Dan Johns On The Put On Mentality
For as long as I can remember, whenever the conversation turns to my career as a musician, there has always been someone ready to say “don’t forget the little people when you make it.” You know the routine, when you make it, you’re expected to put your ‘peoples’ on.
In some ways, I’ve always wondered who exactly should be considered your ‘peoples’ in this sense. It’s a no-brainer that there are some individuals that are irreplaceable when it comes to the roles that they’ve played in your life. Then there are those who have been directly involved in your music career. This is where it gets sticky.
When I started my company, the first business partner that I had was a childhood friend that I had known for over 10 years. In hindsight, we had not been very close during high school (I was 20 when I started Mag-O), but we had never had any fall out. In the beginning, we hit the ground running, trying to reach out to everyone and anyone that would listen. As time passed (maybe like a year), we had some issues that made it impossible to continue to do business. I’ll also admit that in some ways, his involvement in the early years helped me get on my feet, and i kept pushing from there. But, after what happened, if i ‘blew up’ tomorrow, I couldn’t with a clear conscience ‘put him on’ in any way. – [ SOURCE ]
I’m ’bout to get racial here and I don’t care. I don’t see this type of mentality in any other race but our own. And it’s saddening.
Mallz
Comment on August 1, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Maaaaaaaaaaan…if you gon’ take it there Zillz, Ima take it there too. Niggas always trying to get some shit for free. It’s the thought that “you got shit = WE got shit” that be fucking us up. Now with that being said. Other races look out for eachother on the reg. And I’m sure we all know of at least one example of that. But as for ME AND MY HOUSE…there’s VERY few niggas that I would “put on” if shit did start popping off for me…but you know my story homey.