But two years later Get Money, Stay True failed to make waves to date it has sold 305,000 copies. Wall’s 2005 album The People’s Champ - his first on a major label - sold 867,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Music has proved a more fickle commodity, though, as album sales continue to fall between 10 percent and 15 percent each year.
"One went out of business, and we snuck in." "They just have so many jewelry stores there," he says. They’d operated a successful store in Sharpstown Mall for years, but Wall says they had a hard time getting into the Galleria.
In fact, he and his business partner, jeweler Johnny Dang, recently opened Dang and Co. Athletes and rappers continue to provide the demand. But Wall says the fashion accessory for which he’s famous - big, shiny, metal tooth coverings, often encrusted with diamonds - remains a big seller. S elling grills, as Wall also does, seems to be a recession-proof business, which is somewhat surprising since they serve no purpose beyond advertising one’s wealth, while hindering one’s consumption of food. Today his hair is one of only a few things he seems comfortable leaving in other people’s hands. After making the jump from local rap sensation to national rap superstar four years ago, Wall felt like his music got compromised. This week Wall releases Fast Life, an album that required even more care. "If I’d known that’s what she was going to do," he says, "I would’ve taken more care." She had the signature turned into a tattoo. Wall tells a story about recently signing a girl’s arm. He takes his time with a distinctive signature, the A’s presented as big stars. Wall stands and is handed a Sharpie to sign the breast of a fan who has been waiting patiently.
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