A friend once saw Run Ra in a small venue, sometime in the late 1980s. After the show, my friend saw that the man himself was arguing with the owner about getti

A friend once saw Run Ra in a small venue, sometime in the late 1980s. After the show, my friend saw that the man himself was arguing with the owner about getting paid. My friend credits that as being the last straw for him pursuing his own professional music career. "If Sun Ra still has to argue about getting paid, at his level of fame, then this business ain't it."