Hip-Hop’s Worst Record Deals..

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1. That’s wild because Babyface (very famous singer in the 90s for those curious) is one of the major founders of LaFace records.

2. Yet & sill nba young boy worth 100 million

3. Just so everyone knows, every genre of music has labels that have these crappy deals. Not just Hip Hop. And it's not just Black artists who get screwed. In fact, Black Hip Hop artists actually get paid more than most other genres because it's so easy to promote and sell an artist that is in the world's most famous genre. As well they are a single artist and not a band in which you have numerous people and equipment to deal with. Which Requires said groups and bands having to payout the label more money. The issue with many Hip Hop artists is living a lifestyle of flashy jewelry, houses, cars, etc.

4. Moral of the story don’t sign with Atlantic

5. Megan thee stallion had a gud gud very gud deal

6. and it also makes sense why hes in trouble and going to lose alot goin to jail…they are done with him

7. now it makes sense why NBA has so many accolades…they pushed it to profit

8. lol NBA young boy locked up

9. Ma$e had had the worst deal with Bad Boy Records, Mase wanted to join G-Unit Records back in 2005, but P.Diddy asked 50 Cent 3 million to make Mase free from his Bad Boy deal, that is the reason we never get any Mase album, because he is still under contractual obligation with Diddy-Bad Boy!

10. Any artist who don't have any record label I'm prefer interscope. You wanna know why? Did you ever heard any artist from interscope got problem with payments? Before you sign with them make sure you got best record. If you songs trash that owner laber giving a55 not the cash you got passed….suiiii that's bar😂

11. There’s no way these artists are unaware of these tactics. They’re just too desperate to get on and will do anything to get on.

12. UPS is hiring

13. You can say NBA young boy has a horrible deal but a company that powerful prolly the reason he keeps getting off light on all these cases. Atlantic knows people who know people prolly greasing the judges

14. I don't understand. These guys are gangsters with guns that'll catch bodies at the blink of an eye, why don't they do that to the record labels?

15. 😮😮😮wow so record labels 🏷️ jack you out your money 💴 so they getting paid more than what the artist getting paid

16. Tyga in a child m*lest*r!
    He was with Kylie Jenner 2012 -13, she was 15, he was 24!!!

17. These labels he’ll white and black

18. ayo & teo got screwed over too

19. This why they wanted nipesy 🏁 out the way he was business partners with them they didn't like that

20. All I’m hearing is “I didn’t read the contract and the record company only took care of themselves” yep that’s what any company does. They put the best terms FOR THEM in the contract and it’s up to the artist to read it and decide if they want to sign. They’re not victims. They were given the contracts and didn’t read them!

21. All I’m hearing is “I didn’t read the contract and the record company only took care of themselves” yep that’s what any company does. They put the best terms FOR THEM in the contract and it’s up to the artist to read it and decide if they want to sign. They’re not victims. They were given the contracts and didn’t read them!

22. How about we send those label owners to jail simple if you cant robb people in the real world then why they special nah send them to jail

23. 14:14 it’s 2024 and it’s still happening

24. Now a days I don’t feel bad

25. Lol they fine with slanging dope to their neighbors to get money but they get mad when labels flip that script back on them

26. I JUST HAVE ☝️ ? WHO IN THE COMMENTS OWN THERE OWN RECORD LABEL

27. You forgot Roddy Ricch

28. Labels are a necessary evil. Russ ran up numbers independently because he had a rich friend who absorbed all his recording/marketing/promotional costs. Plus he is white. Notice how xxx and young dolph who had the upper hand with their contracts are both dead. Hmmm.

29. $800K in debt – sheesh 😒🤯

30. NBA just signed a $100M deal. So wat are U TALKING ABOUT????

31. TLC left eye put the life sentence for the L in TLC 😂she said 75 million nah somebody gone die starting with the label boss 😂

32. I think this video is fantastic the only thing that’s missing is the argument that the labels invest millions into these artists at a time when that investment isn’t available

33. Man that Careless World album was too good when it first came out.

34. In the social media and YouTube age you are better off being independent. Everyone has a shot to blow up now when you used to have to do some crazy stuff to get noticed snd signed. Thats with any form of entertainment. These labels made their bed and I hope more and more people go solo.

35. Damn how is this possible😢😢

36. I wonder who gives them these contracts? If only mf would be focused on the real opps 😂😂😂. Mf slide on anybody on the block but mf trap you and use you and throw you away ain’t opps? Sad

37. I'll buy her out and get her back in , AQUAD MY DOE , THIS CHICK IS A 1DOUBLE ZERO %

38. Damn thats why he happy in prison. They was slaving him out.

39. It’s just business 🥶😩💁🏽‍♂️

40. What I'm seeing is performers who negate the artist behind the scenes… there's a commonality in music that revolves around the performers not acknowledging the artist and absorbing both credit and profit. It's always argued that the artists benefit from the vicarious influence of their music, but that is not true. If the value originally came from the performer, they would have experienced the key process in artist development that is protection of the rights and works, meaning they'd have leverage to negotiate. most artists in bad deals are there because they are acting according to instruction or script; that said most people mentioned except Lupe Fiasco went to a pop market. their audience literal prefers the same 100-200 songwriters performed by different actors… hence Colby Cailat's- Love Song having the famous refusal that she then flips into a catchy pop tune; her market only digests romance… MTS market only digest rebellious expression as a crafted display of repulse because that is how women feel about men… same with TLC. So the characterization and development, including the reality that they are not independently developing these artistic concepts and do actually owe the label and platform negates the claims of bad deals… hence: "Megan you know you ain't created that anthem…"

41. But cash money has Wayne and thug and they blew up

42. 1:07 1:08 😂😂😂😂🎉

43. No one wants to talk about the real reason these deals are bad (and the music is bad). It's the people who own the labels and the people who do this distribution. They always come from a certain group and they aren't the same group as the artists. They would never have their children out there making degenerate trash and then getting ripped off.

44. Many do that dumb arse uses the labelsawyer I'll get u a good deal and get fired

45. The thing about living under capitalism is that no matter what, you’re always going to face some degree of exploitation. The extent of that exploitation is based what you accept.

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