Fat Joe gave some advice to aspiring rappers during a video posted to social media over the weekend. He says that artists who aren’t signed to a record contract, nor are financially stable yet, should be getting a regular job to supplement their income.
“If your man said he raps and he don’t have a deal. There’s a problem with that,” he told his audience on Instagram Live. “It’s called plan A, get a job. Plan B, hope you make it. This has never changed. Some guys be like, ‘I gotta get a regular job?’ Bro, you gotta get a job! If you got kids and you got this girl that got an apartment and y’all sexin’ it up every day, you got to pay some bills.” From there, he quoted Nas’ hit song, “Life’s A Bitch.” He remarked, “And that dollar and a dream — ‘That buck that bought the bottle could’ve struck the lotto.’ Nah!”
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Fans weren’t entirely happy with the message Joe put forth. When the clip was posted to the Hip-Hop Wolf Instagram account, one commented, “It’s too many people out here telling people how to live their lives.” Another wrote: “I bet Joe would have hated for someone to tell him that and crush his dreams when he was coming up. Smh! Then he brings the women into it to make matters worse Smh!”
Fat Joe’s Advice To Aspiring Rappers
Despite the advice from Joe, the legendary rapper previously called the major label system a “Ponzi scheme.” “I don’t believe in these people,” he said during an interview with Wall Street Journal, earlier this month. He added that major labels “do funny math.”
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