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Lil Wayne Sells Masters For $100 Million

Regardless of my opinion of Wayne. It will always be a loss for black music, people when these things happen.
 
loud-ninja said:
I was listening to sway in the morning show a few days ago. They had a segment on why people would sell their masters. A good point was brought up. There was a singer (cant remember who it was) who sold his masters. The reasoning was that he didnt care that much anymore and he was ready to start his dream business. But he needed millions to start it. So he sold his masters to make that investment. I have to see if I can find that clip. Some people sell their masters to invest into bigger things.
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I get that for someone who might not be popping n doesn't have the incoming revenue to bust a move. However. Someone of Wayne's caliber, should be able have the liquid assets to make such a move. I guess my true curiosity is the "why" more than the "how much"?
 
AP21 said:
I hope when y'all mention Wayne's catalog, y'all not including mixtapes

His catalog of studio albums has been super pedestrian and has been completely watered down with each subsequent release.
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You make a good point. Regardless, his albums have traditionally sold well and have had major singles. Plus the features have mainly been on other artists actual albums
 
I always say dont sell 100%....Its crazy how since that commercial Allstate used that song Lovely Day in a commercial and it was in the top 10 downloads on Itunes. The song was released 43 years ago, the licensing, and royalties from the commercial, Itunes and other download royalties etc are going to dude or his family if he held on to the rights to his music...

Not saying its anywhere close to 100 million but it would be steady income...
 
A-List said:
I always say dont sell 100%....Its crazy how since that commercial Allstate used that song Lovely Day in a commercial and it was in the top 10 downloads on Itunes. The song was released 43 years ago, the licensing, and royalties from the commercial, Itunes and other download royalties etc are going to dude or his family if he held on to the rights to his music...

Not saying its anywhere close to 100 million but it would be steady income...
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he died this year too. That played a part

And it’s a legit classic.
 
Natural Born Sinners said:
I dont know how his money breaks down, especially w the shady dealings of Birdman. But Wayne has one of the most potent n large catalogs in the history of music. The catalog could easily be worth that much. He made ALOTTA commercial music that could be featured in commercials, movies, TV shows n sampled by other artist in the future. Just off features alone, dude catalog ain't nothin to play w. There was a time when like 50% of the singles on the radio, had a Wayne verse or hook
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Would an artist own the masters of a song they were just a feature on?

I understand having royalties.
 
Revolver Ocelot said:
Would an artist own the masters of a song they were just a feature on?

I understand having royalties.
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Not at all. They would never own it unless they buy it from the original artist (which would make for the person who song it is)

Sometimes they don’t even get royalties because they got paid a flat fee for the feature
 
A-List said:
I always say dont sell 100%....Its crazy how since that commercial Allstate used that song Lovely Day in a commercial and it was in the top 10 downloads on Itunes. The song was released 43 years ago, the licensing, and royalties from the commercial, Itunes and other download royalties etc are going to dude or his family if he held on to the rights to his music...

Not saying its anywhere close to 100 million but it would be steady income...
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I just read an article about Bill Withers recently.

Before he passed, he was just living the quite life collecting them royalties checks over the decades.
 
Dwayne said:
Not at all. They would never own it unless they buy it from the original artist (which would make for the person who song it is)

Sometimes they don’t even get royalties because they got paid a flat fee for the feature
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Yeah the bold is what I was thinking as well.

So a 100 mill might sound right for his catalog
 
5 Grand said:
I think $100 Mil is a good price, but what's more important is what he does with the money.

He could set up all of his siblings and cousins with trust funds and his whole family would be set for life.

Or he could make it rain in the strip club and buy alot of jewelry.
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But at this point he should’ve made a 100 million already and his family should already be straight he been rapping for like 15 years
 
A-List said:
I always say dont sell 100%....Its crazy how since that commercial Allstate used that song Lovely Day in a commercial and it was in the top 10 downloads on Itunes. The song was released 43 years ago, the licensing, and royalties from the commercial, Itunes and other download royalties etc are going to dude or his family if he held on to the rights to his music...

Not saying its anywhere close to 100 million but it would be steady income...
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This was my point. I get that sure money is better than hoping someone samples your shit in the future...but it is what it is
 
Los216 said:
Lil Wayne doesn't have $100M worth of timeless songs. A large chunk of his catalogue is mixtapes and shit that doesn't have the appropriate mainstream appeal. there's barely a handful of songs pre 2008 that have commercial appeal.
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This is kinda what I was getting at
 
Bet on time and hope your catalog brings in more than $100 mill or take $100 mill today and flip that into more through investments? Decisions decisions....
 
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