The Music Industry's Darkest Secret | Death Clause

[lessthanahunnid]

When you rly look into certain sht in the music industry the industry is actually a lot more darker than people think.

[tawnikitari]

That's why it's called "selling your soul".

[slime-fmez]

Not to mention labels also supply hella drugs to artists when they are depressed rather than helping them

[digdugbingo]

Michael Jackson was trying to exit a contract with Sony, when he died. In the end Sony got it all.

[Juline]

It's not 1998 anymore
Get away from these labels. It's the best time to promote yourself out here

[DPBGR]

"back in the days when the Mob ran Chicago, New York and Hollywood", they still do.

[Lokokoko]

I remember when MJ died and his music was everywhere. CDs, DVDs, t-shirts etc. It was so gross.

[miggynova]

That’s why they call it “selling your soul to the Devil”, a quote you’ll hear in one way or another from all of these artist’s songs.

[Ziptie]

Rap industry just tore a page out of the rock industry book or any industry. Dope them up and give them the contract and they’ll never know.

[godsivu]

Its not just the Hip Hop industry, it is so in all artistic industries. Especially Fashion, and the odd thing is that no one has yet to report on the untimely deaths of some of the biggest talents in Fashion! There is a concerted effort to control art and artistic expression and to dumb it down when it get "TOO EXTRAVAGANT". It is all based on trauma based mind control, as nothing fragments the human mind and spirit like the death of someone they loved and looked up to. Will these people be bought to any form of justice depends on how informed the consumer is about these practices.

[waterbed]

lucki is signed to empire. i hope they don’t take him out and call it an “overdose” .

[seviregis]

Whoa, that’s sinister. Their investments come back from royalties etc, no one should be able to put life insurance on a person who is not direct family. Sounds like the labels kill artists when they’re at their peak and worth the most dead, as they start to decline. That’s so sick.

[amberforestrecoreds]

I bet xxxtentacion’s life insurance policy was $100, 000, 000 considering he got $10, 000, 000 for his deal right before he died

[AwokenEntertainment]

This side of the music industry is dark and scary af... respect for speaking on it 💯

[KingDock_]

Most celebrity contracts like singers, athletes etc have a life insurance clause in them for their employers

[shondalover]

So basically, the death clause is signing your soul away. It makes sense.

[HavicMusic]

HUGE reason being independent is better imo. no ulterior motives bc YOU'RE the one behind the scenes, YOU choose it all.
but crazy tho, never really thought of this, LOVE that you're bringing light to it, huge Ups to you man, keep killin it
andddd a reminder to READ. EVERYTHING. BEFORE. SIGNING. im an irrelevant artist, no ones knows me, but even when i buy a beat i read the WHOLE license agreement bc its easy to assume what you THINK you have rights to.

[lesliemartin]

So back in 2004 for 2005 there was this comedy stand-up special with Chris Rock and he was speaking about this actually. He said that nobody's death would be looked into if they knew that they were musicians. Everybody laughed of course because they knew what he meant in regards to high profile rap deaths like Tupac and Biggie still being cold cases. I mean there was like five different people around Tupac when he was killed and yet we still don't know who it was. But I can't help but feel like he knew something that a lot of people didn't which is how I've always felt about Chris Rock. I've always loved him and always had like a huge soft spot for him no matter what was going on in his career. But once he specified that rap killings were usually just waved off by police it really got me thinking and I did a lot of research into it I found so many things that were just creepy, a lot of things did not make sense and if it made too much sense in terms of the label benefitting it truly seemed a little too convenient.
If you ever look into a singer back in the '50s named Bobby Fuller his death and the details surrounding his demise are kind of like blueprints that allow you to see and understand why the death clause is a very important aspect of these musicians and their contracts with record companies.
One of the scariest examples of an artist dying and having their record label cash in is Aaliyah. The record company she was signed to was being run by her uncle. He stood to cash in a 90 million dollar insurance pay out if Aaliyah passed away. The details regarding her demise are highly suspicious. There are even rumors that she initially refused to get on the plane and was given benzos for anxiety. After falling asleep she was loaded on and the plane went down shortly after.

[Adrien-Charles]

Juice Wrld would be the perfect victim for this theory, the fact that he recorded thousands of smash the label didn't even need him to record more music! (also the lack of proof/speculations of his actual cause of death)

[MicDropBBQ]

This is why I NEVER wanted to be a famous, rich, wealthy rapper with women all around me...cars and jewelry...traveling and more women when I get there...and weed and food...more money and fun all in the studio with my boys. I didn't want that life.

And like some magical plan, I actually didn't have it. LOL!