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I N T H E M A R K E T F O R S U C C E S S

"I was wondering how my sound was
w h e n a s k e d h o w h e f e e l s a b o u t h i s r e c e n t
going to be accepted....NYC was so
c h a r t s u c c e s s , a s w e l l a s b e i n g t h e o n l y
receptive of me....I'm a student of the
l o c a l a r t i s t t o h a v e a c c o m p l i s h e d t h i s , h i s
craft, I know the craft so well....my
r e p l y w a s s o f t a n d m e a s u r e d b u t s p o k e
sound is engendered to be accepted...I
v o l u m e s o f t h e p r i d e h e h a r b o r s f o r h i s
p r o j e c t s r e c o g n i t i o n . "It was different for performed third, but by the time i was
me because I've always been the one done, they didn't even want to hear the
that's been overlooked...to be the one New York cats anymore...that's how i
that's now making an impact.....it's knew something was about to happen"!
fulfilling".

" I ' M T R Y I N G T O D O S O M E T H I N G I N A N A R E A W H E R E

R A P D O N ' T E X I S T " . - R E A C E Y U N G

A l a r g e p a r t o f B r a n d o n ' s c h a r t s u c c e s s w a s L i s t i n g T h e N o t o r i o u s B . I . G a s a s t y l e
a t t r i b u t e d t o a s o c i a l m e d i a a n d s e l f i n f l u e n c e o n h i s c a r e e r , h e r e f l e c t s o p e n l y
p r o m o t i o n c a m p a i g n t h a t h a d f a n s a n d a b o u t a t i m e t h a t s e e m e d l i k e l y t o h a v e
l i s t e n e r s p u r c h a s e d i g i t a l d o w n l o a d s a l m o s t d e r a i l e d a l l o f h i s r e c e n t s u c c e s s .
"In 2015 I was falling out of love with
d i r e c t l y f r o m y u n g s h o s t i n g p l a t f o r m s .
"That strategy came from Marco music...I don't know where i was
Patterson...it's a direct to consumer mentally...I pushed through and put

interaction where i went straight to together 250 copies of my CD and sold
everyone that follows me on social every last one of them, paying off bills
media....it's a hit or miss strategy, and i for the first time with my music...it was
have a lot of misses...it's 50/50...but if crazy...AND IT'S GOING TO GET EVEN
somebody don't want to support it...I CRAZIER NOW...This year.....it's
know somebody else will". INEVITABLE for me!".