ohhhhh why didn’t you just say you were trolling when you first posted itt? would’ve made this thread go a lot more smoothly

If i was trolling, id be banned

Thugs 8 fans globally surely wouldve reported me like always

It's an industry person tryna blend in yall

brah lol

wayne signed ass contracts his whole life

he signed w cm 4 times and i guess never negotiated and decided to b**** ab s*** after the fact

he signed his first 4 albums, then signed until after c3, then signed from c3 to c4, then signed for ianahb2 onward... like cmon man

i fw wayne ofc but some s*** u gotta take a step back

and i get some artists sign cause they got no option (YoungBoy) but people like Wayne and Taylor Swift get no love from me for this s***

this aint fair

nigga was 11 when he met them and by the time he 15-17 he's a superstar

he literally may not have had the time to slow down and be like "lemme actually learn how this industry work"

add the fact that baby been his OG since 11, he has no pops, black parents dont know about this s***, and then the d**** and potential sexual abuse (or rather the mental dynamic of kissing Baby and s***...dude had to have looked at Birdman like his daddy forreal to kiss a grown man like that...."my daddy will never cross me" etc.)...

I can see how dude really don't get a chance to look around until Rikers.

rikers was pre c4. he resigned AFTER that. after C4 he met the obligiations of his 3rd contract and signed for a fourth.

source; hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/lil-wayne-young-money-cash-money-record-deal-311642

You got me. I work for universal.

Deadass ktt trippin

Do not present facts on this topic. It does not fit the narrative.

lol @user you right ab wayne being young i get it. same reason i feel for YB. but signing the 3rd one after C3 or AT THE VERY LEAST the 4th one after C4 you gotta draw the line of blame

Yet its still going...

You have to admit its a good debate.

what would labels incentives be to take chances on artists if it didnt totally benefit them in the long run?

its a very grey topic, these lifetime slave contracts should not exist

but it needs to be favorable in some way for the labels to loan out millions for investments

Artists should have a majority, 80-100% of their masters.

They shouldn’t ever be in a 360 deal tho
Record labels shouldn’t be getting a cut of the merch or tour unless they put money in and if they do then it should be a very small percentage(but they’ll find a loophole with that so I don’t even think that’s a good idea)

im expecting you to provide a valid opinion other than telling the man to shut up within the next few pages.

I'm saying look around in general. I'm not saying Rikers was when he should have fixed it bc even then the niggas...in prison lmao.

I said Rikers bc that's when he was probably like..."okay lemme try to plot out the smartest escape route" contingent on getting paid on time for C4 and then when he didn't get the money for C4 that's when the huge gap probably happened.

Op daddy working for record label

Scary part of this is that if regular people think like this imagine how judges and music execs who wouldn't be s*** in life if they didn't middleman art think

Imagine entities and institutions that only exist because of art being more important than the actual art lol

Also
Get rid of the 15+ albums that artists have to do to fulfill their contracts, s*** is crazy

Nah. Just me

so Wayne’s been in predatory contracts his whole life & you blame him for not knowing any different? cmon man

Baby wayne and cortez responsible for this s*** 😈