The creator approaches and interviews rapper BloodHoundQ50, asking a series of questions about his financial success, including when and how he made his first million. The conversation covers the business side of the music industry, comparing income from bookings versus features, and delves into the rapper's personal motivations, background, and advice for his younger self and other aspiring creators.
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What's up, man? Are you Bloodhound Q50? Yeah. Yeah. What's up, man? Could we do a quick interview? Yeah. Yeah. Tell them, man. How old were you when you made your first million? 21. How old are you today? 21. So you made your first million recently? Yeah. How'd you make that first million? Robin. And what specifically in rank made you your first million dollars? Stepping on What does that mean? I don't even wanna tell you, but now There's a lot of rappers in the game, and I'm kinda curious as an interviewer. What makes more money, features or bookings? Bookings. I don't make money out of bookings and features. How much did you get paid in one night? $810,000. What about a feature? If there's an artist watching, they wanna get you on a song. I don't know. I'm trying to feel like same 508,000. Do you think that's tier price system keep going up? Doing me here. No. I keep at the same price. Really? Much. No matter how big you get. So you keep going, keep this rolling. You know what I'm saying? If I'm beat and I'm still doing shows 10,000, I'm gonna be getting booked 10 shows in a night, 10 shows in a week. That's not that right there. And you've already made your first million. Did you grow up rich? You can say that. What motivates you to succeed, though? Growing up having shit. They wanna keep... They want me to keep... I wanna keep having shit. Who do you think is the most famous artist you've been in the studio with? ESEG. What you learned in the studio with someone like ESEG? I learned everything in the studio, outside the studio. It's just... You know what I'm saying? He teach me a lot about life, teach me a lot about how to deal with this rap shit, how to deal with people, shit like that. And I'm 18 years old. You you got a couple years on me in the game. You know, I'm on social media. You're a rapper. We're in different industries. But, you know, if I wanna grow on social media, what's some good advice you can give to me? Be yourself. Even gonna them up when they see you yourself. If young q 50 is watching this video at home, you have one piece of advice you wanna give to him? What would you tell him right now? I watched these. Oh, not a matter of fact. I'm gonna say... I don't know what I'm saying. So you wouldn't say nothing different? Yeah. No. I'd like to keep keep being you. It's doing good. Let's stop... I I just got to stop stressing shit like that. That's true. You think everything happens for a reason? Yeah. Yeah. It's amazing, man. Where can they find you on social media, man? Bloody brother, Keith. Thank you so much, man. I appreciate your song. Thanks for that.