blackascoal
The Force is With Me
First, I don't particularly care for rap music. In fact, I hesitate to call it music at all. The lyrics are usually dumb and it ended the great lyrics, great music era of R&B.
That being said, it's the most copied and listened to music on the planet today and there is virtually nowhere you can go where it isn't being played and copied. Ironically, the biggest buyers of rap music are white .. about 90%of sales are to white buyers.
It has made multi-millionaires of many African-Americans who created something out of nothing .. many of whom started out by selling CD's out of the trunks of their cars. They learned the lessons of the R&B period and kept their music to themselves and did not give away their rights to lawyers and distribution companies. Some now have major stakes in professional sports teams which once seemed about as distant a reality as having a black president.
Jay Z and Beyonce made more money last year than any couple in Hollywood, raking in more than 180 million. Will Smith, who also has his roots in rap, along with his wife Jada, made more than 90 million dollars which put them second on the list of Hollywood's richest couple .. far outpacing the power duo of Angela Jolie and Brad Pitt.
Just a thought on how far things have come.
That being said, it's the most copied and listened to music on the planet today and there is virtually nowhere you can go where it isn't being played and copied. Ironically, the biggest buyers of rap music are white .. about 90%of sales are to white buyers.
It has made multi-millionaires of many African-Americans who created something out of nothing .. many of whom started out by selling CD's out of the trunks of their cars. They learned the lessons of the R&B period and kept their music to themselves and did not give away their rights to lawyers and distribution companies. Some now have major stakes in professional sports teams which once seemed about as distant a reality as having a black president.
Jay Z and Beyonce made more money last year than any couple in Hollywood, raking in more than 180 million. Will Smith, who also has his roots in rap, along with his wife Jada, made more than 90 million dollars which put them second on the list of Hollywood's richest couple .. far outpacing the power duo of Angela Jolie and Brad Pitt.
Just a thought on how far things have come.
