Mafia Boss Tells $100M Music Industry Secrets

[@DorianGroup82]

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[@dezzepson4173]

@5:49 you have deep poCkets to put that reCord in them.

[@herbertscott9575]

There's a saying...."the music industry is filled with theives, pimps and murderers, then there is a dark side".

[@obiedashinobi1322]

Pretty much

[@VividFilmProductions]

the dark side is the satanic child sacrifice

[@youthmanrecords420]

@@VividFilmProductions adrenachrome

[@VividFilmProductions]

@@youthmanrecords420 been keeping up with any of the latest developments? The rabbit hole is getting very interesting.

[@Blackowl44]

It’s true

[@Ethic612]

The mafia been in the music business since the beginning. I can't wait to see what this guy gives us as far as dropping jewels.

[@DorianGroup82]

Live now.

[@makeithappenent11]

WORD! HE IS FULL OF IT! The MAFIA and the RECORD COMPANIES are the same DEMONS! That MARIS dude didn't PIRATE nothing ... he was GIVEN the masters by the label and they SPLIT the money between them! It was a way to STEAL from the artists ... he is LYING !

[@obiedashinobi1322]

Oh yea of course

[@Ethic612]

@@obiedashinobi1322 huh?

[@JeffHardyTheEnigmaticOne]

Jon Jon 🧏🏽‍♂️

[@rocimasa]

They wanna use your face & your brand and give you nothing. We have to break the cycle.

[@obiedashinobi1322]

Yes indeed Shinobi Squad Assemble

[@michaelx1511]

We?

[@TheAfrikanSuperstar]

Yep

[@TheRealMissRed]

Yep stole my brand and music @therealmissred

[@jozie_ramone4160]

Everyone but the artist sees money lol

[@obiedashinobi1322]

Yup

[@sawtooth808]

#Industryrule4080 Record company people are shady AF

[@IanDunlap]

This is a brilliant headline

[@DorianGroup82]

Numbers always capture attention

[@DroDrago]

Artist union is definitely needed

[@makeithappenent11]

PAYOLA STILL GOES ON ... ITS CALLED BUYING ADVERTISING NOW!

[@The-Man-Right-Chea]

I'm shocked that another Jewish person is ripping off black music artists!!!!

[@stonestanza]

Hes italian

[@rda-gama2567]

Do you think Jews people care about black people??

[@justmyopinion1098]

@@rda-gama2567 alright dude you don’t gotta start being anti-semitic you out here sounding like Hitler right now There’s bad people in every race And ol boy not even Jewish he’s Italian

[@Baccanaso]

@@justmyopinion1098 Morris Levy wasn't Italian. He was Jewish.

[@justmyopinion1098]

@@Baccanaso oh well either way

[@HhEeAaDd]

Every real music connoisseurs have heard of Morris Levy💯

[@ladyplantzalot6987]

We only know Morris Day Chile 🎶whhaaaaat 🎶💃🕺🏽 Jerome in the back

[@thomasmatthews8873]

Indeed. He was connected to alot of hip hop labels too. My dad did business with him years ago but the man was an asshole. Never paid my dad the royalties owed. I'm glad he got busted.

[@BEATSBYTHEMOB]

This was awesome

[@writelove8329]

I love how real he is, you always know he's gonna be upfront!

[@JewelAhmed23]

Now the music Execs are the mob who hold the artist hostages.

[@dalewhite4759]

Corporate greed .. went to Vegas .. the mob would be mortified to see the level of greed they pull off today there.

[@kaspakilla]

Nice... this official real talk... dont mess with the MOB

[@josephdavis1010]

There is so much money in the music industry, you just need to know the knowledge.

[@havensmayor]

He scammed the Frankie Lymon Estate.

[@kimalonzo4912]

Same shyt happened to New Edition. With the Michael Rappaport character. I always said that's the job of a manager, to.leach off talent when he/she has none of his/her own.

[@dalewhite4759]

Shepherd Gordon still has Alice Cooper under NO CONTRACT.. yes folks it still happens if your word is no good a contract isn’t either.. Mike Myers’s wrote a book about him .. he flew to Hawaii to spend some time with him and Michael Douglas told him I TRUST THIS GUY MORE THAN FAMILY! Let that one sink in

[@MsOldschool]

I stay tuned cause I learn something every video.

[@DorianGroup82]

Appreciate you. You a real one.

[@Dee_did_that]

The way bruh sung all the shady characters names then exited the pod like a savage Lmaoo, I rock with bruh 💯

[@HotMike]

Real talk. You named off every last one of the thieves in the industry. I'll add Jimmy Iovine to that list.

[@6sidemusicvibez901]

Wowwwwww this is definitely something I needed too hear

[@loonertic7337]

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[@alexandra9540]

At least five rappers who recently passed away were independent owning their own Masters. Somebody should look into King Von's Manager since they have connected him to Von"s death.

[@djyua9157]

What really gets scary is When King Von died I realized he was signed to Empire so I looked up the roster the. I saw that Mo3 was on the roster then I kept scrolling and saw Xxxtentacion and a lot of more dead rappers in there Idk anybody on KZbin or anything that has noticed this besides me but look it up Something definitely devilish is going on at Empire

[@s3lfmad3d3ll9]

@@djyua9157 i noticed that too. then i meditated on the labels name....it's literally an EMPIRE! an empire of soulless demons

[@ChrisGoldie]

Gotta stop u there playa. Von was already on a dangerous road. He had multiple bodies and he didnt hide it. What happened to him happens in the hood all the time. Sad to see dawg die but its consequences when u trained to go on site.

[@murle6616]

People need sto stop acting like Von was an innocent bystander who got shot…The man was still deeply entrenched in the life he was living before the fame…I’m sad it happened to him but life just be that way I guess…when you a part of that lifestyle, you can never relax enough

[@s3lfmad3d3ll9]

y'all only focused on von. there were MULTIPLE people that were signed to that same label that owned their masters and they ALL ended up dead. it could of been a hitta, it could of been the label. we'll never really know but it's weird that those that owned their masters in that label are dead. that's all we saying

[@AmariLeone]

Why did Lil Dicky catch a stray? What did he do?

[@Tshipa]

One producer says Diddy did same thing, put his name as exec producer for Ready to Die even though he did nothing

[@Georgereidiii1453]

Yea I watched him on vladtv. Mike a real business man turned motivational speaker and heavy into his faith. Much respect

[@charli3b257]

Dorian videos are solid i love watching,def some jewels in every video i support and love channels like this!

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[@thomasmatthews5732]

this is EXACTLY what streaming companies are doing.

[@TheOutCrowdTV]

Explain please...

[@TheOutCrowdTV]

@@ZackAngelMusic ok I see! Makes sense kinda. I was looking at it as a supply and demand problem. The artist supply is waaaay too high so the going price is around $0.004. There too many artist with not enough demand. If that problem can be fixed, I think the labels and streaming sites would have to pay more. But as long as there are 10,000 songs dropping a day, there may not ever be a rise in prices for artists. If had a streaming company I’d probably pay the same. Not even to be malicious, it’s just that if one artist says they won’t take the deal, I can throw a rock in the bushes and find 1,000 more that will. Or am I trippin?

[@thomasmatthews8873]

@@CraigScottFrost nah his ass got for now-on behind bars

[@thomasmatthews8873]

@@TheOutCrowdTV the mathematics is quite obvious: the payments/royalties or so micronious its ridiculous. With digital payouts 1/100th what physical product is valued its like an armless person trying to climb a flag pole glazed with Crisco Grease. Digital Downloads are better because a million sold @ 1 dollar = A million bucks but streaming companies have impeded the process there by forcing artist to struggle to get a billion streams only to be paid a few thousand. hell nah.

[@TheOutCrowdTV]

@@thomasmatthews8873 Then don’t put music on the streaming site. Sell your own music downloads. There are 2 participants in this transaction. Artist and Platform. The platform says “here is the deal, you get $0.0004 per stream. Do you want to work together?“ the artist says, “yes”. Then the artist proceeds to complain that they are getting $0.0004 a stream. Doesn’t make sense to me.

[@willlpowerful]

I fw u bro. Just recently found your channel and liking the practical advice for artists. Helpful and motivating, I'll be on the lookout for new videos. #Salute

[@DorianGroup82]

Appreciate you. What brought you to the channel? What platform?

[@wahlabiz]

@@DorianGroup82 KZbin suggested your content to me 💯

[@willlpowerful]

@@wahlabiz yup same

[@lordoftheflytv6046]

Keep doing your thing love the content !!!

[@TwiztedMannix87]

ASCAP is the "union" for musicians

[@kingvelasquez1579]

Most people don't realize but Sapranos is actually made after a real life New Jersey Mob. This show is pretty accurate on events aside from changing the names.

[@LouYorkLife]

Great advice, brother!

[@pausetapemedia7942]

He had something to do with the sugar hill gang and the Robinson or excuse me Robanigga!😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@cbeatzondatrak1064]

Don't forget Frankie Lymon!!!

[@heythere6983]

Unfortunately this kind of thing happens in every business, restaurant, movie, music, etc. The only real answer is to build a complete new infrastructure. Meaning, team up with independent people and make your own radio stations, streaming, festivals, etc. It’s the only way around it, even then, they’ll try to wipe you out. But that’s the only way. These businesses have built too many relationships with each other and they are interdependent on each other’s success. So you can’t counter it within. Gotta build a whole new version. Can’t sell the streaming service to a bigger company , etc. build it all, own it all and get actual longevity where you’ll be able to promote your song forever. You’d be able to choose the longevity of your songs. As opposed to be forced to put out music the way Spotify wants or other services. People will follow eventually . But you can’t do these sub labels of big labels and work with labels or companies with labels that have ownership in that company. You gotta cut the connections fully to truly not get screwed from every angle. Iv always said this, whoever gets the most radio play will usually do better, so you gotta build a platform to push songs to the top that aren’t the same handful of big labels. Gotta do it seperate to have a fair shot. I don’t think it’s as simple as being label less and still putting stuff on Spotify etc. gotta team up with other creators and make labels, distributors , etc , get a musician who can write legitimate good songs and sell their songs to movie studios for less, stream for less, less commercials etc. build a better infrastructure all together . Charge people less, therefore get more exponential all growth, if you can get good musicians on your side .

[@cassiusrichmond6336]

He didn't take their masters. He took their publishing.

[@jesuschrist5488]

What is the difference

[@shadowcreekmusic528]

Preach brother thank you

[@smileybubbles9894]

Sad part is that,in the past a local act could make a great living putting on their own shows selling their own merchandise and CDs. But not anymore. People don't listen to CDs.

[@stonergee420]

It the technology bro it got advanced now everybody’s brains 🧠 cells are dead, is like their eyes are magnet to the phone 📱just the other day I almost ran over a teenager dat didn’t stop by the stop sign she was staring in her phone 🤦‍♂️

[@BdDaBOMB]

This was a very informative video sir. Keep going. I appreciate you for helping creatives wisen up.

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[@Kabkabmbujimayi]

Tommy Mottola ran with gangsters and the mob. That's why some singers like Chris Brown side with the Bloods for protection against harassers in the industry

[@dalewhite4759]

Wow I geuss that’s why Janet and Michael Jackson had a dim view of him over their business dealings

[@Bornbrazy]

We Bloods don't klaim khris.

[@bboss7874]

3:17 look at his hand.🤔

[@criticworld874]

What you trying to say?

[@GabrielLeFrancois]

Man.. I love you. Soppranos and your Billy Corgan breakdown. Subscribed just because of this. Much love!

[@northmilan3883]

I like the Sopranos but Attack on Titan is the best show. Great info as usual though.

[@samurai6817]

#FAX

[@obiedashinobi1322]

Obie Da Shinobi Agrees

[@Baccanaso]

Nah lmao

[@levil4012]

Great info bro

[@mukmowf9402]

Let’s not forget that the get dug in too

[@dhannah15]

Probably shouldn't have disclosed that he was jewish... They may come for you now. They're quick to label anyone with any type of criticism antisemitic!

[@ray6639]

Lol the last name Levy gives it away immediately.

[@dhannah15]

@@ray6639 True but many don't know their history in this country. On top of the fact that many of them changed their last names to disguise who they were so they could infiltrate.

[@brickcity1711]

Facts

[@gblikesnikes]

It’s obvious you don’t know who this guy is he’s Micheal Franzese nobody touching him.

[@dhannah15]

@@gblikesnikes Our conversation has nothing to do with Mike... He's not Jewish..lol

[@dee2ttown]

Hell they been had an influence in entertainment for a long time period!

[@obiedashinobi1322]

Wrd ☝

[@Jz-sv1ju]

If many streaming companies are scamming new artists out of their royalties, they are probably doing it legally now. It's more than likely printed & buried in the many digital Pages of the fine printed in the terms of condition when you sign up. But the real question is how many people actually read it????

[@ItsErin-R]

I remember buying bootleg cassettes from the Reject Shop for $5 in Australia.

[@magyare10]

Damn.... Sopranos? I couldn't get passed the gratuitous racism... like black people really didn't need to be a part of the series at all.. and they just took random cheap shots at black people and our culture... I had to turn it off.

[@peabomkhize1459]

Same thing happened to me. I told myself let me try it and see what the fuss is all about, only to find just random racism that doesn’t even correlate to what was happening. They were just trying too hard to be controversial.

[@obiedashinobi1322]

Indeed

[@JDiggiti]

unions lol .. who do you thin Started the Unions . its just another way to get your pockets

[@ladyplantzalot6987]

I love Mike franchise.. he's full of I almost got away with it stories.

[@raymanjohan8838]

I always wondered how that worked. I have been with ASCAP since 2003. I have opened for Ice T and I opened for The Wu Tang Clan plus did a few other show cases back then......damn

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[@Chet-f3o]

My family the chetbaker estate is being robbed by people committing fraud

[@DorianGroup82]

@@Chet-f3o I’ll pray for you and your family

[@shayeewingate9009]

Now they're defrauding the people in the streaming age

[@94bkf]

You drop so much knowledge, man. I appreciate you taking the time out to do these videos

[@scottiesmith2864]

Best one yet

[@edgevevo698]

Where's The Whole Interview

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[@DaMixWizard]

I remember that time Jay-Z was trying to sign Lil Wayne & Jay-Z said he was going to give him a $175,000 advance, an Lil Wayne thought he was under cutting him, but I think Jay-Z was looking out for him. At that time anybody would've done a beat for Lil Wayne, for cheap. He would've sold 2 million copies easily at the time. I don't know how many points Lil Wayne was offered on each album, let's say 17 points, at $10 a cd x 2 mill= 20mill x 0.17= $3,400,000. So he makes $3.4mill & only owes back that $175,000. Great deal. Yeah I know, I didn't include the videos & studio time cost, but nowadays a small advance seems like the best way to go

[@koralemonte]

Exactly I feel the same way 💯💯

[@derekmusic5753]

Great work Boss 💯👊🏿

[@TenfLetta610]

This the thing about being Independent,,, the time it takes to try and get yourself a buzz.. That's a whole class in itself social media networking... and there's no guarantee that a person will pop to create a comfortable living environment... Not as easy as you're advertising cuzo... 💯💯💯👑✊🏾

[@DorianGroup82]

Who said it was easy? I’m doing it. Album is #1 in France as we speak and it came out 4 months ago. Did $250k in revenue this year. Should pass $1M this year. Whether you with a label or not, ain’t nothing guaranteed. A lot of cats sitting at labels broke, no ownership and no brand. Your choice.

[@TenfLetta610]

@@DorianGroup82 I'm not denying that... ijs that social media is a whole different beast than creating the music... That part cuz..

[@itsrelativ3967]

Realistically it takes 5 to 10 years to be successful as an indie artist. It's a marathon. Look at Nipsey from 2009 to 2019. He only did joint ventures where he put up his own money

[@CoterieRecords]

Ain’t guaranteed even if you are signed . U got a better chance independently if you puttin in the work than being told when to breathe on a major

[@nathanforest5190]

Awesome video💪🏽

[@tydavis7186]

Damn Dropped

[@magyare10]

Textbook Racketeering

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[@blainemills1408]

"code of ethics" they murdered eachother constantly 😂😂

[@wills.e.e8014]

As long they don't kill any bystanders or get unnecessary attention. Their code of ethics' purpose is to protect them from the law.

[@VividFilmProductions]

research a little bit dude. the mob didn't just kill anyone out of the blue.

[@KBdotHAQ]

My aunt always told me how Sam Cooke's death might have been tied to the mob because he bought his own studio.

[@brickcity1711]

Great Video.

[@BhrisBeats]

why lil dicky catch that stray like that lol

[@carlagirl7]

Michael Franzese is the real deal!!! The man has a testimony that is awesome and frightening. Met him a few times and he is the only member of the mafia to walk away...and live.

[@Airic]

damn wait...Gary V?? ... can you please enlighten me on what dirt u have on Gary?? and dicky too?? lol i gotta hear this ... links? receipts?

[@ummmm_okay]

i don’t think he meant gary vee literally, i just think he called out his name because he doesn’t have a good feeling that gary vee would be a good music industry businessman until gary proves him wrong (even though it’s just an intuitive itch, i agree wholeheartedly). I also i will go ahead and reach and say that he is indirectly hinting at the concept that we so called African people of the American states need to be weary and cautious of anyone who doesn’t represent the fundamentals of hip hop (i.e. being a person of color who has exposure to low poverty communities or who has faced discrimination or has a direct connection to people or communities that face that on 24/7 bases) pretty easy to identify who is the OPPOSITE of that example...

[@Airic]

@@ummmm_okay eh...nah man, he threw Gary V under the bus like he's a Lyor Cohen culture vulture type of dude lol he must have a reason for his opinion on Gary and I'm dying to hear it

[@jaywiththecamera]

That’s who was in why do fools fall in love who was the Frankie manager

[@africanbj]

Nebraska Tappin In

[@1_Lando]

Expose The Music Industry!

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[@jazzampa]

@@loonertic7337 Dude, can you stop with the spamming? This is annoying asf!

[@HusselboiD]

That's why they hated suge knight and master p

[@corbetdumas]

I ❤️this channel bro. KUDOS.

[@hashvendetta7226]

They probably just own the goddamn DJs now.

[@DonClassico]

Signing with a record label is not the biggest issue ( it is but not the ultimate one) but singing your publisher rights away is a HUGE FUCKING PROBLEM. Now there is big difference in this statement I just wrote. But I got tired explaining artists and producers about these things.

[@tedgraham6548]

Was it just me or did this sound like that jayz monologue on his album. With that one white dude who use to hang with roc a fella back in the mid 90’s. Jay use to rap about rappers getting messed over for there publishing!

[@dexter5275]

Sounds like if this was a black guy he'd be under the prison

[@remidibeatz8780]

LoL. Right!

[@SafariSoundzUnited]

Good information ✊🏾

[@miketime4290]

Adam 22? Lil Dicky? Bro u gotta explain that. Imma business major and I look into shit like that. What did they do

[@tonyblack5645]

Damn that's tough....don't get bent over..

[@BIGCHRISRC]

Pirate the masters? Come on now

[@ThaLiveKing]

Lol

[@marquisstephenson424]

Hell, just by looking at this video, everyone should go independent. Just my opinion.

[@phatpatatit]

Thanks for the good info and knowledge. What’s your newest album called? I’ll check it out.

[@johnhenningfield4360]

thank god for the first generation of Hip Hop artists (1978-1985), and second generation (1986-1993) that sampled old school music then cause the ripple effect that came afterwards exposed those crooks LOL, that's why they hate Hip Hop/sampling Old School records 🎵

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[@obiedashinobi1322]

@Warren Michael Lee same here the more you know

[@johnhenningfield4360]

@@obiedashinobi1322 "now imagine if Rick James didn't own his song Super Freak..and then here comes Hammer with U Can't Touch This..you see years later George Clinton finally being able to own some of his catalog and all those lawsuits against rap artists didn't come from him it was the crooks who owned his music"

[@obiedashinobi1322]

@@johnhenningfield4360 well put

[@r3dzonewr247]

I think paying djays is like pay a t.v station to have a commercial.

[@mikebizzleuk]

I've always suspected this is how/why bimmy has production credits on the art of storytelling by slick rick

[@sibabalemdzeke6952]

This Morris levy cat was a savage s.o.b.

[@lexlevi1]

That shit crazy

[@revenpots]

That's why gotta be brutally smart if you sign a deal.

[@JuniorJuni070]

He just snitched the entire operation

[@BUDOKAIultimate3]

He cant be a snitch if the info is already out there.....

[@gottech5601]

How the hell did he do that this was like Napster before Napster lol

[@adriannigel8764]

i think music streaming is now changing the game

[@ajroc1393]

I wanna know how much this dude is making for snitching. He is literally the biggest mafia snitch on the www.

[@w.atkins1250]

This may be the best video you've ever done. That's saying a lot. Salute.

[@stevenboldt6489]

Hi. I'm in the Rappers Union.

[@ladykingsrey3977]

Hmmm ... it sounds like it is one in the same ... things that make me go hmmm 🦢

[@donaldboone8480]

How does gary v nd lil dicky steal?

[@djdigital3806]

I'm from New Jersey. Home of the real Mafia. I know alot of mafia in New Jersey, ranging from Horse Trainers to Tony.😀