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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
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
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
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
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
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
Music Joe Budden Thinks Lil Wayne Didn't Sell Drake His Masters Because Of A Girl Lil Wayne reportedly sold his Young Money masters to UMG for $100 million back in 2020, which also allegedly included Drake and Nicki Minaj. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 07, 2025
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Music LL Cool J Speaks On The Benefits Of Owning His Masters LL Cool J has made bank from owning the rights to his own music. By Ben Mock May 07, 2023
Music Lil Wayne's Alleged Masters Deal Leads To Birdman Hot Takes Lil Wayne and Birdman's widely publicized relationship is back under the microscope. By Alexander Cole December 11, 2020
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
Music Salt-N-Pepa Use Rock Hall Induction Speech To Go After UMG Salt-N-Pepa are in the middle of a legal battle with the record label over who owns the rights to their masters. By Cole Blake November 10, 2025
Music RZA Sells Half Of His 814-Song Music Catalog Legendary producer RZA follows No I.D. in signing a new deal with Hipgnosis Sounds, selling half of his 814-song catalog. By Mitch Findlay August 24, 2020
Music Yo Gotti Escapes Label Deal & Now Owns All His Masters Yo Gotti celebrates a tremendous start to the year. By Alex Zidel February 04, 2020
Music Rich The Kid Officially Owns His Masters Rich The Kid has become the latest rapper to gain ownership of his masters, taking to Instagram to break the news. By Mitch Findlay November 16, 2020

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