More DJ Drama Infomration For Y'all!!
Tuesday. 1.30.07 8:50 am
Even MTV is getting in on the DJ Drama-DJ Cannon controversy. While many of y’all got so upset over me calling DJ Drama’s mixtape “business”—bootlegging. According to authorities that’s exactly what it is. Bootlegg/Pirated is any material that is NOT copyrighted. I understand the importance of mixtapes in hip-hop. They are the life blood of hip-hop, where artists drop new songs and unreleased tracks to keep their names in the streets. T.I., Lil Wayne, and Young Jeezy owe a large part of their success to the mixtape industry. But, when your dealing with “the man” AKA –white people, you got to make sure that everything you do is 100% legit.
While many of you all demanded my termination from Sohh.com(which isnt happening by the way) I have to state the facts as I see them. Despite what many of you think, I have a lot of luv for Atlanta, and Atlanta artist’s. Just how I have luv for basketball superstars Michael Jordon, and Shaq, but my luv for them still doesn’t, and will not cloud my judgment on a situation.
Now, whether Drama or Cannon had permission from the artists to use the music to make their extremely popular “Gangsta Grillz” series or not, they still didn’t have permission from the Record Industry Association of America. And that’s where the problem lies. At the end of the day, it’s about money plain and simple. That’s what fuels this world, our economy and at the essence us. No matter how popular they are as a DJ’s doesn’t matter. If they used even one song illegally to make a mixtape that made a profit, then they put themselves in this situation…period!
Some of you guys will understand my plight, some of y’all wont. But I digress, I just wanted to give you guys some more information on the situation.
Until lata on tomorrow,
Sohh Gyant
Posted by SOHH Gyant at January 29, 2007 1:13 AM
Categories: muzik buzz [t]
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