text: Rappers don't get paid jack.  If they can't cover more than what they can for the help, they get little to nothing.  That's just because 85% of those guys have little to no common sense, think ebonics is a primary language, and probably are just dropouts.  In life and school.  Prime example: 50 Cent was a hoodlum before he became a rapper.  Thing is, he's a great businessman so props to that jigga.