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Meek Mill, Joey Bada$$ Makes Case Against First-Week Sales and Streaming

The content originally appeared on: Urban Islandz Meek Mill is championing artist independence as he says making money off streaming is virtually impossible months after blasting record labels for profiting off violence and impoverishment in the black community. The Philly rapper says it’s illogical to expect to make any significant revenue from streaming with the current framework. Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday in a characteristic rant, the rapper expressed disapproval of the system that labels put […]

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