Rap Artists and Their Own Earnings

By Farah Fan


With the money rap artists and other musical artists offer to get, it is usually a surprise to find out how many of them wind up declaring bankruptcy, losing their homes or most recently, needing contributions to make a doctor's visit. Have you ever thought about how much rap artists can certainly make? And how they actually make their earnings? First of all, you must know an individual's fame will usually precede their fortune. Quite simply, a person's recognition will be more than what is really in their banking account. Michael Jackson is the perfect example of this saying. He was identified all around the world and yet, you would not know it by looking in his pockets.

Being a dope MC is one thing, but owning an equally dope team behind you is crucial; every rap artist worth his salt has important personnel they go to create out the best of them in the booth. Of course, just how much they earn depends on how much they are willing to pay for the location, the number of people they get to show up at their live concert and how much fraction they make off of the amount of tickets sold; for they do not make the entire amount. They also make a percentage from doing commercial advertisements and particularly from you, the customer purchasing their music as a CD or download. Unbeknownst to many, the artist doesn't collect all of the cash from customer's purchases, but just like concerts, only takes away a small percentage. Now, you might ask yourself why only a percentage? Because the parent companies own the performer; without them there would be no artist, so they take their money right off the top.

For those who want to travel back in musical history and see how a record label could create such an imprint on a genre, you can find books and online sites that aim to give you the information, reports, and presentation to better comprehend groups like Def Jam and their place in hip-hop history.

A copyright is proof of ownership of a song, both lyrics and music. If there is a sample in the music, you are automatically giving up part of the song, at the whim of the person who owns the rights to the original song (not necessarily the original artist). In order to "clear the sample," you send your version of the song to the owner of the original composition or whoever owns the publishing. Then you work out the price with those two owners. Some are set in stone and you get to either agree to their price or to remove the sample.

A proven way rap artists make their funds is by performing at live shows. Rappers, a lot of them will tell you all they do is for show; to get back the amount of money they may have carelessly spent. They are simply "working" just as everyone else does. They have a boss exactly like everyone else does, and in some cases, they are left without the bare essentials of life.




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