Okay, so Sunday 7th of July 2024 and there's a female, American female rap artist out there who's a little bit more of a social media influencer now that she is a rap artist to be fair. And she was basically commenting on a very big, very well known, a very well respected kind of
like current, like you know, hip hop artist and basically talking about how like you know on the outside, from the outside looking in, like you know he portrays this very macho, masculine, strong, you know, kind of like essence but then in reality kind of like you know
within behind closed doors, you know, this person is kind of like very emotional, very sensitive and I don't want to use the word feminine but it's kind of like you know I feel like the closest word that I can find that makes it appropriate for this reflection is weak. And it made me just kind of like reflect about how like you know as a hip-hop artist or even as a rap artist especially like um you know many feel compelled to just kind of like you know portray this kind of like very cool very kind of like assertive and
very certain of themselves like you know this kind of like certain of themselves type of persona if that makes any sense at all. And you know you think to yourself well a person who's you know when you kind of like break it down a person who's you know kind of like a reputable a person who's respected wouldn't necessarily need to go out and do like you know the quirky, nerdy and borderline needy things that an artist would need to do in order to get their name out there.
And I find this paradox kind of like interesting so like you know if we if we take 50 Cent for example 50 Cent doesn't need to knock door to door to put his music out because he already has that reputation but of course if you are an artist and you don't have that reputation but then at the same time you have to uphold this idea that you are macho that you are you know that you are reputable or whatever it is and you don't have that reputation you know the
whole idea of knocking door to door, leaving positive messages on people's posts or effectively putting your name out there and going up to people with a smile. That idea of doing that is conflicting within the artist that feels the need to uphold his persona. And this is This is the reason why listening to this American rapper's perspective, the reason why it led me to think in this way, is because I'm currently in the process of trying to oversee
how I'm going to put my name across every single post and every single opportunity that I get to leave a positive message. And I'm wondering how, and I'm also not just wondering, I'm reflecting about how somebody, you know, other people will effectively be stuck at this point because they think or they believe that, you know, putting their name out there or kind of like leaving comments and such like that is nerdy, geeky or desperate, if
that makes sense. And it's interesting. Again, the point of the lesson, the whole point of this reflection is that, you know, you do need to put yourself out there there is a need to put yourself out there especially if you're in the beginning stages of your career you do need to kind of like to a certain degree kind of like overcome that barrier that mental barrier that kind of that stops you from effectively doing what's necessary to get your name out there to
get that reputation in the first place and I've kind of like lost that shame if that makes sense that feeling of like oh what are they gonna think of me what if I look desperate like literally the whole objective of everything that I'm doing is to put to make my name visible to make the phrase diary of a rap dragon fit visible on as many platforms as possible and honestly like I can't see anything other than a win-win scenario if I'm able to accomplish that because at the end of the day like isn't that the whole reason why I'm doing music for to get heard.
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