Prerequisites for Becoming America's Next Top Rapper

With Wocka Flocka being the latest rapper arrested in a long list, we began thinking... Is there some Emcee handbook that requires rappers to do certain things before they make it? Well just in case there is not one... We have come up with a list of our own.



To be a successful rapper one must;

1. Be arrested: Usually taking place in the peak of your career. And the jail time served should not exceed 1 year and 6 months unless you will end up with the likes of Mystikal and Shyne.
2. Sustain a major injury: Usually a gunshot but has also been known to come in the form of a car accident like Kanye.
3. Have no less than two baby mamas: Lil Wayne is known as the Greatest Rapper Alive to some... and he has four baby mamas.
4. Have a notable  girlfriend/wife/baby mama: Jay-Z has Beyonce, Wayne has Nivea... Toya... and Lauren London...
5. Create some kind of controversy/scandal: Kanye did this by stealing the mic from Taylor Swift and Trina had those STD looking pics.
6. Have a Stage name AND an alias: For instance, Jay-Z AKA Jigga AKA Hova, Lil Wayne AKA Weezy F. Baby... and so on and so forth.
7. Have multiple tattoos: The higher the tattoo, the higher your record sells... Souljaboy has them on his face...
8. MUST MUST MUST have a iced out chain: T-Pain has his "Big Ass Chain" and Kanye's "Jesus Piece".
9. Have their own Clothing line: Roc-a-Wear, Akoo, Apple Bottoms...
10. Get your big break before the eve of your 21 birthday: Jay-Z said it best... rapping is not a old man's game.

So where do you rank?

Number of Requirements that Fit You

1-3 Attend college and find yourself a trade

4-6 Local Celebrity

7-9 Platinum Selling Artist

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