i want to be a rapper/singer

[RosaMaria]

hey i am a white girl and i want to do something with music. i do alway love music and people have told me that i can sing and that im good at rap too. i wanna be a singer like R&B hiphop or a rapper. do you guys got any advice for me like how to start off or how to know if you really got what it takes.? if you wanna answer my question thanks

[ojread2]

Advice?
Get a good education alongside following your dreams

[andy-hughes]

You don't mention your age, but I'll assume you are a teenager?

Try putting an ad in the window of your local record shop if you have one - newsagents etc. if not - something like Lady Rapper with rhymes to go seeks like-minded musicians with w view to trying out some ideas - and your phone number.

Be prepared for some timewaters and comedians, but if you are persistant, and you will need to be - hopefully you can find some similarly minded people to try ideas with. You will quickly get an idea if you have the skills you need - and if so, good luck!

[RosaMaria]

im sixteen

[RosaMaria]

and also if you have anybodys number who might be able to help me that would be great. i also forgot to mention that im a quiet person so if you could give me tips on being more outgoing please help

[EvianBaby]

Have you tried the usual of putting videos of yourself rapping on Youtube?

[andy-hughes]

Hi RosaMaria

As I said, you will fiind out quitre quickly if this is something you are comfortable with and also if it something you can do with any hope of a future as a musician.

If yoou are good at it, your confidence will build as you go, and if you find that you are terrified performing in front of people, you will know that this is not the career for you, and there is nothing at all wrong with that.

Performing in public takes a certain set of skills which are born with, so if it turns out that you don't have them, and this is not for you, that is absolutely nothing to worry about - you will be in the majority.

You can always write for someone else - lots of people have highly successful careers writing material for others to perform, so consider that if the on-stahe part does not work out as you want it to.