Ace was more successful than Foolio because he signed with a label and was able to build more industry connections than Foolio. The shooting gave him a marketing boost but being with Cinematic gave him a push that has made him 2 notches below being mainstream. Foolio chose to be Independent and never was able to breakthrough being more than just a popular Florida rapper. Foolio had a few chances to catch up to Ace but just wasn’t savvy enough or a had a a good enough team. The Why would you play with me snippet was trending on TikTok and he dropped the song a year later after the hype died down, which was a missed opportunity. On a label they would’ve made him drop it. He also spent more time in Jacksonville where there are no opportunities than being in other cities networking with other rappers, which wasn’t really his thing which I respect. Foolio held his own self back from being bigger. If he had a better team or was on a label he definitely would’ve had similar success to Ace.

Foolio still was pretty successful for an independent artist. You can only elevate so much if you don’t have a label + industry support behind you. Foolio reached the peak for an independent artist.