The more money people get, the easier it becomes to make corrupt decisions. As any politicians and people of high authority face this problem, many artists as well are forced to come to choose between making music for passion or making music for lots of money and fame.

Many times I think people believe that any mainstream artists are complete cap and don’t consider them to be artists. You can take into account Beyoncé, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, Just Timberlake, and the list goes on. As opposed to artists, these people are seen as entertainers, which in reality they ultimately are. Most can’t sing, nor play an instrument, nor even write a lyric to their own song, however, they do tend to make millions off of their auto-tuned, “co-written,” pop hit wonder songs.

Then however, there are the less prominent, yet still well known and published under big producers that use the fame and big names to get their message across. In this category you can imagine Rage Against the Machine, Tupac, or the less popular bands and artists that play every year at warped tour. Of course they make a pretty decent living selling millions of albums and playing live concerts year after year, however, they promote strong messages directed at the audience, normally having something to do with government oppression, the subservient role created by capitalism, or real life struggles such as self-harm, depression, death, drugs, despair, and suicide. I’ve had many friends through tough situations who could really relate and used to cry because those songs said what they couldn’t.

Although it normally isn’t a good idea to mix money and anything (religion, art, politics, you name it), sometimes it is necessary to get certain and powerful messages out that Jay-Z just really can’t deliver rapping like a 21 year old at the age of 45.