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Music Rappers Who Own Their Masters One of the greatest business moves artists and rappers can make is owning their masters. Here's a list of rappers who have been shrewd enough to gain ownership of their masters. By Angelique Garr February 12, 2024 16.8K Views
Music Jay-Z Sold Kanye West's Masters To Buy Back His Own: Report Jay-Z reportedly sold master recordings of Kanye West's first six albums to buy back his own masters in the Roc-A-Fella-Def Jam deal. By Alex Zidel September 18, 2020 88.7K Views
Music T-Pain Sells Publishing Catalog & Select Masters In Massive Career Move T-Pain is excited for the new chapter. By Cole Blake February 20, 2025 12.4K Views
Music Jim Jones Questions If Artists Who Own Masters Even Know What To Do With Them He admitted that being an independent artist who owns their own masters is a flex, but he wondered if people really know what that means. By Erika Marie March 23, 2021 43.5K Views
Music King Von Owned His Masters, Royalties Go To His Family King Von's manager reveals that there are two albums worth of material already recorded. By Aron A. November 10, 2020 77.0K Views
Original Content Rick Ross Explains What It Means To Sell Your Catalog Several veteran artists, from RZA to No I.D., have sold huge percentages of their musical catalogs in recent years, and in HNHH's cover story with Rick Ross, the Boss breaks down what that actually means. By Joshua Robinson May 24, 2022 31.7K Views
Music Lil Wayne Also Sold Drake & Nicki Minaj's Masters In $100 Million Deal: Report Lil Wayne reportedly sold the Young Money masters in his $100 million deal with Universal, including Drake and Nicki Minaj's albums. By Alex Zidel December 17, 2020 85.8K Views
Music Ciara Asked Label For Her Masters After They Didn't Believe "Level Up" Would Be Successful The singer says when she showed her label her plans for "Level Up" and her project, they didn't seem interested. By Erika Marie June 20, 2022 34.9K Views
Music Chris Brown Signs Historic New Deal With RCA Records Chris Brown becomes one of the youngest artists ever to own their master recordings. By Alex Zidel January 04, 2019 91.3K Views
Music Ja Rule Laughs Off 50 Cent's Rumored Attempt To Buy His Masters "HE CAN’T BUY MY MASTERS I OWN THEM!!!" By Aron A. November 08, 2018 71.8K Views
Music Kanye West Responds To Jay-Z Allegedly Selling His Masters Following runaway reports that Jay-Z had sold Kanye West's masters to regain control of his own, Yeezy stepped forward to address the situation. By Mitch Findlay September 18, 2020 155.6K Views
Antics Lil Wayne Dragged For Reportedly Selling Drake & Nicki Minaj's Masters Lil Wayne sold all of Young Money's masters, including collaborations with Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Tyga, in a reported deal worth $100 million. By Alex Zidel December 18, 2020 198.4K Views
Music Mariah Carey Reveals That She Owns The Masters To Her Old Music MC is embarking on a new level in her career. By Lamar Banks November 02, 2022 3.3K Views
Music NBA Youngboy Airs Out Label For Keeping His Masters From Him Youngboy Never Broke Again goes off on Atlantic Records for their "dirty" tactics in restricting him from his master recordings. By Alex Zidel July 08, 2020 16.9K Views
Music 21 Savage Recalls Asking T.I. For A $1 Million Deal T.I. was quick to reject 21 Savage's offer. By Alexander Cole December 19, 2020 162.4K Views
Music Eminem, Tupac & 50 Cent's Masters Destroyed In Massive 2008 Fire The fire is being called "the biggest disaster in the history of the music business." By Alex Zidel June 11, 2019 281.7K Views
Music Birdman Flexes Annual Earnings From Cash Money Masters Birdman sits down for a rare interview with Wallo, during which he opens up about his annual earnings from the Cash Money master recordings. By Mitch Findlay May 03, 2021 115.3K Views
Music Birdman Says He's Got "Love & Respect" For UMG For Letting Him Own Masters, But Fans Think Somethings Not Adding Up Birdman praised the label while speaking with Steve-O. By Cole Blake April 17, 2024 31.0K Views
Music Irv Gotti Chokes Up While Signing $300 Million Deal With Iconoclast Irv Gotti has signed a $300 million deal to sell his 50 percent ownership stake of his masters to Iconoclast. By Cole Blake June 29, 2022 42.3K Views
Music Lil Wayne Allegedly Sold Masters In Nine-Figure Deal Wayne's former manager is now claiming the rapper sold his masters to Universal Music Group. By Alexander Cole December 11, 2020 99.1K Views
Music Ashanti Reveals Ja Rule Avoids Discussing Her Murder Inc. Masters While on “The Breakfast Club,” Ashanti also added that Ja “knows what’s right.” By Hayley Hynes December 11, 2021 11.5K Views

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