I get to build personal connections with everybody and let them know, ‘yo I appreciate you like you appreciate me,’ that means a lot to me!” I want to talk about lifestyle, discipline, business, and mental health awareness, and this allows me to dive into all of those things. I’m so colorful in my own mind because I like to talk about all different kinds of things. He wants to have that impact on everyone, hence the start of his Patreon. Unfortunately, the two rappers didn’t get to work together as planned, but it doesn’t diminish Raekwon’s impact on two young men from Atlanta. I thought it was dope to be respected in the eyes of the younger cats in the game.” It was a dope way of keeping my legacy going. And I knew they were doing an album, and he told me about the cover and what they planned to call the album. Take off reached out to me and we talked about connecting. “I’m a Migos fan, first and foremost, ever since they came out. He expressed his condolences for the loss of TakeOff and his feelings about the unexpected homage. While we were still on the topic of influence, he spoke about the honor of seeing his classic album cover replicated by TakeOff and Quavo with their first project as a duo, Only Built For Infinity Links. We didn’t even know what that was! There is an advantage of creating that office right at your fingertips.” A Migos fan Artists now have these people around them with this knowledge to create their own infrastructures. You could say you need beats, and boom, 100 beats in your face within minutes. “Get to know your fans, the people around you, your community. Take it to the next level by letting people see all sides of you.” “Today, if you want to be an artist, your biggest weapon is content. “You know, I don’t expect everybody to know everything or even work hard because they know easy ways of doing it now.” He laughed as he said, “I can’t even go buy a CD any more!”īut he emphasized the importance of the growth and development of today’s artists and that element was missing because of their possible lack of “grind.” Everything is so accessible, and that’s the actual advantage! It’s all about streaming! You can get streamed from anywhere, all over the world!” Artists today don’t work as hard as we were at the time trying to make albums and get them out. ![]() “It’s all about how you use these things. Is it vital for you to stay in that one spot and do it that way or continue to be a genius and be bigger? Some people want to stay in that one spot.” What’s the recipe? ![]() We discussed how you stay winning in this. “I remember talking to a couple of rappers and we were talking about what works for you. Or make it be whatever you truly feel will be influential down the line.” ![]() You know, it’s one thing to have a great idea and say, ‘yo, I could pull it off.’ But it’s another thing to make it iconic. I think it does hinder the fact that people do not take the time to create enough. While Raekwon celebrates social media’s enhancements to the music industry, he’s not afraid to call out the downside. Singles break on TikTok before the radio, and YouTube influencers go platinum before an artist that’s three albums in. The modern music industry makes no apologies for its affinity to social media influence. You get to hear everything, watch everything, and learn everything.” The power of social media It’s like being a kid in the biggest school again. But the knowledge and experiences are different now. We would have been on it just like everybody else because of the knowledge. We had to build it in a way where we had to get discovered! Now and then are two different worlds. The Longevity of Hip-Hop: Raekwon talks authenticity, impact and new Patreon Close Search for:
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