Hit-Boy Selling A Share Of "UTOPIA" Song Publishing On Ebay

BYLavender AlexandriaPublished on September 28, 20233.3K Views

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 24: Hit-Boy attends Nas in Concert at Madison Square Garden on February 24, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

Hit-Boy made a strange decision with his publishing rights for a Travis Scott song.

The business of the music industry can be very complicated and when it comes to artists getting their cut there can often be tension. Between labels, songwriters, producers, and the artists themselves it can often be very complicated finding out what money someone has made or is owed. That's why it surprised fans when Hit-Boy listed his 5% share in the publishing rights to Travis Scott and Beyonce's "DELRESTO" on eBay earlier this week.

The listing offers "5% Publishing Share of "DELRESTO" ft. Beyonce Off Of Travis Scott's UTOPIA." It elaborates further in the description of the listing. "Hit-Boy is offering to sell his 5% publishing split on Travis Scott's song ft. Beyonce "DELRESTO (ECHOES)" on his latest album UTOPIA. included in the purchase is his AKAI 61 key MIDI keyboard that he created the song on." Fans discussing the post online are divided. "This is actually insanely worth it" reads the top comment on a repost of the listing. Others are less convinced. "Either this is a scam or homie need some money asap or he ain’t getting much out of those 5%," another comment reads. Check out the listing below.

Hit-Boy Listing Publishing Rights On eBay

Despite the post listing a Travis Scott song that Hit-Boy worked on, recently he's been much more directly tied to Nas. The pair have dropped two new albums in 2023 alone Magic 2 and Magic 3. They served as the culmination of an extremely prolific period for the pair dating back to 2020. Together they released three albums in the Magic series and three albums in the King's Disease series.

Hit-Boy is also reportedly working pretty extensively on the new Benny The Butcher album. In fact, when the album's announced release date arrived Hit-Boy was the one to officially confirm it was delayed indefinitely. What do you think of Hit-Boy selling the publishing rights to a song he produced on eBay? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lavender Alexandria

Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.