FRAUD- a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual; the related adjective is fraudulent
Is there really a such thing as a fraud in the music game? This is something i ponder, as i sit in this little coffee shop on the east side of Atlanta drinking my daily coffee with 4 sugars. No dissing intended, but 2day i will use Rick Ross as an example;
Rick Ross is a miami based correctional officer turned, gangster rapper. Whos main musical topics are Money & drugs. Some may call officer Ricky a fraud or fake, but lets really think about this, although I (G.A.G.E) often keep my lyrics 100% realistic to fit my lifestyle, thats not the case for all artists. But what we all fail to remember, music is just ART!!
An artists job is to paint a picture for you, weither realistic or not. Is Sylvester Stalone a fraud for writing & starring in a movie called Rocky because he has never been a boxer? Is Billie Holiday a fraud for doing a song called "Strange Fruit" about african americans tied to nooses hanging from trees and it never really happened to her?? Is Van Gogh a fake or fraud for not actually seeing everything that he paints, with his own eyes? This is an art form, Rick Ross' job as an artist is to entertain, not to tell you who he really is!
The frauds that are in music are, the ones on interviews acting as gangsters, flashing guns & drugs. Because its not just music or art any more, you are actually talking to the public and giving them the perception that, that is who you really are.... And i have yet to see Ross on tv flashing guns or saying that he was a big miami dealer, so untill then, Ross you are ok in my book.... HELP SAVE THE ART.. - @gagemoney-
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