Everything doesn't have to be transactional... pay it forward

You know, I started, um, I started Rap Coalition 30 years ago in 1992, and I did it because artists are being taken advantage of. And when an artist doesn't have money, people don't want to help them. Like, like, Burt Padell said it to me best when I started Rap Coalition. He's like, Wendy, there's no money in altruism. And I was kind of disgusted by that. I don't know what altruism is. Altruism is when you do something for somebody with expecting nothing in return. Okay, got you. But that's the whole point— you're expecting nothing in return. So making it transactional makes it not altruism, it makes it a transaction, even if you're doing good, right? And there's nothing wrong with doing good and getting paid for it, but not everybody can pay for what they need. It's just not realistic.