re: We might have a rap beef on our hands

In the music industry concert sales are more important for the artist/band/musician(s)/speaking person actually to make money. Radio play and record sales make the record companies rich, not the artist. In rap/hip-hop the rappers biggest avenue of income would probably be clothing/fashion sales. That seems to be mostly what made money for P Diddy and Jay Z.

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So you're telling me that in hip-hop today concert sales are more important to notoriety and popularity than record sales/radio plays?

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take juicy j for example, he's all over the radio and being played in the bars. he played at the varsity a few months ago. meanwhile, you have phish with 100,000 at a concert.