Yes, Jay-Z sent a message to the Major Industry Labels that he’s an equal player in the game and can exercise a buying power through Nipsey that will out perform Major signed artists.

The CERTIFIED Status of a rapper successfully executing a strategy & tactic to use Rapgenius LP’s & EP’s (Lyric Pages & Event Pages), as a launching pad for his/ her release, will inevitably manifest as the most Relevant event of 2014.

IF IT’S POSSIBLE FOR A SUCCESSFUL ARTIST TO COME TO RAPGENIUS AND BE VERIFIED, IT IS BY NATURAL LAW THAT ONE WILL EMERGE SUCCESSFULLY FROM THE SAME PLATFORM AS CERTIFIED.

Artists doing mixtapes usually tend to have more creative control over their art. This is good, but the downside of the matter is that rappers get so caught up in their uncompromised ability to create, that they forget to add that same passion to how they are going to monetize their new unbound freedom to record.

In my Rhyme Book I call this an Autograph.

This strategy was applied to having access to Editor Chat where members either had to earn editor status or reach a certain IQ to access the special chat. It was successful until the system started to be abused. But, it is a good idea to return to a reward system that motivates & recognizes users to do better.

As head of the SK side Of the RG ☂ (skoRG), and 1st Certified Artist of Rapgenius.com, I implemented the initial strategies & tactics of using the Intangible Assets of RG LP’s & EP’s (lyric pages & event pages) to create content other than Song Lyrics, as well as offline Events and Projects we’ve coined as CERTIFIED Material Quotients.