Lil Wayne earned a gross total of $3.3 million with Tha Carter V in the opening-week

[Finesse]

The hate in this thread is ridiculous

 

[Harry B]

The hate in this thread is ridiculous

He probably "only" took home a few 100ks in a week

- John D D'Coli

 

[Monoblock]

"Recontracted" time.
"We gonna redo this shyt in the morning"

 

[Sad Bunny]

The hate in this thread is ridiculous

They're acting like he didn't just win a fukking lawsuit and drop his album that went gold in a week LOL

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Y'all still think major artists get paid off touring

Just as many hands(execs,agents) in the pot, overhead, staff etc. The "right" people will get you booked for 100k+ a show as long as you give up a big slice of pie. It's a racket. Nobody makes big money, unless certain people are getting paid off it

Not only do they get paid, it's where most major acts make the bulk of their money

What kinda sense does "because multiple parties make money means the act gets nothing" make?

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

Wonder how much kdot charged

 

[IShotTheSheriff]

I’m not hating at all I’m glad that an actual MC is at the top of the charts but the money is funny. Did they add up all the money from the different streaming services at their different rates? Either way it IS one way to quantify success for an album just seems kind of corny to do it in money like real reachy somehow. I just can’t help thinking about how i’ve had every major streaming service besides Apple but I’ve never paid for any of them haha I actually pay for albums I support and stream everything else for free. shyt I might even stream an album I bought just cause I already have the app open. It’s also kind of frustrating that every single track on that chart is on a major label which points to the obvious fact that it’s fixed in a way still even without retail stores being a factor. You can’t even play the game unless you’re on a team. How come these no name mfs on YouTube can get a hundred trillion views but the track is never on the charts?

Yo!
That's so true.
System is rigged by corporate folks then people wanna say hip hop is dead giving all the power to those people...

 

[zayk35]

Boy he missed out on a lot of money over the yrs

 

[Darealtwo1]

 

[NSSVO]

It wasn’t free to produce and record this also. Prolly nothing. And if I could guess, I would say he spent no less than 10 mill on this, so it’ll eventually recoup and generate profit, but for now, 0 dollars

Lol 10 million?!!! nikka what?!

 

[Da_Eggman]

I still fear he won’t live much longer

 

[Da King]

Birdman ate good

 

[Rozay Oro]

The hate is real

Damn y’all nikkas hating hard af

How the fukk is speaking how the money is divided become hating? Y'all some dikkriders

 

[Rekkapryde]

Prob took home 200-350k after all is said n done after taxes, promo, label, studio, managers, producers/songwriters, Ms Gladys fund

 

[Sad Bunny]

How the fukk is speaking how the money is divided become hating? Y'all some dikkriders

Because none of us know the percentages or splits or costs associated.

No point to speculate either.