eastside313
Superstar
People get got all other time when they’re out of their element especially when you talking bout 19 year olds.The difference between P and Puff is contracts. Some of P's artists never had contracts where Puff's artists were bound by contracts.
People are in here talking about how much of a snake Diddy is and that he took advantage. What people aren't understanding is that this is the music BUSINESS. I don't buy the whole "he took advantage of street dudes" angle because street dudes were some of the most successful in the industry in the 90s. Street dudes should be able to spot a hustle a mile away. That's survival to them.
I was looking through old Source magazines and seeing these guys from the streets owning companies and had millions in their 20's.
These dudes who are being "taken advantage of" be giving up percentages, royalties, and publishing for immediate success. On top of that the label is gambling on their success (in the 90's that million dollar videos, big album budgets, etc). Then when you can't recoup and your next album doesn't get a budget or at worst, you owe the label then its "I thought we was fam" and they hit you with "business is business". They had all of these documentaries on the industry where even platinum artists were just breaking even. They had a platinum plaque, but made no money from album sales.
Stop with that music business chit. Doing people dirty doesn’t have to be the model.