29 years after it was sold to Michael Jackson for $47.5 million, music publishing company has signed rapper Iggy Azalea, now tasked with handling all songs penned by the star.
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After co-writing every single song on her debut album ‘The New Classic‘, Azalea caught the attention of ATV who picked her up before the album’s relaunch.
On the deal, Martin Bandier, Sony/ATV Chairman and CEO, said:
We are incredibly excited to be working with such a fresh and electrifying new talent as Iggy Azalea. She is an incredibly smart and dynamic songwriter and artist and has made an amazing start to what looks set to be a long and successful career ahead.
With this deal, Iggy will see her material protected by the company and paired with its other writers to create ‘Fancy’-sized hits for she and her record label Def Jam.
An elated Sarah Stennett of Turn First Artists shared:
The completion of this partnership agreement with Sony/ATV, Grand Hustle and Iggy continues the original mission that we at Turn First had agreed to with Iggy the day we met her: to only enter into relationships with people who truly support the vision and believe in her staying power, ability to write and deliver exciting records and her potential to grow as an artist and cultural icon.
Other writers represented by ‘ATV’ are ‘Next to Me’ performer Emeli Sande, ‘Drift’ singer Elijah Blake and Ms.Andrea Martin, the songsmith behind SWV’s ‘You’re the One’, Blu Cantrell’s ‘Breathe’, Fantasia’s ‘Lose to Win’ and En Vogue’s ‘Don’t Let Go.’
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the barbz must be seething where ever they are
The Barbz are never bothered by medocrity. When she gets on Nicki’s level then…
Anaconda is rock bottom,no one would wanna be on that level #flipshair
If rock bottom means sitting pretty at #3 and #4 on BB Hot 100 then we love it there. BTW u all shouldn’t be worried what the Barbz are thinking, u should be worried if your girl will be relevant 2-3 years from now. Nicki already got years in and is still the baddest and MOST successful female rapper to do this.
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Ya also need to be worried about Liar Piggy’s sextape coming out. Cuz when it does, u will see a lot of screenshots of her busted out p**** on the internet. *sips tea*
Nicki will copy
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Great for her! Whoever is her manager is
doing a great job.
Her manager is earning every bit of their 10 – 20%
where Molly at,i needa drag her weave
Oooh, This thread is gonna be good the plastics and igor’s fans are gonna be at each other’s throats *sit back and waits*
So? Since TI writes her raps, that means she earns nothing and TI earns everything.
Ded
Hush ho
SHE JUST SIGNED HER LIFE AWAY!
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Michael Jackson exposed Sony for their evil shenanigans before he died, He called those people devils!
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Good Luck Iggy, I hope you still own your soul after your Sony contract is up!!
Good luck Cici with being stupid enuf to get baxk with Future
Aight Iggy, I see you mama! Do your thang!
She will be irrelevant by November 24th.
So does this mean she’s gonna start actually writing songs?
LOL GO ‘HEAD AND PIMP THAT WHITE H0, T.I.! I SEE YOU PLAYA LOL!
The plot thickens!!!
Wait t.i. Writes her raps tho right? The PinkPrint is coming 11.24
Its ironic for Barbz to try this when everyone thought Lil Wayne and Drake penned Pink Friday when Nicki first came out.
Lil wayne was not the only person Nicki worked for. He was in jail when Pink friday came out. He didn’t even agree with a lot of her raps from pink friday. He thought it was too girly. Drake aint got time to write Nicki’s song. They don’t even have the same style.
and whoever thinks sb writes for nicki or any man writes that girl feminine s*** is stupid. Nicki said from day one always mentioned herself writing tracks since her mixtape days. Plus she makes songs to fast to have a ghostwriter.
Wayne was in jail when Pink Friday came out and Nicki sounded nothing like Drake until earlier this year. Which is really them sounding like Migos.
So exactly how is this supposed to work out seeing that T.I writes her raps?
The stupid is strong in this comment section.
1. There is zero(0) proof of T.I writing her verses. None at all.
2. Iggy is credited as the songwriter on all her music, back to the mix tapes, long before she was signed to Grand Hustle.
3. She did two mix tapes and an EP before The New Classic and critics commented her first mix tape is her best work to date. Who ghost wrote that? T.I and Iggy weren’t on the same team. Those projects were free so who paid for the ghostwriter?
4. Even if T.I wrote her verses, he’s not credited and there for will receive no royalties. Iggy made it very clear that her relationship with T.I was musical and not professional.
Haters gonna hate while Iggy continues to build her empire.
You do not know what a ghostwriter is. smh. Ghostwriters take the money to pretend they don’t exist. That’s why it’s called GHOST writer.
Also, I don’r believe TI writers for her but somebody does. When TI tried to clear it up, he never said she wrote. He said she had her own thoughts and ideas. He’ll probably t it up where she gets some type of credit for the thoughts and ideas. The other people tried to say, othr artist like rihanna and such don’t write but make great music. Why not just say, Iggy writes everything.
Stick to pop music
I know these ignorant Barfz are not attacking Iggy Azalea and saying that T.I. writes her raps. LOOK WHO YOU STAN FOR! Flopnika Garbaj can’t even write her own raps. Everyone knows that Safaree Samuels, her man, has been writing her raps since day one. That’s why even after he hit Flopnika in the face with a suitcase (LMAO!), she still keeps him around. She knows that her career would be over if he leaves. Listen to Safaree rap if you don’t believe me. Safaree could write a tell-book and expose Flopnika for the fraud she is, so she keeps him sweet.
Flopnika also steals bars from so many artists. Nothing she says is original to her. She (and her ghostwriters) has been stealing and remixing Lil’ Kim’s verses for YEARS now, then she has the nerve to talk about writing her own raps. In her song with Christina Aguilera, Woo Hoo, she stole Lil’ Kim’s lyrics from No Time. In her Flawless remix with Beyonce, she stole the Propofol line from an underground female rapper called 3DNatee. Almost every song from Flopnika has stolen lines.
Iggy Azalea isn’t my favorite artist in the world, but she is more genuine and pleasant than Flopnika Garbaj. Iggy will go far because she is not a mean-spirited malicious woman like Flopnika Garbaj. There’s no serious karma coming for Iggy. Iggy pays homage to people who have paved the way for her, and she doesn’t throw shade at people (unless they throw shade at her first). Iggy isn’t trying to be the new version of anybody. She’s trying to be the first Iggy Azalea. That’s why she has more of a chance of having a hip hop legacy than someone like Flopnika Garbaj, who will only be remembered for being a thin-skinned malicious woman who cannot handle competition from other female rappers, and brought nothing new to the table except swagger jacking the Queen of Rap, Lil’ Kim.
The truth hurts, but the truth is the truth. Face it, Barfz!
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Honey when will Nicki?? Kii
Nicki got her won publishing deal. Some of you sound so dumb lol.
Nicki and Drake have the same publishing deal.
Every artist should have a publishing deal. It’s how you collect royalties. She shouldve been had publishing