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  Want Those Racks on Racks? Better Get to Branding

  Posted by Andrew Lewis on 08/08/12 |
  Filed under Opinion, Your Favorite Rapper Is Poor

  A strong brand delivers its message clearly, confirms its credibility, connects its prospects emotional, motivates the buyer and solidifies the users loyalty; A good brand will understand that it needs to reside in the hearts and minds of its audience, period! See more...See more...

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  How NOT to Become Another Rapper in Trouble With the IRS

  Posted by Andrew Lewis on 07/16/12 |
  Filed under Features, Opinion, Your Favorite Rapper Is Poor

  When we hear about tax issues we usually think of high end celebrities and the wealthy, right? Over the past couple months a few names have became media headliners for tax evasion such as Lionel Richie, Lindsay Lohan, Lil Wayne, Bubba Sparxxx and Wesley Snipes. See more...See more...

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  G.O.O.D. Music, Consequence & Why Your Favorite Artist Can’t Release an Album

  Posted by Andrew Lewis on 06/23/12 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Features, Your Favorite Rapper Is Poor

  Earlier last week rapper Consequence was interviewed by the The Breakfast Club over at Power 105.1 ; he was asked about a number of topics that mainly surrounded Kanye and the G.O.O.D music family, but aside from discussing who wrote this and who wrote that, a nice debate about the inner workings of the music industry was illustrated. See more...See more...

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  Your Favorite Rapper is Poor: Want to Retire Rich? Copyright Your Music

  Posted by Andrew Lewis on 10/06/11 |
  Filed under Features, You Favorite Rapper is Poor

  Maybe because times are tough, money is short and hard to come by. Maybe $35 bucks is too much to spend on protecting your investment that has the possibility to make a 1000 times its earnings- or more. I continue to stress this issue because life is not nice guys- rarely is life ever seen as "fair" and it tends to never give a crap about you. So why would you cheat yourself? See more...See more...

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  Your Favorite Rapper is Poor: New Artists’ Most Common Questions Answered

  Posted by Andrew Lewis on 09/26/11 |
  Filed under Features, Your Favorite Rapper Is Poor

  Being an artist in today's market no matter what genre of music is not only difficult but very frustrating for emerging talent everywhere. Aspiring artists struggle with multiple platforms when fighting this uphill battle we call "breaking through" - while the issues vary from act to act a lot of the questions are the same, whether the issues deal with "finding a lane", developing a "sound" or what I like to call "chasing the now". See more...See more...

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  Your Favorite Rapper is Poor: How to Get Your Music Posted Online

  Posted by Andrew Lewis on 09/12/11 |
  Filed under Features, Your Favorite Rapper Is Poor

  For instance - I used to manage a few up & coming bands and artists back in 08' and while being roughly new and not knowing which came first the chicken or the egg, I knew that I would encounter resistance if I tried to push artists into some people's faces. So I sat down and thought "How can I interest people to listen, willingly?" See more...See more...

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  Your Favorite Rapper is Poor: The Internet Entrepreneur Edition

  Posted by Andrew Lewis on 08/30/11 |
  Filed under Features, Your Favorite Rapper Is Poor

  Never has the relationship between art and money been so complex- I mean, who would have ever thought of the day we would see artists who use to sell 3-5 million records first week now struggling to hit Gold? (500k) I can assure you some of the biggest business guru's were hit with a taste of reality when the Internets power would become somewhat of a overnight success. See more...See more...

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  Your Favorite Rapper is Poor: Get Rich the Wiz Khalifa Way - Touring!

  Posted by Andrew Lewis on 08/22/11 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Features, Your Favorite Rapper Is Poor

  The Road! Gigging! Shows! Concerts! whatever you want to call it, Wiz earned his position by branding himself, building a following, presenting a quality project to his fans, and capitalizing it off with face time- touring. Sadly enough you will find many of today's rappers & singers pursuing a career as a recording artist without ever having any on stage experience, let alone ever practice or rehearse for one. See more...See more...

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  Your Favorite Rapper is Poor: The Ins & Outs of 360 Deals & Artist Development

  Posted by Andrew Lewis on 08/11/11 |
  Filed under Features, Your Favorite Rapper Is Poor

  So why is it that we constantly hear artists complaining about their "deal structure" or having a bad relationship with their label? Or, how the label is not "pushing-marketing" them correctly? Sadly, there is no specific answer to each one of these questions; because instead of one- there could possibly be a handful of reasons on why you're getting the "sh*t end of the stick".See more...See more...

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  Your Favorite Rapper is Poor: How to Actually Eat Off Publishing & Songwriting

  Posted by Andrew Lewis on 08/03/11 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Features, Your Favorite Rapper Is Poor

  To many artists outside and within the music industry, the function of a music publisher is vague and confusing. The only knowledge many have of he term “publishing” is that you do not want to give it away. So before you hide your sheet music, lock your blackberry’s and save your production in a folder named “2010 taxes”, lets enhance your understanding of a music publishers role. See more...See more...