and how much were they supposed to pay him?
Artists gets stipends to record. Usually its a monthly stipend after they get their advance to start recording the album. Artists don't pay for anything, all expenses (studio, promo, production) are sent to the record company and the record company has to recoup the costs from album sales.
So technically the label is not giving him money, they are paying him what they are contractually obligated to pay him. Them pledging the bail money was generosity, which does not mix with buisness. This is why Shmurda is sitting on Rickers right now, the CEO does not want to sign off on generosity.
Him struggling to come up with 200k tells me his money is all screwed up. You got artists are letting their publishing checks, show money, and stipends go through their management. Remember his rant on youtube about not getting show money or Lex Luger complaining management is holding his money from records he produced.
Max B went through this too, and had to give up his publishing to get bail money from Jim Jones.
I can't believe its 2015 and rappers still have no business sense like its 1996, even after all the stories of Dre, Pac, and Cash Money rappers getting raped.