He’s since initiated an audacious $51 million lawsuit requesting not only his own exit but that of Drake and Nicki Minaj as well.ĭrake and Nicki have been smartly mum on the split (well, word around town is Birdman was barred from Minaj’s Grammy party earlier this month), but years of whispers about Drake being owed substantial back royalties were publicly validated with the surprise release of If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, a retail mixtape arriving on the six year anniversary of Drake’s star-making So Far Gone.
DRAKE KNOW YOURSELF EKALI UPDATE
(With Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan he seems to be training still another army.) The wheels appeared to come off of the Cash Money machine for good, however, on a random December afternoon when Wayne gave a curt Twitter update on his long-gestating Tha Carter V album, blaming Birdman and Cash Money for the holdup and demanding an exit from the label he’s called home most of his life. Birdman’s business acumen and A&R smarts carried Cash Money through three distinct eras, from the late '90s Hot Boys heyday through Lil Wayne’s mid- to late-2000s bid for "Best Rapper Alive" to the current YMCMB incarnation featuring Drake and Nicki Minaj.
Cash Money Records has escaped the fate of the Roc-A-Fellas and Bad Boys thanks to the enduring genius of Bryan "Baby" Williams, AKA Birdman. One year it’s "All About the Benjamins" and the next it’s Lincolns and Washingtons. Death is the only certainty for rap dynasties.
0 kommentar(er)
