Rapsody To Release Vinyl Records Of Her New Album Via Nipsey Hussle’s Proud 2 Pay Model
Rapsody
is
taking
a
page
out
of
the
late
Nipsey
Hussle‘s
book
and
releasing
vinyl
records
of
her
next
album
via
his
Proud
2
Pay
business
model.
The
North
Carolina
native
announced
her
distribution
plans
for
Please
Don’t
Cry
in
an
Instagram
post
on
Wednesday
(March
27)
and
also
took
the
opportunity
to
pay
homage
to
the
precedent
Nip
set
when
he
sold
his
Crenshaw
project
for
$100
a
pop
a
little
over
a
decade
back.
“Nipsey
created
legacy
in
so
many
ways,”
she
wrotet.
“When
I
sat
to
think
about
this
season
of
art
and
the
valuation
of
it
in
the
music
business,
his
2013
#Proud2Pay
campaign
came
to
mind.
It
affirmed
that
our
art
is
genius,
rare,
and
valuable
to
our
super
fans
that
see
and
feel
it
in
a
deeper
way.
‘Always
by
choice,
never
by
force’,
in
the
words
of
Hussle.
“Some
look
at
a
Basquiat
and
see
rudimentary
drawings,
others
see
a
multimillion
dollar
piece
of
genius
on
canvas.
It’s
in
the
eyes
and
ears
of
the
beholder
that
makes
them
#Proud2Pay.
And
I
think
it’s
so
exciting
to
see
this
model
adapted
by
new
platforms
in
this
era.
But,
for
me
it
was
important
to
take
it
back
to
the
genius
that
inspired
me,
Nipsey.
Black
Sam
shared
that
this
is
a
platform
&
business
model
he
wanted
every
creative
to
have
access
to.
AD
LOADING…
“So,
I’m
grateful
through
#Proud2Pay
that
we
get
to
see
that
through,
continue
to
pour
into
this
legacy,
and
create
meaningful
engagement
with
our
fans
(whom
I
like
to
call
the
Loved
Ones)
and
celebrate
the
value
of
art
&
creativity.
She
concluded:
“Deep
love
&
continued
light
to
the
Estate.
The
footprint
is
forever.
The
marathon
continues.
[infinity
emoji]️
Forever
inspiring
us
to
grow
&
ascend.
All
money
in!
”
You
can
purchase
the
vinyl
records
here
for
$100
each.
Lloyd
Banks
previously
pulled
a
similar
move
for
his
Cold
Corner
3
mixtape
last
fall.
While
interacting
with
fans
on
social
media
in
November,
the
former
G-Unit
soldier
revealed
that
he
plans
to
charge
fans
$100
to
listen
to
his
project.
In
response
to
a
follower
who
commented
on
the
MC
dropping
two
projects
in
one
year
—
The
Course
of
the
Inevitable
III:
Pieces
of
My
Pain
and
Halloween
Havoc
IV —
he
replied:
“It’s
all
good..CC3
won’t
be
on
streaming
sites..only
available
thru
me
for
$100
then
we’ll
see
if
they
back
the
talking
up.”
When
one
fan
pushed
back
against
the
“crazy
high”
price
tag
and
pointed
out
that
they’ve
been
“waiting
on
that
shit
for
a
decade,”
the
Queens
native
jokingly
countered:
“10
dollars
per
year..that’s
not
bad
[crying
face
emoji].”
The
$100
mixtape
fee
was
famously
pioneered
by
Nipsey
Hussle
back
in
2013,
who
charged
fans
that
amount
for
a
record
that
was
also
made
available
to
download
for
free
online.
AD
LOADING…
It
was
a
lucrative
move
as
the
late
rapper
generated
$100,000
after
selling
all
1,000
physical
copies
in
less
than
24
hours
at
a
pop-up
store
in
his
hometown
of
Los
Angeles.