Shake’s top-5 MC is going the Rhymesayers route…
After rumors and speculation that the former President and CEO of Def Jam may have bought back his recording contract for an alleged amount of $5 million, Jay’s deal with Morris (CEO of Universal Records) will give the rapper an opportunity to own and control the rights to all of his music, including his upcoming release, The Blueprint 3.
READ: Jay-Z Confirms Independence From Def Jam
Smart move.
What’s with the cross-out font?
This is beyond smart! Love him or hate him, Jay knows how to run his brand. He’s no regular business man, he sure is “The Business Maaaan”
lol you forgot to close the strikeout…
Wow, he owns the rights to his whole catalog? That’s very difficult to pull off. Brilliant move on his part. Easily worth $5 million
hahahahahahahahahahaha
the strikethroughs are killin’ me lol
Jay DOES NOT EQUAL an MC on any real hip-hop Top 5, 10, 15, or even 20 MC List.
love him or hate him, brilliant move…there are thousands of artists that would die to own their masters…very important
Damn, just a few years ago Def Jam was the home to the hottest in the game DMX, Jay-Z, Ja Rule. Looks like Kanye’s the last man standing over there as far as big time artist(rappers) go.
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Jay-Z is Single « ThatNeedleMusic. said this on May 21st, 2009 at 3:33 pm
[...] for an alleged amount of $5 million, Jay’s deal with Morris (CEO of Universal Records) will give the rapper an opportunity to own and control the rights to all of his music, including his upcoming release, The Blueprint 3.” – Source : 2DopeBoyz : http://2dopeboyz.okayplayer.com/2009/05/21/jay-z-x-def-jam/ [...]
Jay Z buys back his contract | Evil Monito said this on May 21st, 2009 at 11:48 pm
can anybody put into lamens terms what this means, I mean do most artists not own any of their music?? I guess Im an idiot