Like, take your average 'wack' rapper. Someone noticed the rapper had some talent, and likely the musician had to spend hours and weeks and months and years on developing a style and then get seen and spend months if not longer recording music. Hustle and drive were required to form professional relationships within the music industry. And enthusiasm and persistence had to be summoned to talk to media members and perform on tour.

And this is all to put out some two or three-star album that becomes a thing for a week and then is forgotten.

I say all of this to say that the margin between a great artist and a guy who 'ends up working for UPS' (c) Biggie is more slight than it seems.

<--- Me when my head hits the pillow