Swizz Beatz’ art collection is clearly amazing. What’s increasingly great is that the whole collection is generally being funded by royalty checks from hits he created 20 years previously.
As detailed by The New York Times: “Dean, who has never sold a work in his collection (he’s only traded), is likely the first collector to argue openly on behalf of resale royalties for artists. Part of this comes from his background in music: He’s able to buy so much art — about 70 pieces in the last year alone — partly because he still gets royalty checks 20 years after producing DMX’s ‘Ruff Ryders’ Anthem.’ (His other major hits include Beyoncé’s ‘Check on It’ from 2005, Jay-Z’s ‘On to the Next One’ from 2009 and T.I.’s ‘Bring Em Out’ from 2004.)”
In addition to the fact that this is noteworthy, but on the other hand it’s a decent exercise to makers. That is, no one can tell when those royalty checks will be the gifts that continue giving. Hits, while typically a crap shoot, can remain to finance whole ways of life. The good here is to continue working and maybe you excessively will almost certainly money in on that ONE melody that makes your career.