Music Icon – Nipsey Hussle
If you’re a fan of underground rap music, then you are definitely familiar with Nipsey Hussle. However, these days, he definitely seems to have a bit of mainstream shine.
Recently, he released his debut album Victory Lap through a joint venture agreement with Atlantic Records.
The album is fire and he stays making big moves. Today, we’ll be discussing what I deem to be his top 3 keys to success.
Music Icon – Hustle, Hustle, and Hustle Some More
One major key to success that I’ve learned from Nip is to hustle, hustle, and hustle some more. Now, this doesn’t mean that you have to go 72 hours without sleep to make things happen.
However, you do need to be consistently taking action and making moves to progress your career.
Nipsey is always brainstorming ways to progress his brand and making moves to further his vision.
It’s by having that ambitious mindset that doors begin to open for you in your career and then you can be able to progress further towards where you want to be.
Being a true hustler is about finding ways to get stuff done… Point. Blank.
Music Icon – Become a Jack of All Trades
Another key lesson is to become a Jack of All Trades. When starting out, it’s great if you know how to perform every job as it pertains to your career or industry.
For a time, you may have to do all of these jobs yourself, which may be time-consuming, but eventually, you will be able to delegate these tasks to other people.
This also gives you leverage when negotiating and determining the quality of your work because you can always do these things yourself.
By knowing how to do everything and understanding how it works, you set yourself up to be able to create extremely high-quality products.
Additionally, when it comes time to work with a third party, you will be able to evaluate how honest they are being with you in all aspects of the task.
Music Icon – Build Positive Relationships
Building positive relationships has become key in almost everything that we do nowadays. From work to friends, having a positive relationship with the people we interact with is key in having a prosperous and fruitful life.
Nipsey Hussle fully understands this concept and applies it to all aspects of his life.
From the artist aspect, Nipsey built relationships with producers, promoters, DJs, other artists and more because he understands that they will all need each other at some point.
Additionally, he took the time to build meaningful relationships with his fans and supporters.
His interactions ranged from replying to messages online, to meet and greets, to even employing some of his supporters at his clothing store.
As a superb communicator, Nipsey Hussle understands the value of community and human interactions. He also understands that his product is not just the music, but the experience he gives his fans and the emotions that are conveyed to them.
AUDIO BONUS
Below is a podcast that I did for a class assignment about Nipsey Hussle in my Bachelor’s of Music Business program.
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