"Don't believe me, just watch":Trinidad James To Make At Least $50,000 From "Uptown Funk" Royalties
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The Devil's Advocate
Call me Dad
Damn you got to pay nikkas for lyrics nowadays
Game crazy
so you think you should write a song, record the lyrics, put it out, copyright it, sell it.... then someone slides in that never met you, took your lyrics and made a hit, and gets paid off that...
and your belief is that they shouldn't have to pay for that??
so i can just drop a song where i steal half of jay-z's hook and put it out and you think he should be cool with that? come on y'all
everybody isn't a "coli it major" and make 100k annually, that's more than what the majority of this country makes a year for not doing a damn thing, plus I hear he has his own sneaker business he runs.
that nikka should be good for life.
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Veteran
so you think you should write a song, record the lyrics, put it out, copyright it, sell it.... then someone slides in that never met you, took your lyrics and made a hit, and gets paid off that...
and your belief is that they shouldn't have to pay for that??
so i can just drop a song where i steal half of jay-z's hook and put it out and you think he should be cool with that? come on y'all
that's what i'm sayin, you gotta give credit to where credit is due
BeetAficionado
Pro
50k seems real low not surprising though just another instance of music money aint always what it's cracked up to be. That song is/was everywhere.
Insensitive
Superstar
He's only seeing 5% of the royalties though.
I'm sure people who had a much bigger hand in the song are seeing much more
money.
I'm sure people who had a much bigger hand in the song are seeing much more
money.
b_low_brown
Daddyface
So are you saying that isn't a large sum of money given the circumstances or
BodeineBrazy
hehehehehehehehehe
Damn you got to pay nikkas for lyrics nowadays
Game crazy
u always had to do that bruh.50,000 aint shyt,
no hate. But it aint crazy...
Drake used a whole classic Rappin 4 Tay verse and only paid 100K?1 line from a wack song get you 50K?
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Idk..rappers borrow lines all the time
50,000 aint shyt,
Didn't hear about this until Drake got sewed
so you think you should write a song, record the lyrics, put it out, copyright it, sell it.... then someone slides in that never met you, took your lyrics and made a hit, and gets paid off that...
and your belief is that they shouldn't have to pay for that??
so i can just drop a song where i steal half of jay-z's hook and put it out and you think he should be cool with that? come on y'all
You're too hype. Are you Trinidad james?
I was more so talking about using other lyrics period.
I've been listening to rap for like 20 years and I've hears hov, beans and many others borrow a line here or there but never knew they had to give others writing credits.
The Drake who do you love was the first time j hears about someone getting sued for it thats why I am surprised
Drake settled the case. And let's be real, Uptown funk is a whole different monster as far as revenue generation than some YG songDrake used a whole classic Rappin 4 Tay verse and only paid 100K?1 line from a wack song get you 50K
Whats crazy is the song only grossed over $840,000 but it sold over 5 million, what the hell? I see why Jay-Z did that spectacle about tidal paying more to artists, because how can you sell over 5 million songs, and just get over $840,000? I'm sure the song got even more spins so the publishing gross should be at least $1.5-$2 million dollars.
Damn, the music game is being pimped by technology companies. I guess the chickens have come home to roost. Labels did it to artists, and now technology companies are doing it to labels, and artists. Artists do need to stop this shyt.
Damn, the music game is being pimped by technology companies. I guess the chickens have come home to roost. Labels did it to artists, and now technology companies are doing it to labels, and artists. Artists do need to stop this shyt.
