Suge Knight did an Interview with B.E.T yesterday, talking about Kendrick Lamar having a bad deal; Suge claimed Kendrick gets very little from his contract because of the number of middle men involved. Suge even went on to say that Kendrick has to share his tour money with Interscope records. TDE boss, Anthony 'Top Dawg' Tiffith has come forward to denounce some of Suge's claims.
Below is what Top Dawg tweeted yesterday.
Below is what Top Dawg tweeted yesterday.
TELL SUGE I SAID IF HE KAN SHOW ME 1 CHECK WE PAID 2 INTERSCOPE OFF OF R TOUING..ILL SELL HIM TDE 4 $1, NOBODY GETS SHIT OFF OUR TOURS. #TOP
— dangeroo kipawaa TDE (@dangerookipawaa) April 16, 2014
Below is the initial words from Suge Knight that caused Top Dawg to address the issue.
"Even when I said with Kendrick Lamar, well, if it’s Universal there’s the guy who really bring the deal over to Jimmy Iovine which is Mike. Then there’s Interscope, then there’s Aftermath, then there’sTop Dawg productions or whatever, then there’s Kendrick. And not only do these companies get the royalties and publishing, if they do a show [and] $100,000 comes in, the manager of those guys get 20 percent. Now it’s eighty grand. Kendrick get half, the record company get half. Which is ridiculous because the artist should be able to live off their tours. If you can’t live off your tour money, how can you survive by being a slave? Prince was able to survive by being a slave because he was able to tour. If Prince had a deal like these new guys’ deals—it’s that the record company get half of your tour money—Prince would have been fucked...It’s not fair for the two niggas in Compton to be getting fucked. It’s not good for me to have knowledge and don’t pass it onto them. It wasn’t about embarrassing anybody. It wasn’t about putting them as men or as artists down. It was about putting the person who’s in control down. Saying, ‘How is you fucking over these dudes from Compton when they making the difference for your company?” (B.E.T Interview)
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