Because success in the music industry is incredibly rare and nearly all artists start out poor and owning nothing. They are employees of the record company in a

Because success in the music industry is incredibly rare and nearly all artists start out poor and owning nothing. They are employees of the record company in a demanding job where nearly all profit flows to the company. The few artists that escape this have effectively beat the system and own their own product. Prince and Aretha Franklin come to mind as artists who celebrated the same victory.