The discussion then moves onto artificial intelligence, an issue similarly beleaguering both musicians and Hollywood writers.Streaming music has become increasingly popular worldwide, and Nigeria is no exception. “Some of these artists are streaming millions and millions of streams and they don’t have millions of dollars in their pocket,” he finishes. Snoop Dogg blasting the streaming model and supporting the writers’ strike is my FAVORITE thing ever. “This is business, this is a room full of business people and someone may hear this and be able to do something about this so that the next artists don’t have to struggle or cry or figure out how to get to his money. “I know I’m going off script now but f*** it,” he continues. The rapper continues that artists need to figure out streaming the same way as do striking writers, who are refusing to go back to their desks until pay agreements have been made with streaming platforms-at which point Snoop Dogg seemingly motions to Jackson. “It’s not working for the artist right now.” In the world of streaming, he adds, no such agreements have been put in place. The founder of venture capital firm Casa Verde Capital-reportedly worth at least $200 million-then directly addresses the audience of business leaders: “I don’t know who’s running the streaming industry-if you are here or not-but you need to give us some information on how to track this money down, cause one plus one ain’t adding up to two.”Īmid laughter and cheers from the audience, the recent coffee brand founder said the problem was the “main gripe” with artists at the moment, as profit percentages had previously been agreed off the back of physical sales. “Streaming got to get their s*** together,” Snoop-real name Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.-batted back, highlighting that massive streaming figures aren’t translating into big payouts for artists. The outburst came following a question from Larry Jackson, formerly the creative director for Apple Music, who spoke about an “exciting time” for the hip hop genre courtesy of its popularity on streaming platforms. In an event held at the Milken Institute Global Conference earlier this month the Gin and Juice rapper said he was going “off script” and launched into a rant-which has since gone viral-about streaming platforms.
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