The business model is LL Cool J and Will Smith. You can use Tupac but if the goal is to live he's not the road you want to travel. Shit, you can even toss Ice T into the analogy. The goal in rap was to expand “The Brand”. The ability to move forward is usually predicated on your ability to learn from the people in front of you.
Jim is the guy in the dirt with the tombstone that the older character in Saving Private Ryan is reflecting on. Jim is the little boy in Slick Rick’s Children’s Story.