If the choice is between doing something supercool and having no one hear it and doing something equally cool and tricking people into putting it on the radio, I don't think the second option is some big sellout.
“I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans.”
“I've probably saved thousands of peoples' lives with my educational message on snake bites, how to get in around venomous anything.”