Gettin Into D Rap Game:

1. Register your record label (people will take you more seriously),
and its commits you to your cause (u've invested money)

2. Be your number 1 fan i.e. 'feel' yourself, (like kanye), be confident,
Look at yourself in the mirror and drop them lyrics without breakin'
eye contact

3. Be original, people get bored eaisly so they want to hear sumthin
new, don't 'bite' anyone's style, rather, create yours!!

4. Get a very catchy instrumental (beat) and write your 1st single trak
should be a club banger/ party track/ controversial track (beef), with a
very simple/catchy chorus (hook).
After you have practiced your lyrics to near perfection book a studio
session and lace the track. Master the trak (for professional sound
quality) in the studio. Keep all financial records of the 1st single,
(studio session receipts etc.). Get a lawyer to copyright the track or
simply write down (type) the lyrics and e-mail it to yourself (free
copyright). Dont delete e-mail!!! Make as many copies as possible
then bury d master copy. 1st single ready!!

5. Publicity:
-Open a Myspace.com, hi5, facebook etc. profile, put a very attractive
and unique picture (album cover material, get one of your nice
pictures modified by a good graphic artist)

-Upload your 1st single to your profile and to youtube.com

-Attach the links to these pages to your e-mail and nairaland signatures

-Try to get a slot for a radio interview with a rap program presenter

-Try to get a slot for a tv interivew

-Print attractive stickers, fliers (hand bills) and posters (graphic artist)
promoting yourself and your single (announce your upcoming album)

-Make friends with dee-jays in popular clubs & bars and get them to play
your trak like twice or three times every club night (spreadin the word)

-Most important, make friends (and bribe) radio presenters to play your
trak ALL THE TIME!!!

6. Marketing Strategy:
-Make about 500 copies of your cd in jewel cases with the attractive cover
(graphic artist)

-Get a car with a good and loud sound system, place posters of your single
on it and park at strategic locations (basket ball courts, shoppin malls, parks
campus parking lots etc) and try to get people to listen to and buy your cd's

-Package the cds in a customized display box and convice major supermarkets
to display and sell them (commission basis and you can place their names on
the cds as 'sponsors'). don't forget to hand out fliers, place stickers on doors,
cars etc

7. Promotion:
Get slots to perform in shows, talent contests etc. (might have to do it free
initially, its publicity!!!)

8. Accounting:
500 cds x 150 = N 75,000
enough to recover initial and other expenses. Sell as many cds as possible.
OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT!!

9. Make a video for your single (More publicity)

10. Complete your album.

Result: You might get signed to a record label or you might be independent but still make some profit (and
fame) 'pushing' your albums by yourself.
The sky's the limit.