Big K.R.I.T. believes it’s time for a Hip Hop union. The Mississippi rapper sat down with Ebro Darden on Apple Music 1 to speak on his latest album, Digital Roses Don’t Die, and said he believes artists don’t have the collaborative support system needed to succeed.
“We were talking about a union before we got on this show,” K.R.I.T. told Ebro. “And I was like, ‘Musicians have a union, most people have a union, why artists don’t have a union? I see mad artists they go through the process. They either have a hit record or they don’t. They get signed, they get dropped.”
He added, “They break down, they get on drugs, they go to the streets. But there’s no collective to call and be like, ‘Hey, man. I need to go to rehab. Hey, man. I need help with these bills. I acquired too much. What’s a good lawyer I can go to? What is the deal I signed?’”
K.R.I.T. went on to say a union could be a valuable way for newcomers to gain knowledge from veterans, so they don’t fall prey to similar mistakes.
“I think we’re at a point now with all this information we have, and you got artists that I know made millions of dollars off of their deals, which I didn’t, but even they don’t want to be where they’re signed to so who do you talk to?” The rapper said. “How many people do you put together? How much money do you pay a month to unlock that information with OGs and we all can connect?”
K.R.I.T. also spoke on Digital Roses Don’t Die, his first project in three years which featured only one appearance from Rolynné.
Despite having just dropped an album, the “Country Sh*t” lyricist has already been hard at work on a new collab project with Wiz Khalifa, Smoke DZA and Girl Talk titled Full Court Press. The trio recently dropped their new single “How The Story Goes” earlier in March. Full Court Press is set to drop on April 8 and K.R.I.T. will then hit the road shortly after starting April 21 for his Digital Roses Tour, which wraps up June 10.
Check out Big K.R.I.T.’s full interview with Apple Music 1 below.
Bruh, groups like slaughterhouse and Griselda can’t even stay together without letting ego get in the way lol. It’s a smart move but labels know how to turn rappers against each other by keeping them divided. Beef also puts millions in the labels pockets. Labels would just sign some puppets and turn them into hit machines anyway should rappers somehow be able to come together. You see it with these puppets like Cardi b etc. she’ll do anything for a buck
every 10 racks you get spend 1 on life insurance 1 on health insurance and put 1 up and youll be fine without the need of any unions if jo blo at the warehouse can sock away 30 bucks a pay check to not need to ebeg on gofundme for a headstone so can weirdo with the 50K chain around his neck triccen off 3k a night on hookrs n blo
Great idea but would never happen, until we have unity in our own community this will never become anything
Smart guy
First thing rappers should do with their advance is talk to a financial advisor. You’re lent tons of money up front, don’t go spending it on pointless shit. Invest, buy property or anything that will appreciate in value. You’re not a slave to your label, you signed a shitty contract because your ego made you believe you’re too hot to fail (not K.R.I.T, but rappers in general). Or just don’t sign to a label, tons of independent artists making great livings and never have to pay to be on those Spotify playlists because they built up their sound and core fanbase. You can easily do that with YouTube & Soundcloud. Be consistent, don’t drop one album then sit back thinking the game will accommodate you for your laziness. Once you make it, you have to be consistent. That’s how dudes like Eminem, Cole, Kendrick sell tons of albums whenever they decide to drop. They worked their ass off, carved a lane for themselves and made a demand for their music. Unless if you sound 100% unlike anyone else (Ski Mask) chances are you’re gonna need to put out a LOT of music before you can truly bask in your success. Also, drug addiction is nobodies fault except the person taking them, so I got no sympathy for that.
Bruh they already have a union, get more involved in it so you can switch the naritive to our advantage
Last time J. Prince, Irv Gotti and Dame Dash had plans for a rappers’ union it ended up badly for all of them.
protools on a laptop in a hotel room.