"They have given me one of the greatest situations in hip-hop," Drake, 22, said of his team.
Under the unusually lucrative agreement he struck with Aspire/Young Money/Cash Money Records distributed through Universal, Drake received a $2-million advance. He retains the publishing rights to his songs and cedes only around 25% of his music sales revenues to the label as a "distribution fee," his managers said. By contrast, the overwhelming majority of new artists sign financially restrictive "360 deals" that sap their touring and merchandise income and offer much more restrictive profit-sharing.
A dissection of how the rapper was able to drive such a hard bargain underscores an evolution in the music industry. At a time when CD sales have declined by 15% over last summer's numbers and major labels remain more fixated on scoring hit singles than sustaining artist rosters, managers such as those working with Drake have stepped into the void to become king-makers in urban music.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/07/drake-from-teen-tv-star-to-rap-royalty-.html
@ believing that bullshyt pr team dribble.If his deal is so good why was he trying to have his contract terminated? You dont do that if you got an amazing deal.
http://defsounds.com/hip-hop-news/d...-attempting-to-get-ymcmb-contract-terminated/
J prince son eating more off drake albums then he is. Then add in birdman, lil wayne, the universal execs
drake aint seeing shyt, just another cash money artist getting fukked.Dont forget when drake tried to flex on sylvia rhone only for her to make him bend over and apologize in public a bunch of times while she eats the food off his plate




Forbes is WILDLY inaccurate bullshyt. Everybody knows that.