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Why You're Not Signed - Your Ego!
By: Deshair Foskey
Last updated July 6th , 2010

It is about time that you hear the truth of truths: You DO NOT know everything!

Hello Hip-Hop hopefuls. Please, pull up a chair and bear witness to the extraordinary information that you'll deem obsolete. I understand that in order to be a successful emcee, you feel that you must have an ego the size of Earth. However, there isn't much use in an oversized, under accomplished ego, if it is blinding your good judgment.

Egos must be fed, and often. So you prey on your supporters for feedings. Many of you use your dreams of making it big, to sucker in potential significant others. This person becomes your cheerleader, your rock and your doormat. Before they know it, you are telling people that your S/O is your manager or publicist. Little do they know that your ego is brewing up ways to have sex with every groupie in a 100 mile radius. You have already told yourself that your significant other will stick around through your transgression, and because you know everything, you are willing to hurt the one person that believed in you. Good job, numbskull!

It is this blinding ego that tells you that you know all, that your word is bond. People can't tell you anything, right? You think you're Kanye West, right? Yet, you wonder why you're not signed? You don't know what a Performance Rights Agency is, or what A&R stands for, but you know everything, right? No one has ever paid for your music or paid to watch you perform, but you know everything, right? Wrong!

You have an image to uphold, so you're spending your money on luxury items and overpriced liquors. You don't have a Tax ID number for your business and you haven't a clue of the importance of owning your publishing would be to your future. But you're nursing your NUVO in the VIP section of a club that won't let you into the actual VIP section with the very important people you wish you were. Your girlfriend is taking your calls. And you believe that a publicist book shows? Sad ...

This is a business, people. And many of you will end up on the short end of the stick because your ego is far too large to make any sense or cents. What is the point in having a record that could make you a star, and not have the right tools in place to benefit from it? Your overinflated ego is one of the many reasons why you aren't signed. It will also be the reason why many of the people that started to read this article, didn't make it past the second paragraph.

[Tags] Hip Hop, Rap

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