1001 Ways to Make Money If You Dare (53 page)

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326 ENTER A RAP BATTLE.
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. Professional rap battling is an easy way to make some cash, right? Well, maybe if you're Eminem. For the rest of us, it can be a difficult way to make some cash — though not without its merits. An appeal from the general public: only enter one of these battles if you won't embarrass yourself by doing so.

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327 DROP THAT BEAT!
Timbaland and other producers have made a ton of loot looping and distorting the sounds from drum kits and samples of older songs into beats that rappers and singers then record their lyrics over. Talented in the area of music production? Hit the studio and put together a mix tape of your best beats then shop them around to singers and rappers looking to hit it big.

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328 EMCEE AN EVENT.
Monster truck rallies. Beauty pageants. More monster truck rallies. When embarking on a career as an emcee, your possibilities are endless. So what are you waiting for? You can earn a few hundred dollars and learn more than you ever wanted to know about monster trucks in just a few hours.

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329 DEEJAY A WEDDING.
Folks, if you'll join me on the dance floor, it's now time to join the ranks of the desperate and consider serving as a deejay at a friend's wedding. All you need are some speakers and an iPod loaded with such wedding staples as “Shout!” and “Butterfly Kisses” and you're ready to go. Your friend pays you a few hundred dollars (saving himself thousands) and, if you play your cards right and keep the oldies on the floor, you'll have a job every Saturday for the next year. Congratulations — your life isn't that fun.

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330 DEEJAY A SCHOOL DANCE.
Long for the days when you danced to bad music in the dim light of your high school cafeteria? Take a trip down memory lane while making some cash on the side by deejaying a school dance. But you may be ready to quit the gig before “Stairway to Heaven” ends — kids these days can be a handful.

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