"Industry rule number 4080 - record company people are shady..." - Q-Tip in "Check the Rhime", A Tribe Called Quest

I can't imagine how any up & coming rapper in 2005 could still be susceptible to the financial and legal pitfalls that ultimately knocked down so many of our early rap & hip hop stars in the 80's. I mean, there's been so many news reports, hollywood insiders, exposes, true-life stories, books and interviews about how NOT to get caught up in the bling and then be left without enough money to pay your rent, that I figure I could protect myself if I became a rapper today - and I don't even know nuthin' 'bout the music biz! Jeez! Young rappers - it's called the Internet - use it.

by the way.....I may not know about the record business.......but I knoooow my music!:

"On and-and on and on on and on
Like hot butter on the pop the popcorn..."

fresh.....