WORDS FROM THE KiNG OF HiP-HOP/RAP

Jay-z's 6 principles to success!

Be Your Own Biggest Fan…
“Believe in whatever it is you’re doing. If you don’t believe it, no one else will.”

Take Control, Then Let It Go…
“Work really hard and apply yourself in a way that when the job is done, you can look in the mirror and say, ‘I’ve exhausted all possibilities. I’ve done everything to make this right’. After that, let it go: It’s out of your control.”

Focus On The Process, Not The Result…
“People get consumed by the trappings of success. They forget the reason they wanted to do what they wanted to do in the first place. Whether you have zero money or a million dollars, it doesn’t change who you are. Keep yourself inspired.”

Never Act On Your Fears…
“Card players have a saying: ‘Play the cards, not the money’. If your hand is good, it doesn’t matter if there’s $2 on the table or $2,000. You determine your outcome. Don’t make decisions based on the fear. People can be jealous of you and bait you, but you can be mature and handle the situation.”

Use Money The Right Way…
“For some people money can be a burden and lead to bad decisions. But money should make you comfortable so that you don’t have to compromise yourself or do anything just for money. It should give you the freedom to do what you love.”

Don’t Stop Growing…
“Growth doesn’t stop when you’ve become successful. That’s when it starts.”

I love these and read them about once a week to remind myself that there is obstacles and hardships that I am going to go threw to get to where I wanted to be at with Supa Savy and with my life. 4 years ago when I started this company my goal was to have cracking shows in sac, push my artists, work with some of the biggest artists and make it to 5 years. All these goals have been completed except for the 5 year thing. And we have pushed further! We have worked with bigger artists and clubs, expanded our network to as far as Japan. Supa Savy is a squad of 12+ females, and we are well respected in our craft. Of course we have haters but we try to cut them out and continue with our movement. But when I hit 5 years where do I go from there?

I honestly haven't thought about it till 5 mins ago when I re-read these principles. Jay-z is a very inspirational man and he is my idol. I KNOW he had to go threw obsticales and hardships to get where he is at. But sometimes I find it hard to deal with them... sometimes it does get discouraging. But im going to have to keep pushin forward to be successful. My song of the year right now is "successful" by Drake and Trey Songz. I don't want the money, the cars, and clothes... I just wanna be successful! Real talk. You can keep all that. It changes people. I've seen it happen to the most humble people! Sometimes I may get happy about some of the things we have accomplished but like jay-z said "if you don't believe in yourself, no1 else will"

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I am not an artists, singer, nor producer. But I am a promoter, I run my own company and I am also a fan of music. All types of music.Lately, there has been a lot of divison in the music scene from what I have seen. You have "the backpack rappers", "the gangster rappers", "the hip hop heads", "the hipsters", etc... it shouldn't be like this at all! Sacramento is a big city, with a lot of artists. Our closest cousin in the rap music is the bay area. We repp "nor cal" but not many artists in nor cal link up together. And when they do they get hatted on.103.5 now has a show every sunday called "80 west radio" [plug] from 8-10 pm, there you can listen to local artists. Whether it be rap, r&b, spoken word, or whatever. We need to embrace this show. There is no other station supporting local music like 80 west radio. With their "burn it or bless it, sac's finest, and artist spotlight" features we should be grateful of a show with such caliber. You cannot be mad at the radio station for not playing your song. They have to appease the fans and listeners. This is not 96 when if your song would be played it meant you was doing something in was finna go global. It takes time and hard work. Step it up, make better music and market your self better.Artists hating on other artists. This is senseless. You may not like the music the other artist makes but that doesn't mean some one else doesn't. Each artists has their own style. For example Dezit eaze makes those club bangers, flossalini is more of a lyricist and street dude, doey rock is a lyricist with dope word play, j.gib is a very marketable smooth rapper, bueno is a marketable street dude, illecism is a dope rapper word play is so crazy and mature for some his age, joezy wells by far one of the best freestylers out. Everyone is different but if all these artists were on a song together it would be the dopest fucking song in sac rite now, but people would hate on it. Why? It would be a power move that they didn't think of. Step it up. A couple years ago bueno put together the sacramento bee tour together, dope artists on the roster, people hated... why? Cuz they didn't think of it first. We should not hate but link up together stand behind each other, sacramento is the capital of california we should be leaders in everything!