Maya hesitated. Then she opened a legal store, searched for “Best of Me” by Tyrese, and paid $1.29. Within seconds, the song was hers—clean, high-quality, and virus-free.

Maya had been searching for over an hour. Her phone memory was full of old playlists, but one song kept slipping through her fingers— “Best of Me” by Tyrese. That slow, soulful R&B groove was the only thing that could comfort her after a rough week.

“But I’m on a budget,” she said.

Leo sat down. “Think about it this way: Tyrese didn’t just wake up one day with that song. He went to a studio, hired musicians, spent hours recording, mixing, mastering. Then a label distributed it. People worked to make that song exist.”

She typed into her search bar: