To the handful of people who read this blog, please help me make a decision. This is a pretty weird way to ask for advice, but I am desperate for some additional insight and direction.
Should I continue medical school for two more years and get my MD degree or should I quit school so that I can make hella music and start a label?
See, one thing I learned in school is that I do not want to practice as a physician. I decided to apply because I thought medicine was the best way for me to use my education in biology to help the underdog. I still fully believe that doctors are in a unique position to have a lasting impact on the community they serve. I'm just not certain I want to serve in this capacity. The last thing I want is to be a community doctor who doesn’t love the actual practice of medicine. Without the heart to learn medicine throughout life, both the patient and the community suffer.
Music has been the only consistent extra-curricular activity throughout my life. I love it. I know it will always be there. As the momentum of my musical career continues to build, I can’t help but to relate to Kanye’s line:
I don’t know what’s better, getting laid or getting paid
I just know when I’m getting one the others getting away
I’m not sure if this connection makes sense to people other than my knuckle-headed self, but basically I’m scared that if I don’t take advantage of where I’m at in music now, I’ll miss the train. The opportunities that I’ve been given in music can’t last forever. Hip Hop is so finicky. Who knows if people will like my shit 10-20 years down the line. On the other hand, that degree is for life – I would just need to figure out a way to use it outside of practicing medicine.
So what I am asking of you, the reader, is to please leave a comment and give your two cents on the matter. There are many many many other issues at hand, but I wanted to hear y’all responses to the ones I've presented here.
Thank you. Blame it on the alcohol.
