Diddy Returns Publishing To Bad Boy Artists: Biggie, Ma$e & More
Diddy Returns Bad Boy Publishing To Artists Like Faith Evans And Biggie’s Estate, Social Media Wonders Why - Page 3
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“My n-gga murder had to sit this one out,” Cam’ron posted. “He just got his publishing back from Puff. Just finished the paper work for that yesterday.”
The estimated value of the rights could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars, given the various musicians that have sold their music catalogs for staggering amounts. In the ’90s, Prince advocated for artists to own their master recordings, which most music labels retained at that point.
He was the sole owner of most of his music copyrights as the songwriter and producer on the majority of his recordings. That led his estate to an ultimate valuation of $156 million, after a six-year legal battle as he died in 2016 with no will.
Now, because of him and others, artists are more savvy about the value of their recorded work, particularly with lucrative sync rights, when songs are used in everything from commercials to video games to TV shows. In 2022, singer/songwriter Kate Bush scored a No. 1 hit with “Running Up The Hill,” originally recorded in 1985. The song was used in the popular Netflix show Stranger Things and is said to have netted the British artist millions.
Diddy certainly knows how much just one song can be worth. His reworking of “Every Breath You Take,” Sting’s iconic song for “I’ll Be Missing You” in 1997, made Sting even richer. A video resurfaced from The Breakfast Club earlier this year where Sting said he was making $2,000 a day from the song. Diddy corrected that by saying $5,000, then said he was “joking” but that Sting was likely making even more.
In 2003, Sting told Rolling Stone, “Elton John told me, ‘You gotta hear [“I’ll Be Missing You”], you’re gonna be a millionaire!’ I said, ‘I am a millionaire!’ He said, ‘You’re gonna be a millionaire twice over!’ I put a couple of my kids through college with the proceeds, and me and P. Diddy are good pals still.”
See how social media’s reacting to Diddy signing over publishing to artists below.
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