VICEPublishing How to Understand Royalties and Other Music Industry Terms verified_publisherVICE - Jaime SilanoSynchronization rights? Mechanical royalties?? We got you. Stories of lawsuits, unpaid royalties and exploitative recording deals are disturbingly common and can put even the most successful artists in...
VICEMusic This 1996 Law Was Meant to Save Radio. Instead, It Decimated Popular Black Music verified_publisherVICE - Brian JosephsThe Telecommuncations Act ushered in a new era of radio consolidation, flattening Black music to fit under one ad-friendly umbrella. KJLH is alone in being the only independent terrestrial commercial station...
VICEMusic Industry Black Artists Built the Music Industry. It's Time They Got Their Dues verified_publisherVICE - Kristin CorryIntroducing Unpaid Royalties, a series about the myriad ways that the music industry exploits Black artists—and what's being done to change them. To this day, those Black artists are stolen from, underpaid,...
VICENew York City Inside the NYPD's War Against Drill Rap verified_publisherVICE - Andre GeeSheff G says he's among those being unfairly targeted by the NYPD's "Rap Unit." It's costing him and rappers like him their livelihood. Unpaid Royalties is a series about the myriad ways that the music...
VICEUniversal Music Group Hit-Boy Is Tired of Making Money for His Label verified_publisherVICE - Ashwin Rodrigues“People in the building have said, ‘This is unethical; this is wrong. This is not right,’” the producer said of his Universal Music contract. Unpaid Royalties is a series about the myriad ways that the...
