Akon
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Podcast Appearances
Fuck no.
Because they're like, yo, we're getting a deal off this.
We're getting 100 grand.
I mean, it was getting mass free, basically.
And interesting enough, in India it was the same way.
As soon as you started music, you were thinking of your own... Because I used to always... My dad was a jazz musician.
And jazz... Drummer?
Yeah, he was a drummer.
Yeah, he was a drummer, percussionist.
The problem with jazz is that that's a passion project.
Yeah, dude.
Jazz doesn't really make money.
You got to really just love music to do jazz.
And if you're making money off of it, that's fine, but you don't really care if you make money or not.
You hit small bars, little spots, and things like that.
So my pops was like...
I don't know if music is what you want to do for a living.
You know what I mean?
But you loved it as a kid.
I don't know if that's what I want to do either.