J Prince jerked the entire label roster, including the one who built rap-a-lot ,Face.
I think Face was already doing executive duties for Def Jam South before he released music on Def Jam.
he didnt jerk them....nobody knew including j the business...j took more loses than he did gainin
2low was j prince lesson...he was handin out contracts...but not payin attention to the wording...2low mom went over the contract and none of the shyt in it matched up to what 2low had...2low got 28million from rap-a-lot
once that happen....mike had the same type of contract..he wanted his bread...but instead of payin j always wanted to restructure and give him a new one...plus mike was eating good off features and other labels was callin em for work...mike should have took him to court vs the street shyt...he got fukked in the long run...prolly would have got prolly 50-60million
trae was smart...rapalot had a new deal with asylum...so he used the machine for distribution.... his only mistake was him n z-ro should have done the same with abn....but they didnt...j own it..
devin didnt get fukked... he got fukked by face...face took him out the odd squad for face mob n shelved the odd squad... why u never saw devin too much to projects agin..if it was it was throw aways...u never saw face on another devin album either...
j was a hustler n seen how lil troy had a foot in the music business making money...flippin it and reuppin in the streets...
say what u want bout lil troy...that nikka made sure everybody got paid...
face hadn't worked troy since the 80s....98 come troy put out sittin phat down south again...willie, troy and 2-low gettin checks from short stop records..that they hadnt seen in yrs..with more 0s...
that is what made face start tripping because he was like how im gettin money off my old shyt...he was gettin like 500-1000 when troy was still independent same with willie,3-2 and others...that was easy money fukkin with troy back then..
troy sign that playa ass deal with universal...and he still had the masters and publishing for all of the old shyt from the willie ds, troys and 2-lows etc....he reused em...album blew up...face nem gettin 10-30k every quarter now still to this day...j saw the checks...n tried to muscle troy because them nikkas was signed to rap-a-lot
and didnt invoices for the work...not realizing all the songs troy used...troy put out first..the single scarface/small time n willie's where is the love...was all old short stop singles..
troy paperwork was right...j tried to sue... lost..
.. thats when the snitch shyt came out...kuz they tried it again....won 220,000 kuz he was locked up....he get out.....troy wasnt trippin... him n face was cool did a movie together.... movie get released....face wasnt even fukkin with rap-a-lot at the time....he was at def jam....
j released snitch nikkas...for the my balls n my word album.... troy ask face what it do...he didnt know what troy was talkin bout said he was on def jam..
troy showed him the vibe article where bun b said him and face wasnt dissin 50cent they was dissin a boy name troy...
face mad kuz the song or anything on that album should should have been released...
they stop hangin with one another... j got a whole snitch campaign goin on troy....troy said fukk it...he has dirt of face...did the paperwork shyt...and sued the whole label for 2million for deformation n won...
nikka troy was all on the news tombout cut the check.... then backdoored it with the paperwork dvd...had face hot..u mention troy name...face throw a temper tantrum...like he bout the cry...troy wasnt hard to find either..
j didnt know the business he knew how to hustle labels into payin em with the barcode hustle..
but contracts ....j fukked himself in the long run...n alot of ppl resigned vs gettin what they were owed n walkin...
face was around for 20yrs....n kept resigining he there for all the bullshyt with other ppl at the label...he producing and etc ...he finally got the clearance to leave..n made real money...after the fed case with j died..n didnt go nowhere..
what the dumb ass nikka do...go right back...
cant jerk a jerk