masters
- Music One of the greatest business moves artists and rappers can make is owning their masters. Here's a list of rappers who have been shrewd enough to gain ownership of their masters.
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Angelique Garr
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Music Jay-Z reportedly sold master recordings of Kanye West's first six albums to buy back his own masters in the Roc-A-Fella-Def Jam deal.
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Music During a recent podcast appearance, Nate Dogg's son Nathaniel Hale Jr. discussed the late artist's master recordings.
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Music LL Cool J has made bank from owning the rights to his own music.
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Music Chris Brown becomes one of the youngest artists ever to own their master recordings.
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Music King Von's manager reveals that there are two albums worth of material already recorded.
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Music Salt-N-Pepa are in the middle of a legal battle with the record label over who owns the rights to their masters.
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Music Lil Wayne reportedly sold his Young Money masters to UMG for $100 million back in 2020, which also allegedly included Drake and Nicki Minaj.
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Pop Culture He expressed wishes to learn how to be a better dad to his 11 surviving children.
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Music The singer says when she showed her label her plans for "Level Up" and her project, they didn't seem interested.
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Pop Culture He claims her team also refused to buy back her catalog under an NDA.
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Music Youngboy Never Broke Again goes off on Atlantic Records for their "dirty" tactics in restricting him from his master recordings.
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Alex Zidel
