Rappers Selling Their Publishing for Huge Payouts
[ad_1] There has become a trend of hip-hop artists securing the bag through selling their masters and publishing rights and it doesn't appear to be stopping anytime soon. Though in the past artists who have owned their masters have clung to them, in recent years, it has seemed like a more lucrative move to sell a portion of the rights to music they've already made money off of with the assumption being more hits and more money are coming in the future.In January, Dr. Dre reportedly sold a portion of his music assets to Shamrock Holdings and Universal Music Group for the asking price of $250 million, including "two of his solo albums...