Well, they started out workers too so, everybody doesn't start at the top/as a boss. Once you learn the game by being on, then you can become the boss but, everybody start from the bottom unless a rich person just puts you in position, you still working for someone so, never down the working person.
The "class clashes" this new generation of hip hop money is bringing up are super important for us to discuss as a community. Hip hop is no longer aspirational. We're living it. And there are rules that come with increase. On one hand, the convo sounds "elitist"/capitalist. But this is organization building 101. You can't benefit anybody if you can't govern, lead, and direct yourself. Some are not going to get that. And choosing not to deal with that does not make you inhuman. What's inhuman is buying into the same bogus politics that have kept us slaves to our underserved environments and not reimagining and then reproducing a new way of life once you better understand and get the chance. It's not just about money. It's about quality of life. It's going from job-ing to value building. It's not about the hustle, the everyday grind. It's about fully embracing the role you've positioned yourself to play, owning it and making life better for yourself and others, like you and others alike. And this also too can be accomplished through this thing they once labeled a passing fad called hip hop. Salute to the OGs. They're talking real economics, real issues. Let's listen, learn, and work together more effectively to prepare for the future, to move the culture forward. Much respect, B High!
He was right when he did those features with Mary J Blige and Jodeci and those songs was fire and Mary J Blige and Jodeci went on to drop their own albums
