to every artist/person out there, your life & career will hardly ever just be vertical, and the purpose of art goes beyond charts, sales, analytics, algorithms. this shit has its natural & unnatural ups & downs, but the best thing you can do is create things that are honest, so that you never look back & have regrets. everyday you’re breathing you get an opportunity to reintroduce yourself & put something meaningful out into the world. do the work. have fun doing it. everything else is a bonus.
Kehlani debuted 12 years ago. She just won her first GRAMMY.
Leon Thomas debuted 14 years ago. He just won his first GRAMMY as a lead vocal artist.
Clipse debuted 24 years ago. They just won their first GRAMMY.
Persistence and patience compound.