Cash Money’s Birdman Makes More Than $20 Million A Year Off his Artists’ Masters

Former rapper and hip-hop government Bryan Christopher Williams, who was as soon as in a gaggle with producer Mannie Recent often called Large Tymers, can be the co-owner and founding father of Money Cash Data. With an artist roster consisting of Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Tyga, and artists who had been previously on the label equivalent to Juvenile, Cory Gunz, and Sizzling Boys, the publishing checks should be unimaginable! Particularly proudly owning the masters of all of the aforementioned artists.

In response to Advanced, Williams as soon as often called Child and now merely often called Birdman, had an unique sit-down with Wallo of The place’s Wallo, and in the course of the interview, the label proprietor revealed the amount of cash he and his label, Money Cash Data sometimes make yearly from proudly owning the masters of its present and former artists. He revealed that the label pockets between $20 and $30 million per 12 months.

“If it has a price. That’s a price. For those who don’t have a price, you sitting on some sh*t that’s lifeless — however it’s nonetheless your sh*t. However our sh*t had worth. We license the music. I simply began letting folks pattern my sh*t. There’s a gang of the way to earn money off your masters. We generate $20 to $30 million {dollars} a 12 months simply on our masters.”

The artist who has been on the label the longest, Lil Wayne, really sued Money Cash Data again in 2015 for $51 million. In response to HipHopDX, Lil Wayne settled the go well with for over $10 million and had his imprint, Younger Cash Data transferred from Money Cash to Common instantly. The 49% stake Birdman possessed in Younger Cash was additionally transferred to Wayne. Then in June 2023, Lil Wayne bought his masters to Common Music Group for $100 million.

In a 2016 interview with ESPN’s His & Hers, Lil Wayne mentioned, “Every little thing I’ve executed for them, they wouldn’t be them with out me,” he mentioned on the time. “However I’m off the staff, so it’s, ‘Screw him so long as we will, be sure we’re going to screw him as a lot as we will, and after we can’t no extra, let’s see what occurs to him.’