To succeed as an independent artist, one must treat the business as a professional machine and be prepared to invest a significant budget in marketing.

“It's a machine. You can't just do this over here and not do this over here. It's like no, bro. It's a machine. So you can't be broke independent, man.”

Artists should operate as independent bosses and invest in themselves, their content, and their own teams rather than relying on signing deals or having yes-men around them.

“I was forced to be a boss I ain't going to lie I wasn't ready for that [ __ ] that [ __ ] happened like by force you know what I'm saying I had a lot of [ __ ] that I was trying to rock with early on like down to my brother you know to my homie B Allen free b t you know what I'm saying like [ __ ] g”

Artists should leverage social media, maintain consistent content, and be willing to collaborate to grow their fan base independently.

“I think you got to do it Jo way saying social media play a major part being in them clubs getting that [ __ ] spent wherever everybody at you got to be there want to be on social media they don't want to be in the street you got to get outside you got you got to do both you got to do both”