B Cox Reflects on Day26's Career Path | Hip-Hop News

0:00It's September 9th. You're listening to Hip Hop News today, AI Power Local News. I'm Corey with the story, Be Cox. You know the artist formerly known as Be Cox? He's been busy. He just launched a new record label called Illustrate New Ideas, and guess who's one of the first artists signed? Day 26. Yeah. The same day 26 he worked with back in the making the band days, dropping hits like Emma put it on her. This feels like day 26 never really got the shine they deserved. He's been talking about it, even wondering if being on reality TV, specifically making the band, actually held them back instead of helping them. It's a real gift and a curse situation, he says. He's been thinking about how different things might have been if day 26 had just been introduced as a group, maybe through a label like Bad Boy. Without the whole reality show angle, he believes their music would have been seen as more credible from the jump if fans first heard their songs like Exclusive without the MTV

1:01backdrop. Now he's still supporting them, but he's clearly reflecting on the path they took. It's a conversation about how artists are presented to the world and the impact that has on their careers, especially in the music industry. It's a lot to consider when you think about how much exposure can sometimes overshadow the actual talent.