The slow but inevitable end of the music industry part 1: double standards in artist signing

Throughout the various mediums of the music industry I've dwelled in though the years (blogger, promoter, producer, manager and even as a low intern) I've noticed many double standards when it comes to why or why not they won't work or sign a artist, a lot of flawed logic when it comes to the perception of success and the sad decline of physical sales and support by fans. So I just wanna talk about and discuss the current state of the music industry though the eyes of a very perceptive blogger that has taken alot of mental notes throughout the years. I will be doing this in a six part series of articles. The first matter I wanna discuss is the double standards of signing a artist.  When I was first coming up as a writer and started to get a following as a blogger I built a business relationship and friendship with a budding rapper who was gaining a big following on the battle rap circuit including being one of the biggest names on the now defunct mtv2 show fight Klub. He was being pursued by alot of labels and had sit downs with the likes of def jam, shady records, Atlantic, and was even signed to the hip-hop indie label phycological records that is very acclaimed in the underground hip-hop scene.  This artist however had a major drug problem as well as a long criminal history of burglaries and stick-ups. This was the same reason he was let go by phycological records, one night at the age of 20 itching for a fix broke into label headquarters and stole recording equipment to sell for a bundle of heroin. He was blackballed for life from the music industry eventually cleaning his act up getting cleaned and five years later his career is bigger then ever recently being featured on ghost face killa's critically acclaimed 36 seasons but still to this day because of his pass is still blackballed and will never secure a recording contract even with a independent label. You might be wondering how this story pertains to double standards in the signing process of labels but if you look at the headlines on website's like xxl, ambrosia for heads, hip-hop early, mass appeal, ect. then the answer should be pretty obvious. For those who can't piece it together yourself however I'm give you a few examples starting with one currently in the headlines now and is the reason I'm even writing this article, a artist who has a top 50 on billboard hit who label's are pursuing rigorously despite looking at the death penalty do to 4 capital murder charges. I'm talking about tay-k, a 17 year old rapper who went viral for a video shot while on the run on the murder charges. Labels are hungry and desperate to cash in on this kid Even though he will never see the light of day again and will never be able to record another track or hit for the label, another young underaged artist who label's are trying to cash in on for there bad behavior exploiting misguided kids (examples are xxxtenation, Bobby smurda, and DANIELLE bregolli now know as bhad bhabie) to line there pocket's with easy money, but the exploitation of misguided children spiraling down the wrong path by older music executives that a discussion for another article. Back to my point is that a label will pursue a artist looking at the death penalty for FOUR counts of Capitol murder with ONE SONG and will never be able to record another one in his life but won't give a second chance to a artist who cleaned his act up and reviving his career do to mistakes now close to a decade old that,s what I call a double standard. Yes MONEY is the reason for the double standard happening but it's still sickening and is one of the many reasons for why the music industry is in steady decline.