Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop!

So, this article is kinda long but I think its worth the read.

"When I die, bury me inside the Louie Store." Funny, If 2chainz were a woman, and a model, I'm sure that Louie wouldn't dare put him in a fashion show (can we guess why? Starts with a B ends with a K). So the bigger question is, why give these companies so much shine when they probably wouldn't even spit on him if he were on fire?

Well, there is a reason. We are in the age of advertising. No avenue is off limits when it comes to pushing a product. In some cases, these companies pay record labels (good money by the way too) to have their artist mention their products in their songs. Now lets take a minute to reflect...These artist (take ratchet rappers for an example, you know those rappers who are only out for about 2 years, only rap about materialistic things and then they disappear) are placed under contract and forced to perform about things that are within the confines of that contract (money, cars, clothes, hoes, etc.). If the artist is not successful in sales, the label drops them. The artist is left in debt while the label laughs all the way to bank, cashing in about 4 million on average from the ratchet rapper/singer.

One word can sum up this process: Exploitation. This is not to state that all record labels are corrupt and only want to make money off the poor souls then drop them back in debt where they came from, not at all. But the vast majority (About 6 major record labels run it. Period. Look it up!) have followed this trend. Along with this article, a good read on the subject is "Its Bigger Than Hip-Hop" by M.K. Asante Jr.
http://politicalpalace.yuku.com/topic/2217#.UKA7U4WfuP9

http://www.amazon.com/Its-Bigger-Than-Hip-Hop/dp/0312593023