well, we do live in a society where the majority of successful rappers we grew up on are now doing verses for $2-300.00, and their fans are doing better than them financially..
Back when, instead of going and investing in their own education, real estate or other venture, they found it better to buy drugs, chains, cars, clothes and make stores like lids rich..
Hell niggas these days get online asking for money to record there own albums...