'All these little fucking hustles' -- Rappers talk about the recession

I love this. XXLmag.com profiled some famous rappers to find out how they are coping in these challenging economic times.

Here are two of my favorite answers:

Buckshot: There is no such thing as a recession, the recession is an illusion. And people like Buckshot and Steve Jobs and Bill Clinton and Bill Gates and all of these other people that deal with corporate business, we all know that it’s an illusion, it’s a scare tactic and it’s meant to do what it’s been doing to people."

"Stop buying what you have no interest in. That means if you and your whole neighborhood supports and buys Timbs, don’t do that unless you own stock in Timberland. If you buy Louis Vuitton then buy stocks in Louis Vuitton, so when you wearing Louis Vuitton at least you made $15 or $500 or $5000."

How wonderful is it when he speaks in third person and places himself on the same level as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs? He is truly someone that deals with corporate business. Also, Louis Vuitton is a privately held company.

This one is the best though:

Evidence: I've had the best two years in many years these past couple of years, financially. I mean, all I did was shows. Shit, you do 150 shows, you don't come home, I mean it's not comfortable, it's not ideal, I'd much rather be in my backyard, but my accountant was like, 'shit, you did really good this year.' I was like, really? All these little things added up. All these little fucking hustles. Like, I do feel it, there was a couple days when shit was fucked up. And now my family's feeling it, my cousins are feeling it, my father is feeling it crazy. It is effecting me indirectly, but I'm like yo, I been hustling all year, like really grinding.