Only if they were purposely misleading people into thinking they didn't.

If all do is flex in your music than yes

All I know is Lil Wayne would be working at McDonald’s if Tupac was alive

If you're an indie artist then idc but if you're a rapper who raps about a certain lifestyle then obviously I'm looking at you differently.

I think if you had a good run with fame and then fell off and had to get a normal job afterwards then ima think u managed your money poorly

Like some things should set you up for life

F*** no

No especially if they have kids

If you care about this in the current economy you're a literal child

no

under 0 circumstance matter of fact unless they r beefing a guy and flex on him

Ngl hadji, this is an absurd question and im not sure any normal person would think about their answer for more than half a second

Like what even made your brain decide that this was a question worth exploring?

even if ur making money keeping ur job is a good idea till ur making big bank

"People really be listening to this man's music like that? Yall know he's a valet at the Marriott right?

Not even trying to hate, but imagine playing his new single while you're driving up to the porte-cochère, and then you hop out and hand him your car keys. Disgusting 🫵😂

Couldn't be me."

Absolutely. Makes the music more authentic in a way

I'd prolly be dead if I was basic
Would you still give me head if I had day shifts?

As a proponent of normal nigga raps I actually respect the hustle and effort it takes to make ends meet and still try to pursue a dream.

No that's fine, it's the sober ones I can't stand

i would kill for a full book of stories from my favorite artists about their day jobs. i wish people were more open about this

surprisingly i know at least two non-famous rock musicians off the top of my head with their own restaurants

at the same time i kinda feel like itd kill a lot of drive in young people if they were more aware of all of their favorites working day jobs

that drive would die at some point anyhow but would be bad if itd happened too early

Makes me like them more

Yeah another example

Why can't you do that and then wake up for your UPS job in the morning

Great example of the contrary

The fact that artists like Roscoe Dash and Yung Joc have been clowned for having jobs and the fact that many major label artists are forced to work a day job in 2025 at least part-time to keep the lights on are two incongruous thoughts

on KTT I expected most answers to be like yours, but I'm not sure if it's indicative of a larger and less critically-thinking music fanbase on the internet

people in the thread did bring up a decent point though that if someone makes "flexing" music and works a day job it is a bit difficult to reconcile their image at surface level at the same time though music is an art form and doesn't necessarily HAVE to reflect their day to day life