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  • Опубліковано 12 вер 2021
  • People think the life of a music artist on tour is glamorous, but it can be a serious grind. Our cast shares the highs and lows of the road life and mentions some painful lessons they had to learn the hard way.
    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.
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  • @chreed5837
    @chreed5837 2 роки тому +7

    This was originally on BET's channel but deleted. Im glad yall picked it up.

  • @jusTRiPP
    @jusTRiPP 2 роки тому +45

    Adam being hairless dates this doc lol

    • @P-Atonement
      @P-Atonement 2 роки тому +2

      Once a narcissist clown, always one.

  • @daryleballard4912
    @daryleballard4912 2 роки тому +31

    Dad toured 300 days a year.
    Came home one time, i was 2 yrs old and
    I didn't even recognize him. #7GOD

  • @patrickjaursch828
    @patrickjaursch828 2 роки тому +98

    I dig the concept and the information these videos are trying to convey, but the production value and segments are all over the place. Complex, please structure these videos better moving forward and provide more depth rather than just surface level conversations.

    • @Angel-mo5pk
      @Angel-mo5pk 2 роки тому +6

      This is produced by BET not complex. This series is about 2 years old

    • @ssmfetti
      @ssmfetti 2 роки тому +6

      Difference between UA-cam & TV content.. Not everything a "deep dive"

    • @Patrick-sf8yc
      @Patrick-sf8yc 2 роки тому +3

      I mean....it's BET and Complex. It's meant to be simple and entertaining to a mainstream audience, not a full in depth breakdown. The video did what it was supposed to do. It was fine.

  • @ikenna4143
    @ikenna4143 2 роки тому +39

    Am I the only one getting a 2000s MTV reality TV vibe from this

  • @jamesbondlegal2g564
    @jamesbondlegal2g564 2 роки тому +188

    IT WAS THE THUMB NAIL FOR ME 😁👌🏽🤵🏽👌🏽

    • @thouxanman160
      @thouxanman160 2 роки тому +2

      Nooo jumperrrr

    • @Nate___
      @Nate___ 2 роки тому +7

      No Jumper, Coolest Podcast in the world

    • @P-Atonement
      @P-Atonement 2 роки тому +11

      @@Nate___ Adam is a conniving, narcissist, sexual deviant who surrounds himself with black men to make him feel in power . He doesn't even hide it now, leaving his own racist comments in when he easily could edit them out. The podcast isn't cool, however he attracts alot of weak minded sheep to follow it.

    • @sopretty43vr
      @sopretty43vr 2 роки тому +2

      @@P-Atonement leave adam alone vro

    • @boejudden9011
      @boejudden9011 2 роки тому

      pause

  • @jecanogambino763
    @jecanogambino763 2 роки тому +4

    I have no idea who these rappers are. Well, except for Too Short. That guy's a legend

  • @fr_desperado
    @fr_desperado 2 роки тому +18

    Amaizing information for aspiring artists, thank you 🙏

  • @kingstonking411
    @kingstonking411 2 роки тому +60

    Out of all the people who was featured in this video Adam22 had literally had no value outside of clickbait in this video they made it seem as if it was an interview

    • @YourContentSuckssssss
      @YourContentSuckssssss 2 роки тому +9

      Couldn’t agree more. Really he took some value out of this whole production and even seeing him made me wanna stop watching overall but I stayed to catch a real perspective.

    • @nrran6835
      @nrran6835 2 роки тому +2

      I lowkey hate Adam, but he knows what he's talking about as far as life on the road. Hate on him all you want, I do too, but do it for the right reasons

  • @firelioness363
    @firelioness363 2 роки тому +2

    Excellent keep this info coming...keep it raw...nice!!..👍😁😁😁....

  • @kobbiemelo2203
    @kobbiemelo2203 2 роки тому +4

    Complex content is like it's from the early 2000s

  • @MistaIll
    @MistaIll 2 роки тому +8

    the background music sounds like 2007 MTVcribs-episodes or something hahaha

  • @exclusivegamehemingway409
    @exclusivegamehemingway409 2 роки тому +36

    When Adam did all the drugs and drank everyday 😂

  • @cchanelsd
    @cchanelsd 2 роки тому +3

    cant wait to go on this world tour of mine 2023!

  • @FierySpiritMaury
    @FierySpiritMaury 2 роки тому +6

    I CANT WAIT TO TOUR!

  • @theonlyzachery_
    @theonlyzachery_ 2 роки тому

    Let’s go I’m ready to tour

  • @akenohutchinson
    @akenohutchinson 2 роки тому +6

    hate to say it, but outside of too short, i dont think i ever heard of any of these people. music industry big

  • @nashse7en
    @nashse7en 2 роки тому +1

    really thank you for teaching us. for real from brazil of a ´person that husle and have no idea of the music business. YALL ARE SAVING FUTURE ARTISTS THANK YOU DEEPLY.

  • @drhashtagyolo
    @drhashtagyolo 2 роки тому +21

    been on tour with the best of em. Shit really does get wicked no cap

    • @byroncook698
      @byroncook698 2 роки тому +3

      @Jon Thor my nigga u been in my sub box twice...can u chill😂😂😂

    • @drhashtagyolo
      @drhashtagyolo 2 роки тому

      @Jon Thor that shit is not cash bro

    • @gone.golfing
      @gone.golfing 2 роки тому +14

      Lol you haven’t been on tour with nobody.

    • @newviews8611
      @newviews8611 2 роки тому

      @@drhashtagyolo LMAO

    • @AustinNovel
      @AustinNovel 2 роки тому

      Cap

  • @ckgun1
    @ckgun1 2 роки тому +24

    when i was homeless and in my 20s i was at a truck stop in nj this older bearded white guy saw me and we talked for a few hours he offered me a ride so i took it before we left he said it would be a good idea to grab some food and a shower independently of course we proceeded to wash up and get ready before hitting the road as i left the showers the guy that i was riding with was already out and sitting in the tv viewing section talking to another driver he called out for me and i came and sat and we all chatted for a minute the guy introduced himself as "big red" and he said "like the chewing gum" he said he was going to Oklahoma and he had something he wanted to show us in the back of his "rig" it was a dead girl......in chains or at least she looked dead we called the highway patrol after he left i never ended up getting a ride i walked 4 miles to the next town through cow pastures and swamps it was safer. every time i see a truck driving down the open highway i think of that..

    • @hawns5198
      @hawns5198 2 роки тому +6

      That’s pretty wild story

    • @ckgun1
      @ckgun1 2 роки тому

      @@hawns5198 i think about it often.

    • @systemsless
      @systemsless 2 роки тому +8

      What does that have to do with the video 😂

    • @ckgun1
      @ckgun1 2 роки тому +9

      @@systemsless it was just my random experience of "being on the road"

    • @davidrey4183
      @davidrey4183 2 роки тому

      Fr?

  • @KingMessiah1999
    @KingMessiah1999 2 роки тому +1

    That’s why I’m getting prepared

  • @demetriharlan5887
    @demetriharlan5887 2 роки тому +11

    When you only recognize Too Short out of all these rappers, you know your ass is old.

  • @raza3058
    @raza3058 2 роки тому +7

    Ain't no rules to shit when you have creative control

  • @ssssssssssss160
    @ssssssssssss160 2 роки тому +27

    Adam got a bald head in this shit this must have been shot in 2017

    • @P-Atonement
      @P-Atonement 2 роки тому +1

      The fact you know that and find it necessary comment about it is sad. Sheep

    • @simbalesliechoto8663
      @simbalesliechoto8663 2 роки тому +1

      @@P-Atonement dude, Seeing Adam with hair is an anomaly. Imagine you woke up one day got on the net and you see Charlamagne with an Afro.

    • @P-Atonement
      @P-Atonement 2 роки тому +1

      @@simbalesliechoto8663 An anomaly ? He's had a head full of blonde hair (plugs) for awhile now. An anomaly is seeing a man with two heads , not adam with locks (transplant)

  • @quezthescopegod7968
    @quezthescopegod7968 2 роки тому +2

    I’m only minutes in and this shit got me applaud

  • @kennethduncan6045
    @kennethduncan6045 2 роки тому +7

    Peep hadn’t even died yet when this came out

  • @newgenerationbullies
    @newgenerationbullies 2 роки тому +1

    🔥

  • @sebp400
    @sebp400 2 роки тому +17

    it's fun if you have money, if not, it's eating out of waffle houses, truck stop sandwiches, stinky dudes in the van, the same songs everyday, sometimes sleeping on people's floor.. and getting 2-3 beer tickets at each venue if you're lucky. That was my experience anyways.

    • @ZDani1
      @ZDani1 2 роки тому +1

      ??

    • @DJ_DIGITAL
      @DJ_DIGITAL 2 роки тому

      Facts.

    • @ahattruth
      @ahattruth 2 роки тому

      You are right sir

    • @bldshd189
      @bldshd189 2 роки тому

      Beer tickets meaning tickets for beer?

    • @LuxuryBeatsMusic
      @LuxuryBeatsMusic 2 роки тому

      @@bldshd189 beer tickets = tickets for a beer.
      Yes...what made you put 2 and 2 together?
      If you don't me asking....

  • @SiNzxGuccix
    @SiNzxGuccix 2 роки тому

    Nice way to lure the souls in

  • @ayrikasoey
    @ayrikasoey 2 роки тому +2

    sounds so similar to how my life has been

  • @danielfraijo5334
    @danielfraijo5334 2 роки тому +7

    They got Adam snitching this entire documentary

    • @raza3058
      @raza3058 2 роки тому +2

      Adam low key a narc

  • @Tesla_ofthe_Skies
    @Tesla_ofthe_Skies 2 роки тому +11

    I doubt pump robbed somebody, he probably got them fronted and just didn’t pay. Big ass difference

  • @qpeace1
    @qpeace1 2 роки тому +2

    When I was an active musician, when we toured, I wanted to see the schedule, the itinerary. Come on now. Money, safety first. No blind spots. I

  • @LuxuryBeatsMusic
    @LuxuryBeatsMusic 2 роки тому +2

    All these great stories about travelling the world and then Adam comes in at 19:06 with the "my first tour was with Lil Pump"...
    Yeah he stomped somebody's face in and started a riot. 'NY Times thought it was great headlines'. Niceeeee.....lol......

  • @Rigde345
    @Rigde345 2 роки тому

    3:01 Ain’t nobody got time for that!!

  • @saintperezmusic
    @saintperezmusic 2 роки тому +18

    Respectfully, a lot of these artists sound clueless

  • @quailbanks4483
    @quailbanks4483 2 роки тому +1

    This that Adam 22 smiling like a new guy

  • @GamerTV4L
    @GamerTV4L 2 роки тому

    Adam❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️

  • @martinadeyemi1457
    @martinadeyemi1457 2 роки тому

    Intuitive

  • @azreal8169
    @azreal8169 2 роки тому +1

    adam22 tour was really wild to be honest . . . . look at pump & em' now / still UP but look!

    • @systemsless
      @systemsless 2 роки тому

      They’re working at Walmart now

    • @azreal8169
      @azreal8169 2 роки тому +1

      @@systemsless at least they got a job unlike most . . . . . *Ijs*

    • @systemsless
      @systemsless 2 роки тому

      @@azreal8169 how do you know.😂

  • @Jackj28
    @Jackj28 2 роки тому +2

    "Oh ya it was bad, I was on the tour bus taking shit, then I rolled off the bus like
    Dam... Ya Touring was the best thing ever" wait what? Lol 😆 🤣 😂

  • @auxiliarycable
    @auxiliarycable 2 роки тому +6

    I don't care I want to be a rapper 😭😭

  • @Omendrix
    @Omendrix 2 роки тому +1

    I’m pretty sure they placed the ! In the wrong spot in the title. 🤣

  • @killerbeez1034
    @killerbeez1034 2 роки тому +1

    Adam22 is why I’m here

  • @P-Atonement
    @P-Atonement 2 роки тому +4

    Why put a non artist that doesn't your on the thumbnail (adam) instead of a hip hop legend and veteran of the industry for 3 decades like Too $hort ?
    Why is Adam in this video except for snitching on Lil' pump for "robbing some guy of all his Xanax".

  • @dontaedorsey8324
    @dontaedorsey8324 9 місяців тому

    WHO ARE THESE PPL?!! TOO SHORT AND NORE ARE THE ONLY ONES I KNOW OF!! 💁🏾‍♂️💯💪🏾

  • @mattymatt6970
    @mattymatt6970 2 роки тому

    wasnt this originally a BET doc?

  • @albaniampureana8602
    @albaniampureana8602 2 роки тому +1

    YOOO THE MAD RAPPER lol

  • @jamesblake5176
    @jamesblake5176 2 роки тому +1

    magic city monday is the shit i can attest to that. only white dude there beside chuck liddel the first time i went

  • @Love4online
    @Love4online 2 роки тому

    I love Ayo and teo

  • @Takeflightentertainment
    @Takeflightentertainment 2 роки тому

    What did he say in the beginning of the video ?

  • @mothmonk3445
    @mothmonk3445 2 роки тому

    I saw Adam and clicked😂😂

  • @Dj.BlackHarttz
    @Dj.BlackHarttz 2 роки тому

    SHOUTOUT OG ADAM22

  • @beccabekks
    @beccabekks 2 роки тому +1

    adam 😭

  • @one8192
    @one8192 2 роки тому +22

    Lol. This was a BET show years ago. I'm guessing Complex have the right to these videos now. It's super old

    • @Josso_999
      @Josso_999 2 роки тому +2

      yes adam22 was still balding there

    • @ladybrown6536
      @ladybrown6536 2 роки тому

      Adam Neva Been on bet

    • @P-Atonement
      @P-Atonement 2 роки тому

      @JJ оlаtunji 🅥 don't go to this , it is a video of a bar of soap being carved.

    • @P-Atonement
      @P-Atonement 2 роки тому

      Really ? A BET show from years ago ? Was all the video of adam the clown added in later ? Adam, Lil' pump and Lil' perk aren't in BET shows from "years ago"
      And T.I.'s son "years ago" wasn't on BET shows grown talking about touring.

  • @officialsmokefrmabk6640
    @officialsmokefrmabk6640 2 роки тому +1

    Old buddy done got caught lackin a lot

  • @slaythembeforeme
    @slaythembeforeme 2 роки тому +9

    These rappers got it so good compared to Punk Bands and Metal Bands on tour

    • @fbl2619
      @fbl2619 2 роки тому

      Not really

    • @slaythembeforeme
      @slaythembeforeme 2 роки тому

      @@fbl2619 great argument. About what I'd expect from someone who probably loves rap.

    • @fbl2619
      @fbl2619 2 роки тому +1

      @@slaythembeforeme i like all genres especially country tho but how do bands have it so bad compared to rappers

  • @lnTraining
    @lnTraining 2 роки тому

    ID on Adams hat?

  • @dogdog2000
    @dogdog2000 2 роки тому +2

    POLICE 22

  • @adamusamuel
    @adamusamuel 2 роки тому

    Damn imagine too short hitting your girl and yoy outside the room crying!! Cold as ice.

  • @mnms4l42
    @mnms4l42 2 роки тому +1

    Turn the page...

  • @whojohn719
    @whojohn719 2 роки тому

    Adam22 shows you long ago this was recorded

  • @monb2857
    @monb2857 2 роки тому +4

    Domani Harris common man 🤣🤣 who are half of these rappers that’s why this video only got 34K views

  • @robertmgongo150
    @robertmgongo150 2 роки тому +2

    It's still a job would you come home from work in a 12-hour shift at Burger King go to the club at 2:00 and all you got to go to work tomorrow morning at party

  • @iimyoungg
    @iimyoungg 2 роки тому +2

    lol whatever any1 says, tour is the sickest thing I've done all my life

  • @bebe1nh1gh50
    @bebe1nh1gh50 2 роки тому

    Only clicked cause Adam

  • @GREENGOODTIMES
    @GREENGOODTIMES 2 роки тому

    🗣DOMANI HARRIS, STOP THE CAP 🧢 !

  • @TRUJEEZY402
    @TRUJEEZY402 2 роки тому +6

    U can tell this is super old because Adam is bald

  • @TheLukeJefferies
    @TheLukeJefferies 2 роки тому

    Hello 2018 Adam😂

  • @dreamforfreedom
    @dreamforfreedom 2 роки тому +1

    Who tf are all these other rappers?

  • @JapiSandhu
    @JapiSandhu 2 роки тому +1

    The music is too loud, can’t hear shit when ppl are talking

  • @stevenhlushak8429
    @stevenhlushak8429 2 роки тому +1

    Adam snitching heavy on pump wtf bro

  • @Marsbewoner1
    @Marsbewoner1 2 роки тому +4

    Adam22 snitching on lil pump

    • @danield5760
      @danield5760 2 роки тому +1

      Everyone new pump was doing drugs he told Everyone 🤣

  • @Pure_KodiakWILD_Power
    @Pure_KodiakWILD_Power 2 роки тому +2

    😂 barely recognized Adam

  • @unknowncaller4739
    @unknowncaller4739 2 роки тому

    Why did they photoshop his head to be so round that was insane

  • @Tropicool
    @Tropicool 2 роки тому +3

    This is why your goal should be aiming for them offering you to fly out and pay for meals. The better your music, the more free shit you get. Nowadays I think the road can be avoided except for huge opportunities.

  • @uriahshepherd3393
    @uriahshepherd3393 2 роки тому +1

    The dot guy who got robbed talks like a square lol "shit was HOT talkin LAVA" like lol thats why he got robbed 😂😂

  • @kace1k
    @kace1k 2 роки тому

    2:15

  • @martinadeyemi1457
    @martinadeyemi1457 2 роки тому

    Adam 22 is funny

  • @Islati
    @Islati 2 роки тому

    I didn’t mean to get laced up 😂💉🎩☠️👀💀😘

  • @sphynxeastwood7881
    @sphynxeastwood7881 2 роки тому +1

    Leave them home

  • @johneta7665
    @johneta7665 2 роки тому +1

    Angelina Nwandu, what the hell does an immigrant anchor baby Tether know about hip hop?

  • @shamgarsitar1170
    @shamgarsitar1170 2 роки тому

    ✨Road Work🎶🎶🎶🎶😂😅😄🥰😈😎🥶🤯😱👿✨👌

  • @davidwright873
    @davidwright873 2 роки тому

    it used to be a 30 dollar album X 1 million in sales = 30million...AKA Michael Jackson....Well, boys, them days is over...NOW you gotta work for a living.!....lol

  • @DobbsWorld
    @DobbsWorld 2 роки тому

    Background music sounds like MTV Cribs shit....

  • @suncworm
    @suncworm 2 роки тому +1

    adam aint look like that in 3 years. this old af

  • @jredbigmouf
    @jredbigmouf 2 роки тому

    Adam 22

  • @jamesdoctor8079
    @jamesdoctor8079 2 роки тому

    Lollll they think life on the road is tough, they should see what it’s like for actual DIY artists

  • @ninobrown90
    @ninobrown90 2 роки тому

    I barely heard of any of these lol

  • @DJJamofThaDose
    @DJJamofThaDose 2 роки тому

    ua-cam.com/video/znv5y0DWgw4/v-deo.html So this is what happened

  • @shurvell300
    @shurvell300 2 роки тому

    Here for the person from the thumbnail

  • @jmellothagreat131
    @jmellothagreat131 2 роки тому

    Very random

  • @deathchronicles6960
    @deathchronicles6960 Рік тому

    11:42
    First guy : i alreadg went wild im 20!
    2nd guy: im done with im 18!!
    These two out of nowhere makes me
    😖
    👇🏿
    😜 WILD DONE

  • @vuul6093
    @vuul6093 2 роки тому +1

    Every single fucking person talking here has no right to be talking bout their tour life, wtf is going on i though complex was top tier especially with having connections with people who actually tour lol

    • @blackberry4life482
      @blackberry4life482 2 роки тому

      They can’t talk about their own lives and experiences. What are you saying?

    • @vuul6093
      @vuul6093 2 роки тому +2

      @@blackberry4life482 they have access to the people who can actually talk about the grueling tour life, the super stars. Those are the stories we don’t have access too. Hearing these mid/ low tier artist complain about their tour life is a waste of time.

    • @blackberry4life482
      @blackberry4life482 2 роки тому +2

      @@vuul6093
      That’s not true.
      A lot of up and coming artists would appreciate the info.

  • @eastcoasttairua
    @eastcoasttairua 2 роки тому +1

    Who even are most of these rappers haha

  • @user-dm7eo9pj1v
    @user-dm7eo9pj1v 2 роки тому +1

    You know complex is falling off when they are averaging 15k views and we’re only able to get ice. Cold artists in the video 🤣🤣Adam 22 was the most relevant person they were able to get lol

    • @tonyyoung7961
      @tonyyoung7961 2 роки тому +1

      NO popping artist wanna reveal how trash of a deal they signed. They'll show you what you admire.

  • @misaelsantiago
    @misaelsantiago 2 роки тому

    This video is not produced very well..

  • @FightEuphoria
    @FightEuphoria 2 роки тому

    Damoni cap af. He ain’t never even seen a shabby hotel room. Spoiled rich kid

  • @jorgefelix4263
    @jorgefelix4263 2 роки тому +2

    What in the AIDS is this?

  • @iamfour
    @iamfour 2 роки тому +1

    This video was horrible, I don't know any of the artists besides one of them from the Bay area