Roxanne Shante Left the Industry at 25 Because She Never Got a Royalty Check (Part 7)

[@vladtv]

Watch Part 6: goo.gl/WYnmqj Part 1: goo.gl/KYSSPu

[@GmoneyGcode]

djvlad I seen them in qb while they was doing the film some ppl tried to be extras

[@wandahwisdom5646]

@4:38 ain't he a #Libra?

[@AyesheIsAlwaysLovely]

They basically stole from a child........JUST shameful. They took advantage of her and her Mother too.

[@QuestionsAnswerz]

it was the 80s, people wasn't thinking straight back then

[@Forever.Remain.Nameless]

TheDark&Lovely 1 thts what tht industry does....its a known fact tht your first contract you ain't getting shit

[@mizzygunz]

No honor amongst thieves. No matter what day and age.

[@billyjacc]

@ True One...The 80's huh? Please, we go back to Michael & the Jacksons, as well as before then with Motown, cause they were all kids from the Detroit Brewster Projects, and surrounding neighborhoods. Even before then Little Anthony & The Imperials, as well as most of those 60's harmony groups, and the 50's Do-wops before them.... Did you see Cadillac Records? lol.... " Pay Muddy a few points off of Chuck's royalties, he won't miss em." lol

[@quitepossible4498]

This is industry standard practice. Many of your favorite rappers are still getting raped.

[@TripleRp]

To leave the business at 25 and still be considered to be the best female Emcee ever and one of the greatest of all time is serious. Real talk though, who's a better female Rapper than her that many people know about? MC Lyte is tight but it's real close. Shante's lyrics were gutter hard.

[@digimationentertainment9820]

TripleRp mc lyte would wreck her lol

[@TripleRp]

DigiMation Entertainment what do you mean?

[@RatchetCoon]

Lauren Hill, Mia X, Marvelous, Jean Grae, Gangsta Boo, etc. all better than Shante.

[@BTman58]

I've never heard anyone refer to her at the best female MC.

[@TripleRp]

BigNickDigger Lauryn Hill is always debatable when she shows UP. But the rest (??), nah.

[@suspect404bm]

She is the real queen of Hip Hop ... all facts

[@OGMillyMillz]

suspect404bm Lil Mama is the queen of Hip Hop.

[@kdubbster]

suspect404bm Big Faxx!!

[@NationalDeputy]

no

[@AngelsPicks]

🙄😒 what, exactly, has Lil Mama done that has redefined hip-hop in any substantial way? 🤷

[@htownmethe2937]

There a few Queens in Hip Hop...all facts

[@brandonflowers8345]

She's truly a real one a rare breed

[@Milliestacks_]

I love her attitude and her positivity despite everything she has gone through.

[@deonhoward74]

Why would she be mad? She is successful

[@alishine2k]

I hate the music industry they praise the artist and rob them all at same time

[@1990758]

The American way it happened to a lot of artists at Motown

[@Piwork69]

This woman is very well spoken and carries herself with class. She is not spiteful and bitter. Nice to see.

[@bamnjphoto]

Excellent industry knowledge dropped, people getting in better be paying attention.

[@BatmanPops]

B Money i thought that was Mo'Nique in the thumb nail👀😂😂

[@miztumuch]

She sees the Entire game clearly. This was one of the best interviews. She's brilliant and authentic.

[@allstar930]

Respect for airing this interview. She's a true queen of hip hop.

[@dryiceVEVO]

They need to come up with a 401K for the past MC's that paved the way, ascap is one method but damn this hurts to watch. Salute the queen ❤

[@sammyb.randall6312]

401- k plan retirement is an good investment for music artists in the music industries .

[@1990758]

They do but today's media would not consider her the queen Hip Hop they are going to go by the present

[@lethal5flow679]

* Conflict of Interest * Suge pulled that same stunt on Death Row. He was the record company, meanwhile his wife Sharitha and him was managing all the artists ( look at the credits for The Chronic & Doggystyle )....and you know they all complained that there money wasnt right back then.....sheeeit, I believe Suge was credited with there publishing too. Its a dirty game yall

[@Haitidon]

lethal5 flow not only Suge bad boy Motown it’s been happening for years . You remember making of the band their manger Phil worked for puff complete conflict of interest .

[@lethal5flow679]

haiti don Definitely, these stories been going on for years. I honestly believe thats why so many people end up quitting music....the headaches. If it ain't your record company trying to get you, its your manager or your accountant, or the show promoter etc

[@bayoustormryder3823]

Nothing but luv for Roxanne. She has great head on her shoulders. One of the True Hip Hop Queen...

[@djkoolrod]

“People are paid to tell you it’s not fair” #Jewels 💎

[@lethal5flow679]

djkoolrod Thats a real ass statement. There's plenty stories out there that the record company will go behind your back to your manager/ entertainment lawyer and pay them off to get u to sign a shitty deal

[@1JayTheJet]

So he did her like they did Killmonger... Just left her behind

[@stevelewis3292]

Sorry to hear this. This woman is a legend and pioneer in rap.

[@curliefro]

Sad, she started out in the business as a child, how would she have known she was being fleeced. Happy karma is working in her favor!

[@dawolf4274]

Never a fan. BUT NO ONE should be jerked and ripped off. On the other hand, the record industry has been notorious FOR YEARS. it's called, "due diligence".

[@rodoh4995]

Da Wolf... a 14 year old was supposed to do due diligence...

[@dawolf4274]

Rod Oh CORRECT! Just amazing how you STILL hear stories of this bullshit going on, and has been for years, and people still get ripped off! At least, it seems, she came out ahead.

[@dianelong6886]

She deserves a BET Award 🥇 or Something She is the Alpha Omega The movie 🎥 was good 😊

[@1990758]

I know but a lot of people don't know about her the media today will probably give it to MC Lyte salt and pepper Queen Latifah or Missy Elliott they're going to go by record sales

[@earth64]

And I LOVE her philosophy on how things came about!!!!!! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@k1assic]

She's being nice. From listening to Shan and others over the years Marley was funny with the money.

[@henryclay8462]

This still goes on today. Artists are still being robbed. If you don't get every dollar owned, you are being robbed. Even if they give you a check for 1 million, but are owed 500k more.

[@tyrn25]

Industry rule 4080 record companies are shady!!!!!

[@TravisClinton]

Let me correct you son...Record company peoples are shady.

[@lethal5flow679]

Travis Clinton ....."so kids watch your back cause you know they smoke crack....i dont doubt it, look at how they act"

[@alexfrazier6948]

ty collins Q Tip was preaching to us wasn't he!

[@tyrn25]

Alex Frazier Yes Sir!!!

[@julezwinfield7732]

Its hard to live a lie when the truth is in the room

[@ChipWhitingtonIII]

People calling her the best female MC of all time, you must be fucking drunk. MC Lyte, Latifah, Heather B, Lin Que, Ladybug, Yo Yo, Foxy Brown, Lil' Kim, Lady of Rage, Boss and so on.... wake up.

[@shawnsteed4140]

When she left the game at 25 she left in her prime. When I listen to her music later on in the 90s here on KZbin Roxanne was still making dope music better then most of the popular artist from that era smh🤔

[@taharqa332]

She had ONE HIT! Her albums were “average”! I’m 47; was heavy in the music game - remember it all! She made her mark but was quickly surpassed by other artists.

[@MrWARBUCKS24]

Shawn Steed nobody cared about Shante after 89 she left cause shit was dry for her

[@MikeMulahMusic]

@@taharqa332 listen to big mama, she slaughtered all female mc's fym

[@mclal]

thats one thing I like about this day and age is that u dont need those slim ball record industry people to get your music out there. And u can make the money on your own now without there help thx to things like youtube!

[@kennyk7515]

She still have that "i'm shante" voice still!

[@SeriousBeats]

Dope interview

[@sangawaldron5399]

Love the delayed gratification

[@clouds5927]

She's Blessed💯

[@TionnaSmalls]

She spoke some real knowledge in this interview!

[@thevofreason4859]

Ive been waiting on this my whole life !!! Thank you Vlad!!!

[@gorgeousbttyfly]

@5:00 The Truth! Speak sista..👌🙌🙏❤❤

[@LAMONTWILLIAMS21]

She speaks the truth

[@freesolodagr8658]

The Godmother of Hip Hop !!

[@michaels5647]

This shit pisses me off!! There’s enough to go around and people’s greed takes over! People that also came from nothing and were looking for a break and got theirs, screwing other people over.

[@Keatay1]

Keep glowing Queen this Women is very very intelligent straight jewels here she still #1 come on she know who is responsible for where she is now and the longevity of her name again VERY SMART HUMBLE WOMAN

[@nicolemcclintonwilks4421]

Example we don't always get what God has for us until later when he knows we needed....blessed...great person.

[@creoleDJ]

Al these “stolen royalty money” stories...makes you wonder why anyone wants to deal with this industry.

[@jessevasquez7917]

Love her the undisputed Real Queen of Hip Hop

[@rodneysanford127]

Amazing women you are!

[@kelvintorrence5994]

And she Rapp s better than most of these so called rappers today and back.in the back.

[@patrickwilliams2485]

Crush since I was 10!!! Grimy how the labels do you.

[@trevorcrawford9050]

Her parents stole her money, she said it

[@sansarshrestha6285]

The studio: "like stealing candy from baby"

[@RON-vn5cf]

She never got PAID!! SHE IS NOT SAME LEVEL HAS OTHER FEMALE MC'S

[@kelvintorrence5994]

She s so rite my wifes cousin is play of kids and play and he said it too. They are all crooks.

[@wes209]

3:53 *Marley didn't want no funk with those shyster's*

[@user-vj1we6ru3u]

Industry rule number 4000&80 record company labels are shhaadyyy

[@artelmiller642]

I love this woman yo..

[@michaelk122]

Shes mine

[@kennyk7515]

Her old school flow seemed more natural than today's ish

[@MrWARBUCKS24]

Everybody got fucked over at cold chillin at some point by Fly Ty

[@neatthingseverywhere659]

A real Boss and. Better human being..... How many of us met a person one person like that👀 My answer: NEVA!

[@CelestialSci]

Shante real as shit.

[@lilahdog568]

She's now worth $50 billion. That's winning to me

[@rayrobinson3782]

50 billion ,😀😂sure

[@dianelong6886]

lilahdog 568 you mean 50mil? Dam sure probably ain't this high but good for her

[@kiwiabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw]

she did it for her family

[@tonystarks18]

She look like Monique sister or sum

[@DRock6906]

First of all I'm not racist. I'm just calling it like I see it. When rap music started, it was a new genre of music made BY black people FOR black people. But what happened? White people attached themselves to it because they knew from the start that rap music would become a cash cow for them. Even without an ounce of talent or skill, a white person could become filthy rich if he involved himself in music that had absolutely nothing to do with a white person. How you may ask? By building record companies that catered to young black artists like Roxanne Shante here. When they got an artist, 9/10 they were young kids who didn't understand the music business as far as dollars and cents go. And they got these young artists to sign away all of their publishing rights, song ownerships, royalties, etc., etc. for large sums of money upfront. $100,000 for a song sounds good to a 16 or 17 year old kid. But what they didn't know is that once their record had ran it's course and nobody bought it anymore, there would be no more money, no more cars, no more jewelry, no more nothing. And when the company decided the artist had become a liability and not an asset, they were let go with no strings attached. But, and here's the kicker, THE RECORD COMPANY COULD STILL MAKE MONEY OFF OF AN ARTIST WHO WAS NO LONGER WITH THEIR COMPANY. For example: Last week, I was watching TV and a commercial came on about a new drug for hair loss or some shit. The commercial was aimed at white men 45+ years of age or older who were going bald. But they had Friends by Whodini playing in the background. Who do you think got paid for the use of that song in that commercial? Not Whodini! Whodini has not belonged to a major record label in over 30 years. The record label they belonged to back in the 80's OWNS THE RIGHTS TO THAT SONG AND GETS A ROYALTY CHECK EVERY TIME THAT SONG IS USED IN A COMMERCIAL! A rap song that came out in 1984 is being used to promote a product to stop balding in white men in 2019 and Whodini is not being paid one red cent. That's what I mean when I say that white people attached themselves to our music. Almost like the Alien who attached themselves to a person's face! Because they knew they could make money off of black people in the present day and in the future without having a lick of talent.

[@bravoda1]

Oldest trick in the book . Passing the buck ✌️ .

[@BatmanPops]

So no body else thanks her in Mo'Nique can play sisters in a mini movie or something👀😏😂😂

[@oakboyh]

I remember those times when she was out.

[@lethal5flow679]

KRS-ONE wrote a song about this topic back in the early 90's called..... "How Not To Get Jerked" kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHO0fGelhZarZ5Y

[@greedokenobi3855]

They dont wanna deal with/ Shante spittin that real shit/ cause all they wanna do is steal shit

[@DLM323]

Rox is very smart!!

[@Dadon93]

Where are the Nas questions?

[@twocents6951]

Dondre Palmer She probably made it a point to Vlad she wouldn’t shit on Nas nor would she allow him to shit on Nas

[@Dadon93]

I'm saying that cuz (spoiler alert) there were scenes in the biopic of Roxanne where nas battled her.

[@nique4268]

Valentina Worldwide he’s not but he played a large enough part to get put in the movie. and she played a big one n his

[@twocents6951]

Dondre Palmer They never battled. In real life or in the movie. It was supposed to be an audition and Nas didn’t have his shit together lol. It was a big hip hop community in Queensbridge back then.

[@nfeeltraita]

😄

[@earth64]

That FUCKING sucks, man. Good luck to her!!!!!!

[@danzrllamoye1919]

Smart woman

[@starfire810]

I simply didn't need it

[@SF_XX]

Cant believe she lied about getting a PHD i really looked up to that

[@nubiansis357]

I thought sparky Dee said she went back and got her PhD in psychology after she was delivered from drug abuse

[@RichyLillz26]

Marley got his chips and dipped too. Period.

[@craigrubin3709]

She's awesome. Would love to meet her.

[@Ez65one]

I think she got the last laugh with the education she got off of her record deal.

[@gbquietstorm]

That was false, she lied, has no Psychology degree.

[@Kuntyful]

I love her...

[@zodiacstop9096]

Scorpio like pepper I hope you don't think you'd only one like you.......... Scorpios are all in the rap business......... If you were smart you would open up your school and let everybody born in November like you.......... Become a rapper it's in their DNA

[@DavidJohnson-dc8lu]

Listen, facts for anyone getting in the music industry you don't get your contract right from day one, all record companies will steal from you. Only group I know that has been paid well were One Direction. But she reminds me of Mo'nique.

[@globalprincess5471]

that's a shame that's a shame but I know she's not lying that's a shame but I see, has fallen on them

[@WaynePryce]

Marley did her dirt

[@jinxenyou8618]

You will always be the Queen of rap... Real Rap!

[@cartomancycarmen]

a real one!

[@donaldmccall3968]

The same shit they did with Frankie Lyman, his manager and The industry was stealing his money

[@nycsongman9758]

Okay; Frankie Lymon: *1950s:* 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s ---- Tell me, *why* are US Black music folk *still* allowing themselves, purportedly, to sign binding contracts, seemingly, with no one to explain the terms to them? Why is this supposedly still happening *40+ years later?* How much longer are folk going to blame "the music industry"? Just asking.

[@donaldmccall3968]

Without no representative this how black artists get rob or there royalties

[@tru2thegame2]

Roxanne was the Buisness I liked her and they should of been putting her money in a investment for the future since she was under age

[@rkipphorn]

...fuckin' Pop-Art. Some of the hottest tracks were stamped Pop-Art, but LG got over on those kids.

[@korancebland]

Instead of buying $1000 suits from Dapper Dan for your infant son, you should of gotten a lawyer.

[@charleymartinez-rodriguez8358]

HATER OF BITCH MADE NIGGAS She didn't know she needed a lawyer you missed the point. LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN

[@blacksheep9278]

She said that already fuckface

[@elainedouglas4501]

She was young She didn't know any better

[@dallasslade4412]

fact's Queen peace aka positive Education always correct errors

[@floridarida7903]

Vlad I got a answer for the royalty situation that I haven't seen anyone really talk about or elaborate on,I wanna say it but I know game to be sold and they wouldn't appreciate it or they might

[@dianelong6886]

A legend ❤️ She signed a BS contract or did she even sign anything They paid for her education tho

[@dwain20111]

Love me some roxanne

[@alonreid]

People ain't shit

[@raydonovan3312]

That was my song

[@falkslazenger1783]

Yep. Fucking record companies...

[@kengtachala1867]

The record label paid for her college education tho!!!she has PhD!maybe 3 of them lmao

[@heyychi]

Keng Tachala she doesn’t have a PhD and explained it in another video

[@Authenticinteractions]

She flat out lied about that!

[@davidscruggs8818]

I'm glad someone brought that up!

[@mearllee3511]

I can't believe her anymore after that huge lie...she was very proud of announcing that on the Beef II documentary...one-freestyle wonder bih!

[@sarahriches8914]

At the end of the day they was robbing her blind she was still poor for a lot of years putting in all that work it doesn’t matter what she lied about it’s about what she earned as a black artist

[@valerieboone7674]

Family the same way...smh

[@IRocBAPESTA]

they didn't even speak on KRS on Roxanne movie...that sucked but the movie was Aight

[@bondjamesbond5580]

So dissapointed in Marli Marl

[@brianlove-el6096]

Rawness

[@sammiejuwon]

how do you not get royalties? like even these new kids getting pennies on the dollar

[@lethal5flow679]

everybody eats Well, it may sound corny but older artist like herself that made these mistakes actually paved the way for these new artist to pay more attention to there paperwork......plus she was just a kid...... have u ever seen a record contract?, them shits are complicated to read as fuck, it aint easy as applying for a job at micky d's.........but they make the shit complicated to try to catch u or your entertainment lawyer slippin so they could break u

[@Cani-Gulah]

her "writers"...hmmm...what does she mean by that?

[@silewis9396]

blaqmarkit some of the juice crew wrote for each other

[@rodoh4995]

*Riders

[@rodoh4995]

Riders are arrangements like food, money, etc that artists get on tours, compensation for money the artist puts out, money for promo and advertising, etc

[@nealcollins2974]

Cheque*