On
this stream, Riley at one point is trying to convince Oki that he could survive as a hip-hop artist with only a few thousand fans. He does a basic math calculation of a small venue's capacity X the price of admission. He probably doesn't understand that the biggest cut of that revenue goes to the venue, then the largest cut of what is left over goes to the headlining artist, and the meager amount that goes to supporting artists has to be divided by the number of people they're touring with, minus daily costs (food, gas, lodging, and for this group, drugs). The amount left is so small that most small artists
lose money on tour. But we already know that Riley doesn't know anything about money, so whatever. When he is right on the edge of total bankruptcy, when all of his remaining funds have been depleted, he will still believe he is right on the verge of "making it."
