At times, Russ can be super transparent about his independent music grind, like when he publicly shared his earnings for 2013 through 2017.

He said it was for “motivational purposes" back then, but many said he was flexing.

Russ is back at it again, sharing his one-week earnings, which are north of $152K.

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“For inspirational purposes,” he typed. “This is the money I made this week off just the masters of my independent catalogue. It fluctuates weekly obviously but this is just to give insight. You do not need to be on the radio or signed or have the biggest album in the world to f*cking cake. You have to have a lot of good music and own it. Lol.”

Do you think Russ is trying to motivate people or is he flexing?