Hot take: you don’t need a record deal, a manager, or a Spotify algorithm to make real money from music. You just need someone’s living room and the right strategy.
Rap music is dead.
Scroll through the Top 100 and it’s nearly impossible to find a rap song. A massive stadium rap concert next month has only sold 160 tickets. That’s not a typo. Ludacris, T.I., Rick Ross, and BigXthePlug booked a Louisville stadium, and it looks abandoned. 20,000 tickets left unsold.
Ever since USAID got defunded, rap’s popularity has completely vanished. It used to be most of the Hot 100 — Now it’s nonexistent.
Meanwhile, country music is dominating the and selling out arenas across the country. Did the CIA really run the rap game?
.@ChappellRoan took over the stage with “HOT TO GO!” at the inaugural @daisychainfield, built around bringing women together through music and supporting initiatives that uplift girls and young women.