Doesn't even have to be a big name. Someone who's liked by just enough people will do.
Every big name started out as an unknown.
The greatest examples of art and literature from history were simply random pieces of paper a few people knew of, at the time of production.
This world... people want instant gratification. If you want to be a legend though, you'll have to do something great, that doesn't seem so great, until you're dead...
It's best to just have fun along the way and do things because you enjoy it. The easiest way to impress someone is to not try to impress anyone; just do your thing and do it well. We'll never impress everyone anyway so there's no point in trying.
Work hard, never sell yourself short, yadda yadda yadda, all that other cliche stuff, and fuck the content police.