Drake Resigns With Universal Music Group, Deal Worth $400 Million

[HabitualChiller]

Up to 400 million……..

this is one of those football deals where are player signs for 150 million ……gets cut at some point and walks away with 12 million

Is...is that supposed to be bad? You (statistically speaking) and 99.9% of the general population wouldn't see that amount of money in 3-4 lifetimes.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Would you tell Michael Jackson to go independent? Whitney Houston? Adele? It makes no sense. Sure Prince did it but let's not forget Prince signed a huge contract (allegedly 100mil) after Purple Rain. He used that money to finance the creation of his own record label, and used Warner for distribution. After grudgingly completing the contract, he then went independent.

This deal with ultimately finance whatever Drake's long term play is. He's smart, he's surrounded by even smarter people, and he's not going anywhere. And just like Prince, he can quickly release albums and complete the deal fast enough to do whatever is next BEFORE he completely falls off.

As a Drake fan, I don't know what people actually expected to happen here. I don't think Hov even actually went fully independent, even with distribution etc.

Plus, that risk of even slightly diminished access isn't something anyone REALLY wants.

Indie artists are relatively content, but you can't build a business to compete with big business AND do big artistry. Still gotta pick one.

 

[Big Boss]

 

[Yecht]

Oh look, another Drake thread of the 10+ pages of Drake threads that were started by Hamza @BK The Great Bin Laden

https://www.thecoli.com/search/1180709/?q=Drake&c[title_only]=1&c[users]=BK+The+Great&o=date

 

[mastermind]

In before someone says he should have gone independent and this is an L.

He should have gone independent. This is an L.

 

[Mastamimd]

The price to stay on top

This bytch ass nikka can go to hell

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

He should have gone independent. This is an L.

creatively, he’d be better off.

 

[Goat poster]

Looks like he won't be dropping any new music soon.

It would be wierd for them to push an artist that is currently suing them.

Philly happens all the time tho...the music industry

 

[Nigerianwonder]

Looks like he won't be dropping any new music soon.

It would be wierd for them to push an artist that is currently suing them.

Philly happens all the time tho...the music industry

happens all the time actually. Just like with Meg the stallion.

 

[Raquinotj]

He should have gone independent. This is an L.

He got a $360 million dollar check upfront. How is that an L?

 

[iliketurtles]

He got a $360 million dollar check upfront. How is that an L?

Didn't he want to renegotiate b4 the beef

 

[Raquinotj]

Didn't he want to renegotiate b4 the beef

He was in talks to renegotiate.

Another thing nikkaz call Drake a Lucian “Slave” the lawsuit revealed he owns his whole catalog.

 

[iliketurtles]

He was in talks to renegotiate.

Another thing nikkaz call Drake a Lucian “Slave” the lawsuit revealed he owns his whole catalog.

So they used kbot to take drakes price down

 

[mastermind]

He got a $360 million dollar check upfront. How is that an L?

That’s called an advance. Will he make it back?

 

[skokiaan]

Always feels good when a loan is approved, now begins the hard work to keep up with repayments.