Tag: Music Industry

Black artists have spent generations creating valuable music catalogs, but ownership has often been complicated. T-Pain recently sold his publishing catalog and master rights to HarbourView Equity Partners for an estimated $100 million. He explained that streaming devalued music from a dollar per song to fractions of a cent per play without artist consent, so selling secured his family's future. This trend includes Tina Turner, Future, and Dr. Dre selling catalogs for substantial sums. While selling represents a personal business decision, the broader conversation should focus on ensuring artists have knowledge and power to control their created work and benefit from their legacy.

Months after the Michael biopic broke box-office records, a new Jackson family project about patriarch Joe is in the works. Marlon will narrate the eight-episode docuseries titled The Manager, The Mythology, The Legend for BLK Prime, offering a deeper look at the man whose vision helped shape their family's musical legacy. However, it remains uncertain whether this project will help fans separate Joe's harsh parenting style from what he accomplished in creating global superstars.

On Saturday morning, July 11, 2026, Houston rapper Judy World, whose real name was Krystal Jordan, was fatally stabbed in southeast Houston. The 28-year-old suspect, Kayla Wynita Rodgers, was arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with the incident.

Media Take Out has exclusively learned from high-level corporate insiders that a monumental, mind-blowing "Universal Settlement" between global megastar Drake and the corporate suits at Universal Music Group is officially imminent.

Nicki Minaj says that she believes that the Illuminati "could" be real, but that she does not know whether the people she believes worked against her in the music industry are part of a secret society.

Lizzo's new album 'Bitch' underperforms, as she blames changing industry and a legal battle for the struggling singles.