., etc. separate themselves from everybody else thats trying to make it?

Following. Labels want to see that you have an audience. Anyone can make music, but not everyone builds a dedicated fan base.

 

[Trollio]

Whats the deal wit J Prince? how come people act like this nigga is not to be fucked with?

50 niggas in houston will beat yo ass on sight for J.

The feds tried to get this nigga, nigga slid out that shit like a boss.

He basically on a island when it comes to the rap game, alone they let him do whatever he want. But soon as he get outside help, alphabet boys show up in numbers to sabotage everything.

Its like if the rock and stone cold was 1 person, talk that talk and walk that walk