Megan thee Stallion sues record label EDIT: DJ Booth reveals contract details
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Word. I hope things work out for her.
If she indeed "ghosted" her former label since August - that's teen shyt.
Ghosting pops in young adulthood.
But in business, nope.
Communication is everything.
I wish her the best.
BK The Great
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Yea but she was all over social media all summer promoting that "hot girl summer'' stuff but probably wasn't focused on the business aspect of the music industry. We'll see how this goes.
Word no doubt.
Lucky to get is one thing - the hustle to make that luck work is another thing.
50 is an example of a rapper who took his luck and made it pop tenfold.
Yeah, she is lightning in a bottle and not a proven entity, let's see how she does with a whole album.
BK The Great
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Yea if she can release music she’s gonna have to prove that she isn’t a one time thing. She has to deliver without the gimmicks.
drugxglory
Street Struck
Greenhornet
A God Among Kings
Its no wonder the game is fukked up
because the people are garbage
and then it translates to trash music
wild amount of people have their hands in music who dont know shyt about music
business has nothing to do with shyt either, its as deep as a contract and written agreement
good or bad business is merely how fukked up or dumb a party can be
because the people are garbage
and then it translates to trash music
wild amount of people have their hands in music who dont know shyt about music
business has nothing to do with shyt either, its as deep as a contract and written agreement
good or bad business is merely how fukked up or dumb a party can be
Rell Lauren
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Rell Lauren
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So this was all promo then?
Nah. The music was ready to go. The courts blocked 1501 from stifling her creativity.
Piff Perkins
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Threads like this really bring out the worst in the Coli. As someone who worked in the music industry and understand how contracts go...I get that most people don't have direct experience with music labels or contracts. But seeing (presumed) black people cheer and laugh about a black person ensnared in a bad contract blows my mind. The rap music industry is a reflection of society. Black people get exploited every day, robbed every day, and taken advantage of every day by various obligations/contracts/agreements/etc. You can laugh and joke all you want, but most of the people in those situations hastily sign bad agreements because they are desperate. It's not a laughing matter.
I'm glad Megan has apparently gotten out of her contract. But she won't be the last. This will keep happening. And what we're seeing is that these contracts aren't being given by white dudes. They're being given by black people, often on the street level. Normally the way it worked, the black hustler would take you to the white record label for you to get fukked...then he'd get a piece of the pie. Now these clowns are making their own record deals...and then they negotiate a buy out or something when the white money label comes around. Thugger was one of the most prominent examples of this...the way he was signed to multiple people before the label could get their hands in his pocket. It's wack.
I'm glad Megan has apparently gotten out of her contract. But she won't be the last. This will keep happening. And what we're seeing is that these contracts aren't being given by white dudes. They're being given by black people, often on the street level. Normally the way it worked, the black hustler would take you to the white record label for you to get fukked...then he'd get a piece of the pie. Now these clowns are making their own record deals...and then they negotiate a buy out or something when the white money label comes around. Thugger was one of the most prominent examples of this...the way he was signed to multiple people before the label could get their hands in his pocket. It's wack.
Marlo Barksdale
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That's cool and all but artists have to be held accountable. It's too much information readily available to willingly be ignorant about the music business.
Artists are now wanting handouts instead of creating leverage prior to negotiations or even doing simple youtube searches. It's no excuse for it post 2015.
That's why I teach and preach for yungins to learn the game. Business is never personal. You get what you negotiate, not what you deserve. The label gotta make their money back somehow.