There was a poster here for a little bit who used to work for music magazines in the UK back in the 90s, believe their user name was Push. Hope they spot this thread.
Fun and well paying a subjective though generally speaking, pay is not great. Do it because it brings you joy.
As for education some sort of Journalism / English major type deal would likely work.
Definitely try. Nothing worth having is easy to get, and in the worse case you're right back where you started except you'll have the experience and knowledge of having tried.
Good luck dude
