Cash Rules Rules To This Sh!t Ep 1

The record business is just that...a business. And many young artists find themselves on the wrong end of bad contracts, unfavorable deals, and record labels that want to take them for a ride. Our cast offers us insight about the reality of the music industry and how the new trend is to find ways around the old conventions.

As part of Complex's Get Money initiative, the eight-part series "Rules to This Sh*t" covers the trials and tribulations of embarking on a rap career, with words of wisdom from Common, N.O.R.E., Too $hort, the late Nipsey Hussle, and more.