Russ has taken to Instagram to reveal some information about his journey as an artist trying to make money independently. The rapper posted screenshots of his rise in sales and said, “For inspirational purposes. My come up. OWNERSHIP. Ups and downs is all part of the journey. STICK WITH IT.”

The rapper continued, “The big dip in fall of 2016 is when I partnered and moved my main earners over to Columbia cuz I wanted them on my debut album. I stopped it at 2017 cuz I don’t need y’all fully in my pockets like that but also, every dollar on this I kept (except taxes) cuz as some have liked to laugh at, I produced mixed mastered engineered and wrote all of this. I been laughing the whole time!!!" Take a look above.