Wendy DayCEO/Coach, PowerPlays Coaching, LLC · Helping rappers make money with their music. Building millionaires in the urban music industry since 1992.

Interesting that the 2 who many consider the GOAT's are also the most professional...

17 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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Jay-Z and Eminem's dominance comes from treating music like a business: showing up on time, managing their brand, and maintaining relentless work ethic. Talent alone doesn't cut it if you can't be reliable. The speaker rebuilt Lil Wayne's touring reputation after years of no-shows.

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And to me, I feel like there's nobody more professional than Jay, probably Eminem. Like him and Eminem, beyond being talented, their professionalism is a lot of why they're as big and as rich as they are. Because they could be talented and care about being creative, you know, and just care about whatever that is and not show up on time, fall into other things, you know, and really— not treat it like a business. Exactly. Build the bad name on touring and stuff like that. When I started with Wayne, we had to build all that back up. We had to build up the touring thing back up. We had to build this back, you know, things like that. And then, you know, it would still be things he just not even thinking of doing, you know what I'm saying? It's just not even on his radar. But, you know, with Jay and certain people who treat it as a business, they have a real— there's a professional maturity that I think comes with it.