Russ has all the time been outspoken about issues within the music enterprise.
His subsequent rant: Roc Nation’s Platform
Roc Nation has not too long ago rolled out a brand new distribution platform that’s reportedly giving artists an 85% royalty payout (month-to-month), distributes to over 200 platforms, & no upfront prices to enroll. Sounds good, proper? Russ disagrees. Not solely does he disagree, he breaks it down, “An 85/15 break up to press add is insanity. Main labels take 15% distro off the highest, too, so it looks as if they simply modeled the enterprise off of that. If you happen to’re an artist, this is not sensible to join imo.”
Russ has all the time inspired artists to remain impartial within the music enterprise. In his music “Utah Freestyle,” he talks about how labels can pull the rug from underneath you, “Entry, I nonetheless obtained the identical as the key labels. They wait ’til you bought a desk, then they take the desk.” He has additionally been concerned within the rise of impartial star LaRussell’s success as he took him underneath his wing with out signing him originally of his profession.
LaRussell has constructed a motion in Hip-Hop and all the time offers Russ his flowers anytime he will get the prospect:
“Shoutout to @russ for being an actual one. He gave me a deal very early and capital to construct whereas remaining fully impartial! I used to be in a position to construct a catalog of 30+ albums that I personal fully whereas within the deal. He didn’t give me no handouts and I nonetheless needed to grind my ass off to get right here however he revered and valued what I used to be constructing and remained supportive 🙏🏾. There’s not many white males on this trade that I belief 😂😂😂. RUSS IS AN EXCEPTION”
