The pop part wasn’t my point it was to you mentioning a pop renaissance

feels like there are more important things going on rn ms roan

Luka might be fine and Nico really might be a f***ing idiot

Prince had the unluckiness of a time where social media wasnt around tho tbh.

Call it optimism (and as an artist, s*** I gotta be or else i’m just spiraling) but maybe the fact word gets around quicker nowadays may lead to not change from the label perspective but change to how artists (especially those upcoming) approach said labels.

Yea i dont think social media reflects the general population which is why i asked, i think most ppl recognize what shes trying to say/do is right

As an artist my opinion on labels is just avoid them. The idea of getting signed is so long and gone, like obv if u have leverage it can be a good dynamic but then youre already independent so

Ah gotcha.

Someone has to say it and if insert black or white guy that used to be that vanguard figure is too p**** to say it ( coughyebeforethepornturnedhisbraintogushcough ) than it gotta be from somebody.

Anything chappell do is gonna get vitrol no matter what, she cant control that.

Gonna be real with you.

This girl comes off ignorant whenever I see people talking about her.

She wants insurance? Then that's what your government is for and one of the main deterrents in America to getting subsidized healthcare is the fact that if you have an insurance plan as an employment benefit, you're less likely to vote in favor of socialized healthcare systems.

Not to mention, she isn't an actual employee of the label. If she was, she would probably have an actual health insurance package.

Now sticking to the employee bit. She's a contracted employee. When she says livable wage? Is she expecting a salary? As a salaried employee you have an obligation to your employer to work on a scheduled basis.

If you want these things, either unionize, become a full fledged employee of a label, or fight for universal healthcare (For everyone, not just the employed).

Oh labels are a wrap imo f*** em.

But vince staples said it best: how do you tell someone wait and be patient when xxxtentacion just got shot?

The part I loved (and why they def not bringing her back) about her speech is mentioning she was signed as a minor.

Not even on no #wopwop s*** but it is not mentioned enough just how predatory it is for labels to exploit literal children in dangerous environments to put them in compromising deals all for an advance that at that moment might be a life saver to them.

only way i’d ever sign to a major is for mass scale distribution for physicals pretty sure EMPIRE works like that

Not to mention, she isn't an actual employee of the label.

But she makes the label money directly and indirectly so this point is null and void. Signed artists literally the reason labels exist lol.

Otherwise, i think she would agree with your last paragraph too. The fact universal healthcare aint a thing is one of this country’s biggest tragedies lol.

I'm down for Chamillionaire holding seminars for rappers on how to get theirs

The sentiment that a musical artist needs to generalize her statement about occupations needing health insurance…at a music event…in front of musicians

Is lost on me ngl ?_?

Also this girl is like 26 years old?

After the ACA was implemented she should have been on her parents healthcare plan for most of her career.

Her dad owns a family practice and her mom is a veterinarian?

Idk man, these out of touch white people pipe up at award shows and we just go with it.

Feels like celebrity idolatry.

Predatory contracts and manipulative adults are the reason why Jeanette McCurdy from iCarly straight up said fuuuuck this s*** and told all

Oh man listened to a podcast about this book s*** had me tearing up on god.

Yea nah i see it, definitely a complicated subject, especially with how s*** changed over the course of her life, like she dont even rly need a label if she came up in this era probably

she probably just got cut off from her insurance

I can’t with this particular brand of camp aesthetic

Right message, questionable messenger

Label prolly still is what the difference between coachella artist and grammy award winning artist.

Like a truly independent artist aint getting no grams, where tf brent at smh

The industry being in collapse makes these demands less likely but man its gonna be a rude awakening when artists realize how rigged this s*** is and the only way to win is not play the game.

the one person the establishment truly fears