EPISODE 238 "RESPECT THEIR GRIND"

Everyone has their calling. What we all choose to do with our lives is our own business unless it becomes a hazard to others. In todays society, we have gotten away for having respect for people's GRIND. Now there seems to be only certain trades or a certain amount of money has to be made for someone to respect your grind. Back in the day a skill was a skill...a barber had respect for what he does because thats what he does and everyone needs a haircut. Same for the butcher, postal carrier, cook..whatever. But now it seems that unless you make a certain amount of money, it is hard to gain the respect, be it from your family, the opposite sex, or even "friends". No career can be as shinning of an example of this as that of the aspiring hip hop artist. The degree of disrespect that you get when you are SERIOUSLY trying to make a career as a hip hop or even RnB artist is mind blowing. If you tell someone that you are an artist, 9 out of 10 times the next question is, "but what do you REALLY do?" I often feel like Rodney Dangerfield when it comes to being an artist NO RESPECT! I get more "respect" for being the Host of K100 Radio , which I've only been doing a year and some change, the being an artist/producer, something I have been doing over 15 years and went to college for. Its all because people pick and choose what they feel is a "real job" or a "good career" based on money made rather than the individual in front of them. But you WILL respect MY GRIND, or you can simply KISS MY ASS. Here are the questions:

1) WHY DON'T PEOPLE TAKE ARTIST (MUSIC, OR ANY OTHER FORM) SERIOUS UNLESS THEY ARE FAMOUS? 2) IS BEING AN ASPIRING ARTIST A "REAL JOB" 3) IMAGINE LIFE WITH NO MUSIC, NO PAINTINGS, NO MOVIES, NO THEATER, NO RADIO, NO VIDEOS...DOES THIS MAKE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT ARTIST?