What’s poppin yall; Young Dolph has been independent for such a long time now and been
offered label deals with one of the most notable being Yo Gotti trying to sign him to CMG.
Of course there’s the rumor or statement by Dolph saying he turned down a 22 MILLION
dollar deal that he had been considering for months; would you ever turn down a 22 million
dollar deal?
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Let’s get this outta the way before anything else; I refuse to believe Young Dolph got
offered a 22 million dollar deal.
I don’t care if he said he did; rappers are constantly lying, 6ix9ine had said he
was getting a 15 million dollar deal and yall believed it.
The same thing with Logic and the 30 million dollar deal; it got put out that it was closer
to 10 million than 30.
And just look at the difference in popularity between Logic and Young Dolph; nobody in their
right mind would pay double for Dolph when he brings in way less money to a label.
With that being said though; the only way I could see a deal of even 8-10 million being
structured for Dolph is a full 360 deal where a label gets a cut from everything and also
throwing in the touring management with livenation or whoever as part of that.
XXXtentacion had signed a 6 million dollar deal and he was way hotter than Dolph ever
was.
I found out about Young Dolph in 2015 off some instagram skit where he was baby sitting
some 12 year old for being bad in school and then saw the music video or mini movie/skit
for his song pulled up which I liked and I started to listen to him more.
His best piece of work; if you’ve never listened to him is the High Class Street Music
5 mixtape.
THIS is better than any album he has released since, you get the full package here with
songs like; Big Deal, Make The World Go Round with Shy Glizzy, and Forever the greatest
song that I’ve ever heard from him.
I have a lot of respect for Young Dolph; his first mixtape was in 2008.
He didn’t really get poppin nationwide until 2014-2015.
That’s 7 to 8 years of constantly grinding, working on music, and putting out project
after project after project.
This makes it way harder when you’re an independent artist and just the fact that
he’s been able to resist the temptation of a deal when he was making way less money
and less known is impressive.
He does have a distribution deal or partnership with EMPIRE, he signed it earlier this year
and it’s the biggest distributor and the one that most independent artists decide to
go with.
He said it’s a multi-million dollar deal and he gets to keep his masters; that’s
a big win there and it shows how business minded and long term thinking Dolph is.
A lot of people love it when a rapper is independent and I like to see them making more money;
I’ve also made videos being critical of what labels do but that doesn’t mean I think
they’re some group of people that provide 0 value to a rapper or artist.
For Young Dolph’s case for example; if he had been signed to a major label when the
beef with Blac Youngsta was going on in 2017, I’m pretty sure a label would have been
able to blow that up to the point where everyone that wasn’t familiar with Blac Youngsta
or Dolph would hear about them.
Not only did the vehicle he was in get shot dozens of times but later on he would actually
get shot in Los Angeles multiple times and rushed to the hospital.
Of course he survived since he’s still out here healthy and releasing music but these
situations didn’t go as big as they could have because he’s independent.
Remember when 50 Cent got shot?
They marketed him as bulletproof and if you grew up during that time you know they made
50 look like he was a superhuman mutant; something like a Superman.
Now imagine what a label could have done for Dolph; his vehicle was shot several dozen
times and he didn’t receive any injuries from it and the second time where he actually
got shot he’s out and living right now.
When you remind people of this most of them say oh yeah I remember that happening but
it isn’t in the forefront of their mind when they hear the name Young Dolph.
Sure Dolph made a whole album named after the incident and it did get a little promo
but it didn’t reach anyone who didn’t already know who he was and that’s the whole
point of growing as a rapper or artist, you constantly wanna expand and be heard by people
who have no idea who you are.
I think Dolph has reached that point in his career where he’s stagnating; he’s no
bigger this year than he was last year but at the same time he does a lot of shows and
has a REALLY strong and dedicated fan base, so while his growth in popularity may either
be stagnant or perhaps rising at a very slow rate he is still getting to keep all of the
profits for himself and provide for his team.
Young Dolph is independent because he just has that boss mentality that not many people
have.
From back when he was hustling; I don’t think he could ever stand to have someone
tell him what to change in his album or how he should act or present himself.
He’s too prideful for all that and he’s not in the chase for quick fame but for longevity;
all of this that’s going good for him right now is 10 YEARS in the making and if he’s
been able to do it on his own this far there’s no reason he can’t continue to do so.
While I think his music isn’t great except for high class street music 5 it’s not just
his music that his fans love but how relatable he is to them and his home city of Memphis.
He’s become rich but being unsigned he’s still close to them and not a sellout or going
hollywood; it lets them know they don’t need to follow the same path every rapper
does.
But lemme know what yall think in the comments; is that 22 million dollar offer real or what
and why do YOU think dolph is still independent.
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