Mike GLC EXPOSES Link Up TV

[@ANineOne]

Long live SBTV. No other channel cared about artists more than Jamal's. Link Up is utter fuckery while GRM turned into a bandwagon channel.

[@grimekid0794]

Amen 🙌

[@YoungRiaz]

What about mixtape madnesses and press play media

[@tunnelvision448]

Rip to Jamal but let's be honest sbtv sold out a long time ago and grm and linkup TV have a lot more integrity in terms of who they link up with and how they stayed true to their culture.

[@grimekid0794]

@@tunnelvision448 absolute fucking cap. Define sold out??? Coz we ALL KNOW linkup AND GRM daily move sideways. Don’t ever speak on Jamal legacy like that. Have some respect. The best to ever do it. Kmt.

[@grimekid0794]

@@tunnelvision448 stayed true to the culture or manipulated young artists?? Next you’ll be mentioning fumez the engineer 🤣🥲 Jamal brought people through, he did it for them not for profit. And that’s the difference.

[@aiaempireframing8101]

Well done Mike!! Uk music owes u alot original real deal 👌

[@unspkn4thz]

If this is true then them man are clowns and Mike deserves the support of the entire culture because this is some real "for the people" shit. Anyone buying into the narrative that clowns like Rasheed might wanna put out about bitter old rappers are being gaslit and might wanna check themselves before... You know the rest. Salute to Mike. Realest ever from day dot.

[@Caspers187]

This is why you need your own platform 💯

[@nattywhitter8228]

Brilliant work brother 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I am sick of companies making money off the back of other people's talent and hard work

[@jmainofficial]

This guy is an absolute legend i’ve actually spoke to him and his lawyers are going to contact me in due time im a much smaller artist and have been on link up also, and nobody really feels your gonna get paid and we get promoted but i put all the hard work in sad reality in the music world.

[@CharlieJayBeatz]

Did u sign anything before it got posted

[@jmainofficial]

@@CharlieJayBeatz such as? Was more about paying them than signing anything lmao

[@GLAZERSOUT-oz8kh]

@@jmainofficial you paid them ? Mad

[@GLAZERSOUT-oz8kh]

@@jmainofficial is that how it works I thought them man only got KZbin rev.

[@jmainofficial]

Yeah and its even more if you get it put on socials LOTS more

[@kole9158]

tbf mike was my introduction into uk rap these times grime was just being born and everyone was still listening to heartless and pay as you go - this man is living testament and first to make real money in the scene off road rap

[@RaphaelDawkinsCombatRadio]

Expose the thieves.

[@noblerichosseiberkoh9196]

Big up yaself Mike GLC 👏🏿 👏🏿👏🏿 Business must me done properly and honourably 👊🏿💯

[@lessonplan5604]

I hadn't realised the extent of the exploitation until now, but judging by the response Mike has received, neither did the majority of artists. I don't begrudge KZbin channels profiting off others creativity, however there should be agreements as to how the profits are split. Unfortunately, greed alters our sense of priorities but fortunately we have people like Mike.

[@raheemmalik6967]

Mikes a Real One, Showed love back in the day on Oxford Street When We Were Selling Our DvDs 👊🏾 salute

[@grimemank42]

Yeah trust he’s a real guy and cares bout the music and artists etc good to have someone like this still

[@raheemmalik6967]

@@grimemank42 👊🏾

[@ShaytarnOffical]

Good knowledge for the future can’t lie 💯🙌🏽

[@7hills379]

Mike your a Don!!!! Show dem Pitbull style... yam dem up bro. These guys don't help us, they lie and steal. Bun dem bro. We are here with you!!

[@boxingwaffle]

RIP Jamal.

[@AlexanderCanwell]

This was an incredibly valuable insight to an aspect of the industry I was unaware of, thank you

[@TFSO]

The point he said about the artist getting the 20k, 30k, 50k views...linkup are making 30/50k a month from just uploads (that's not even KZbin Ad revenue) for your video to end up at the bottom of the pile and you gain no real audience from it! My point is, I feel its pointless uploading on LINKUP N GRM anymore. Build your own ting

[@crazykidd2256]

I hear you but people just use it and pay for the platform

[@flamboyentpromotions3471]

Just shows artists need to get on top of the business side,if your on the ball you should realise they’re stealing your royalties from long time

[@AcesizOfficial]

I been telling people this 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@slickidrich490]

Knowledge Is power.

[@CharlieJayBeatz]

There’s a bit more to it, but on surface he’s right, I’ve had similar issues with these channels from rappers buying no lease to beats, meaning they technically can’t post it. If you prove the infringing channel have no right to the copyright, they can get hit with a striker, YT gives them 3 strikes, if found guilty 3 times the channel gets shut down, so every time I’ve disputed it I’ve had the ‘ big men ‘ from these channels texting me 10x a day tryna resolve it lol and then they always run the p back

[@thatguywiththe4554]

I don’t know who this guy is but he’s a legend these channels ain’t paying the people who really put the work in hopefully it works out 💯also teaches us things about the industry

[@nathanellis4271]

Always rated dis guy👊🏾

[@a.v.london1952]

Mike Glc a real one!💯💪🏾✅

[@Divinestudiostv]

also keep in mind you have to have had bought your beats otherwise you will not be able to copyright your work therefore no one will claim royalties but the producer who copyright there work .... and if mic and scorch copyrighted there work they want of had this problem its key to do

[@skillagen3]

For the longestttt i wntd to see a tune wid mike glc and pound sterlingg🔥🔥🔥😱😱🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@AKM3rd]

I always wondered why artists never claimed their royalties

[@bertram1st]

This is the new ppi claim 😂

[@J_x2]

You’re in my towwwnnn 🤣🤣 big up Mike

[@npc2k]

Link Up owns the master recording but not sure they had the right to claim royalties without a agreement with the songwriters.

[@ramansb1008]

Good you're doing this, corporations getting away with it. lol Rasheeeed, the greeed

[@wackyadz06]

Understand what you're getting in to, before getting in to it. I guess GLCs lawyers reviewed contracts etc etc.....

[@cheesenorfwheeze644]

Yes Mike 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 get em my bro don’t let these devil worshiping snakes make a mockery of the uk music scene 💯 fight these snakes all the way

[@redpillras3456]

Mike GLC put a lot of work in for the U.K. music scene.

[@ss.7758]

This is corruption fuckkkkkery at its highest 😳 Mike GLC oG 👏👏

[@quotez101]

Swear it’s every uk music platform. Grm charge artists £300 to put their video on grm but then grm claim all the KZbin money from views/ads

[@AbdulJawula]

If a song is properly registered for KZbin revenue, copyright etc., before sending to these channels they can’t claim it. What it seems is happening is that Linkuptv and GRM daily claim anything which isn’t properly registered.

[@Q................]

Hope they band together for an epic case and win back all owed plus compo......🤨 GETTT....TTTHEMER!🥂🔥

[@Jr-zn7zy]

yeahhh it happened wit russ millions and pressplay they owed him 50 bags

[@Xantiiiii1]

I got ratings for Mike but at the end of the day I dont know why artist think they can promo their music or use a large platform that has taken years to build for free or without cost. The referred copyright from what I see only applies to youtube in this instance and has nothing to do with royalties you would otherwise recieve for i.e radio play via PRS or PPL. If an artist has properly registered a track with a publisher that money would would automatically go to the artist or lable regardless who uploads it on youtube. Tunecore, Distrokid and a few others have this service also.

[@sp3ckedout224]

Ur right 100%

[@AbdulJawula]

Firstly, putting a video on Linkuptv isn’t free. There is a fee for the to upload it to their channel in the hundreds of pounds. Secondly, they make money from KZbin ads.

[@jermaineallert7261]

Get to know

[@Xantiiiii1]

@@AbdulJawula and whats wrong with that? They are business not a charity. Its no secret they charge at their discretion as I know a number of artist that dont pay aswell. Regardless, too many artist dont bother to research how money is made in music or see how royalties work, throw songs out there and hope for the best.

[@jameswhite8361]

you dont register with a publisher. A publisher will look to sign you up so they can collect for you. i dont know much about sites like distrokid but they seem to be digital distribution rather than publishing. if you play other peoples music on your channel then you need the proper license from prs. KZbin, spotify, itunes etc all have to do this. Tbh though this isn't rare, alot of platforms like linkup ignore or twist round these laws to their benefit (or they are just ignorant of them) and they get away with it because most artists dont know their rights. I worked in music copyright for over a decade and this has always happened online, its like the wild west out here

[@jakebaw8039]

Prime reason why you should upload your own stuff and keep your business right 💯

[@Divinestudiostv]

all u have to do is copyright your music before you upload any videos to any channel.. there's nowt else to it but to copyright your work!!!!!

[@JoyfullyJoy91]

Moral of the story - READ THE FINE PRINT ON ANY CONTRACT BEFORE YOU SIGN

[@BBKDasilva22]

There’s no contract bro , you just pay for the upload

[@datgrimekid223]

So what I can't listen to Mike for a little while until he releases songs?!? Shit man! This is a real dude. Why fuck with him like that

[@yovonneotto2669]

Mic been a smart o.g from day

[@brandonmichael98]

If you Google the company status on Gov it shows you the company was dissolved on February this year

[@MMPK96]

Not to mention they also charge kids to feature on there channels, and then on top of that they keep the royalties

[@prophetoffire6976]

Well done mike , I always saw something fishy with these channels

[@Dinokaecoaching]

All these channels do is sell dreams and take your money, upload onto your own platforms and build. I know it’s long because the audience is minimal but it’s better than paying these guys

[@suhail1200]

It's probs SB Tv which is the real one, rest are the fake ones.

[@user-tt2qn1cj1x]

Do you need to inform the PRS as well about this.

[@texanman41austin61]

Mike GLC is one of my favourite uk artists. But I can’t support this one. This is business and standard questions artists should be asking before uploading.

[@petero9515]

What you saying they should read the small print

[@londonengland743]

That is true but unfortunately not everyone is clued up to ask questions they just want to get there foot in the door to escape the lifestyle they come from or what ever the reasons may be.. bottom line is these big names take advantage of anyone they can and that isn’t right this needs to stop this has been going on for way too long. Big up Mike for shining light on this and actually doing something to try and help others real guy 👏🏽

[@full-affect7580]

You can't small print copyrights it has to be clear and concise so you can make an informed decision. Your not allowed to hide things like this in small print also it has to be stated usually because there is a possibility that people cannot read so it usually has to be verbalized also....

[@danieljay2307]

I agree with you to an extent... in that its obvious that channels like LinkUp earn money from add revenue etc. but selling the copywright to a video you don't own is slightly different and if this hasn't been discussed with artists, Mike could well win a case against them

[@Jski29]

Not really bro , because they’re illegally claiming it’s their video but didn’t record the song or shoot the video bro it’s not about asking them it’s about them not illegally claiming rights to things that aren’t even there’s to start with bro 😂😂😂 there literally just getting uploaded on their channel 🤷🏽‍♂️😂

[@marlonsampson1730]

Big up mike from DAY 1! his message has been too real for the industry..... I watched the full interview with Rasheed regarding the threats he was just looking to sabotage Mike as an artist... its too scary for them when a blackballed artist can stay so current... Big M AKA UNCZ From Walking With Giants anyone who knows knows what I put on the line for my community and trust me artist more time are just fueling da fire but I've always been able to use Mikes music to promote progress regardless of how gritty the delivery may be its real life. Mike our link up is inevitable your a King amongst pawns my Brother. lastly Rasheed ain't fraid for his life man fraid for dere life is going to go on a podcast taking cheeky shots at a man who's got bandz on dere head in this day and age if they truly perceive and fear there's a threat on there life.

[@BBKDasilva22]

Cmonnn!!!, Mike GLC👏🏾👏🏾

[@luckylyrics89]

" This is a letter to Link Up this is my only letter "

[@MyLife-ni5to]

I'm surprised this is only being recognised now. there's gonna be so many of these companies going under from this no doubt

[@grimekid0794]

Rasheed better come correct with facts coz it’s not looking good brev it’s not looking good

[@YouNeedM3]

Bro re film them and re upload them it will send them crazy. Do a 1 mic take on al them tracks for quick upload.

[@cali2912]

Man said it's got nothing to do with t Link up tv and the first vid is a behind bars I'm crying 🤣🤣🤣

[@konasirbeats]

i just came across this from 2020 Base79 - Are they stealing peoples content and claiming it as their own??? Today I got a copyright clain from a Company called Base79. This is the 3rd time already they do that. I own a record label, and this was on my record label page. We own all of our music. The interesting is, this time the claim was that they are saing one of our tracks has content that belongs to another label. And that they represent this label. The thing is, I know the owner of the label they claim to be representing. I asked the owner and he doesn't even know who Base79 is, and that this company has nothing to do with them or their distributor.

[@mikeyb.0121]

Daniel Cormier moving mad

[@Dunno-h8r]

I know someone who found this out last year and made one of these channels 20k or something They paid up rather then go to court he said to me

[@BBKDasilva22]

Industry change✊🏾✊🏾

[@starsoftheworld5150]

Once you get into the music industry they own your masters it’s the game

[@lanceaustin6443]

What I don’t understand, Surely Mike should have been asking these questions 10 years ago - like if the videos had nothing to do with these guys why wasn’t he collecting the royalties ???

[@chancompost2124]

True say

[@Kilinm]

Listen Mike ent no mug. Real G

[@AJ9302]

Link up need to sort there sh#T out how are u treating the artists on the Channel like that man and I’m Glad Mike came out and Exposed them , as much as I love GRM channel I wouldn’t be surprised if there doing the same thing to this could get a lot worse for very popular UK music channels

[@ashlogicturbo6925]

I hear ya mike, fightin for the people again. Big mike! Real fn G. But aint it like a win win where they gotta make summin for producin the vids to cover expenses etc and the artist is benefitting from the extra exposure that they otherwise wouldnt have gotten, which in turn gets them opportunities to earn money in the future? I dunno man, its a mucky one this one but best of luck man

[@kernalization]

Independent is the wave, it's costly it's a hard and long journey but definitely worth it!

[@bodeharmanda1st572]

Said it on Sprays page yesterday. The industry fake. GLC a real one

[@DeHyntonGaming]

I remember EA gave me a strike for using a thumbnail they gave rights for anyone to use lol

[@Snookerholics147]

The artists use these platforms as a stepping stone na? They know that they are the brand to help them be more noticed...I thought they knew that na

[@tactixtv3864]

SHUT LINK UP TV DOWN ! 💯 ONE BIG SCAM 👌🏽😜😝

[@omd0]

Didn’t Potter say the same thing about Fumez the engineer and his platform?

[@thementor1180]

Im sure when you submit videos to any of those platforms, they get all the youtube advertisement money which you sign away by giving them the video. I dont think what hes doing is illegal

[@Armed-Forever]

exactly lol what did he thinks been happening ? he ain’t been getting paid of it for years

[@tb3616]

tbh when I submitted my video I also submitted the song to KZbin music so due to my music being in the video they paid my royalties

[@jmainofficial]

Well i went on Link Up and was never told or let known thats the case more of a giz ur cash safe interaction id say i read the small print but there was none so how would that be deemed as signing away anything i pay for promotion they offer that i make the music buy the beat make the video rah tah tah how could that be signed over to someone else without informing me of that? Surely thats illegal..

[@craig1131]

He’s got nothing to say about that, he knows they get the ad money on their channel, the point is they’re trying to claim videos that ARNT on their channel which they have no claim for

[@Star9ineBBG]

Artists upload to these pages for the traffic they receive ! They are paying for the promo. You are signing over your art to business folke who ain’t your friends simples

[@alusinekamara6972]

look these music outlets are no different from Instagram, snapchat and other social media outlets once you upload anything to them it belongs to them, so they are no being crafty its just how it is, to new artist make sure u only use these outlets like linkup, grmdaily to build a buzz once you have done this only than release music on your own platform, people think that its helping the to carry on using them through out your career which is wrong it should only be used as a stepping stone to get your music out there to the ears of new listeners

[@grimemank42]

Mike glc knows what he’s talking bout when it comes to all this stuff and he’s a real guy atleast he’s doing some ring for the people that have been ripped off , and yeah fuck link up tv it’s shit anyway

[@ryrilo5078]

Link Up Tv on some Morris Levy settings. It just goes to show the real gangsters aren't roadmen..so its time to leggo them foolish imagery.

[@brazenflow6715]

Fully hear what Mike is saying. None of these channels pay artists though. Not saying it’s right but that’s the reality of it. The trade off is the artist uses the channels popularity and subscribers and then the channel claims the royalties in terms of KZbin money etc. I don’t know law so maybe Mike has a point in regards to this because the channels might be playing on our ignorance of laws to make money on artists. If that’s true; then we need to be more clued up on how money works in the music business. Most up and coming artists haven’t got the resources of lawyers and teams at their disposal who know the law to better advice and counsel on how to tackle this issue of channels making money off artists and not breaking bread. It’s dad but since time immemorial people have been making money off the ignorance or vulnerability of others. It is what it is. I’m an up and coming artist so in no way am I saying it’s okay; just resigned to the fact that without the resources of teams and lawyers at your disposal, how does one combat this? Unless a body is created to better protect up and coming artists especially in this sort of way.

[@jamalrobinson2159]

GLC... ma guy....truth haffi buss out like river...talk it

[@Internettoughguy547]

Rashids moving his money right Now

[@CharlieWingate1]

you should have read the fine print bruv.

[@Bud_Jablonski]

Link up scammers claiming to be down for the culture but only lining their own pockets..mazza!

[@FLYSTARTVLONDON]

This is disrespectful robbery 10 years woah 🤯

[@prophetoffire6976]

long overdue

[@Star9ineBBG]

He sure it’s not the intro that’s not copyrighted ? Should chop the vid and try reupload

[@GavstarLeo]

Funeral Music 🔥 50 is COLD 🥶!!!! Mike GLC not playing any games rah!

[@rogerbritishtv]

But would this not be obvious; Streaming figures etc? I'd have thought most artists would know they're making money off of them. Wasn't it LD that made his own channel when he got out and people were applauding for the same reason?

[@fromabove422]

link up tv been doin this

[@WhatsThisThenLucchiSupremeson]

I had to pay i never for paid for any plays the video guy they sent to me lost the footage they get paid for my shit ... didn't get that many views at all but yeah they copy write your music and footage simply by uploading it so u "get a following" this is why Jammer flipped out on DJ ARGUE because he didn't know that n that's basic

[@80sBaby925]

Bringing back memories with that DJ Argue Crumbled 😂😂😂

[@djshiverzdabutcher1893]

But I’m sure b4 you send them the video is there a contract for you to look over b4 you sign it 🤔🤔🤔 and did u look at the small print??? this sounds real crazy big up you for finding this out man went and did research and found out a whole heap of shit that he wasn’t aware of 👊🏿

[@outere24]

Nah they just want paying before the upload

[@dyce211]

Just pay n upload. No contract Mate

[@WantTeaBag]

I'm confused? isnt that obvious that any vids on their page is their money? its there platform you used for the attention. Surely you cant reupload work and expect them not to claim it... or have i missed something

[@londonengland743]

A verbal agreement is not a contract. If no contract was signed and linkup never asked or made it clear from the beginning they would be copyrighting videos and keeping the money from these videos they do not own then that is theft what don’t you understand? For years these platforms claimed they never made money from these videos which is clearly a lie because these small KZbin channels have all of a sudden grown into big businesses with budgets and employees within the last 10years.

[@missellesm]

This isn’t pays for views this is pays for copyright of the music in the video

[@londonengland743]

@@missellesm there’s no such thing as pays for copyright you get paid for views and streams… unless someone else is trying to claim they own the rights (copyright) only the owners of the copyright are entitled to the revenue from the streams and views that is what he is fighting for to get his copyright ownership so he can get the money he is entitled to instead of linkup because they had no right to copyright his intellectual property.

[@jamielong1237]

Yeah this doesn't make sense to me. I thought everyone knows beforehand that when you upload to Link Up they will own the song. It's the same issue Fumes had with his Plugged In.

[@Armed-Forever]

@@jamielong1237 exactly, this is what paying link up or grm to upload is pointless, at least with fumes, he pays you

[@f.1z197]

GLC 👌🏿WHY DIDN'T RASHID EDUCATE MANDEM ..@ LEAST PASS THE GEMS TO ARTISTS ..ITS SO HARD FOR THESE YOUTS

[@the_re_up]

Im sorry im very confused right now. Is mike glc saying link up a profiting off the music being on their channel? Isn’t that just common? Why should there be a profit split when you are using link ups medium to share your music? you’re using link ups base because you believe it will grant you more reach. why isit if that reach does well, that link up should then pay you i don’t understand. Do use your own page for uploading then

[@firellparker7463]

That's not what he's saying. And linkup should only be accepting money for uploads unless they've signed you etc.

[@Dreamon74]

Mikes a bad man ❤️💯😂

[@captainmac5009]

Wonder how much link ups made from all the artists 😮

[@outere24]

In total millions

[@captainmac5009]

@@outere24 grm daily and all them are the same bro .. it’s spoken about before the video is uploaded and people who upload into these playforms usually only do to get recognised then start there own channel . But fumes is the same .. there all the same sbtv also

[@outere24]

@@captainmac5009 nah jamal was the only 1 who never did this

[@dannydbrown90]

@@outere24 what about JDZ?

[@outere24]

@@dannydbrown90 i doubt they do it cause they upload new rappers that nobody has even heard of

[@eskmob1960]

"My legal team"

[@FLYSTARTVLONDON]

❤️💛💚💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@straightdrop9190]

Honestly if link up are doing this every music channel are doing it and when it comes to BIG artists they won’t do it to them because if they clock on there pissed hard

[@jamielong1237]

This is common knowledge though

[@a.v.london1952]

No its not.

[@coolbian513]

WOW THIS IS HUGE.

[@tunnelvision448]

The artists who are crying are the equivalent to going into a daytime TV show like good morning Britain, knowing you get no appearance fee. Then when the show has better ratings than normal you feel entitled and start chasing down the production team for a slice of the advertisment breaks becuase you 'think you deserve it'... You now have free exposure to Britain and that is your payment. Exact same principle as a KZbin channel and ad revenue via Google.

[@sibajenechirwa356]

Link up is not free, you have to pay