I don't know the timeline, but Joe was in media before the JBP and from what's been said was asked to stop working at radio to focus on music. Even before going on Love &Hip-hop to promote his rap career, Joe was putting things out on YouTube. Joe was one of the first artists to embrace social media which would go on to be a big part of being a successful for future acts. He was still making music up until the point the JBP took off. Basically Joe has always been in media from the start of his professional career or not too far after. He didn't quite rapping to go into media. It seems like he's been passionate about media from the start of his rap career to me. That's a lot different than someone who quit one craft and fell into another. Joe always wanted to be in media.
Out of Drake and Nore's mouth, Joe had enough of a fan base to regularly do shows. He chose not to continue his work as an artist with Slaughter House. Truthfully, I don't know that I consider Joe a true failed rapper. Regardless of the size, Joe had a music fan base that would likely still support him today. Did he make the impact as Drake. No, but in any field you are going to have elites and workers. From what I understand, Joe is/was respected as a lyricist by his peers. The problem with today's society and honestly rap culture is success is measured by money. I'm not even a Joe Budden fan musically, but you have to consider the amount of talent it takes to even get to that level of success. There are alot of signed acts you've never heard of. There are true one hit wonders and I wouldn't consider Joe that either.
I never said Drake considered Joe a coach. What I've been saying is Drake could potentially learn from Joe even if Joe isn't on the same level as Drake. Clearly, Drake is open to some level of this based on his relationship with Yachaty. Not for nothing, it likely already happened indirectly. I can't recall if it directly came out of Drake's mouth or if people just made the comparison, but it's believed Drake was influenced by the Mood Music series from Joe. Drake seemed to be a fan of Joe's at somepoint. From what I can assume, they don't fuck with each other over a bitch or bitches.
Joe has mentioned he's been offered A&R or some other types of music industry role in recent years and turned them down. You are saying he quit his art, but you have no way of knowing if he's still writes or not. He may not be rapping professional but he's very much in the music space. Not doing something professional is not the same as not doing it at all. Furthermore, I'd argue that because he's still in the music business he never quit his art. Every career has different branches you can take. You may take on a different role but you are still in the field.
Instead of attacking media personalities, Drake should examine what is being said, separate the truth from the hate and make better products. Drake is the active professional rapper; not Joe. Nas has put out a few projects the general public didn't love. That didn't stop him from later putting out successful projects. Drake has the talent to do the same. If not, he's had a hell of a run.
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