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The hitmaker says selling his music catalog wasn’t about chasing another bag—it was about protecting his family’s financial future.
T-Pain isn’t losing sleep over folks questioning why he sold his music catalog. As far as he’s concerned, the math was mathing.
During a Twitch livestream, the “Buy U a Drank” hitmaker didn’t sugarcoat his reasoning.
“I’m not leaving my kids’ future in the hands of the music industry at f—in’ all,” T-Pain said. “I know exactly what I want. I know exactly how much I want right now. I know exactly what I would need to live out the rest of my life.”
The artist, who was born Faheem Rashad Najm, pointed to the streaming era as the game changer that pushed him toward selling. According to T-Pain, artists never agreed to the dramatic shift in how music is valued once streaming platforms became the industry’s dominant business model.
“When streaming started, nobody came to any artist and said, ‘Hey, we’re about to put your s— on streaming platforms. How much do you want your music to cost?’” he said, adding that music once sold for about a dollar a song but now generates fractions of a cent per stream.
In an era where ownership is king but predictability is priceless, the singer made it clear that generational wealth hits different when you cash out on your own terms.
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Source: Black Enterprise
