Published 09:30 IST, September 17th 2020

Kanye West shares his Universal Label contract; accuses label of earning more money

Recently, Hollywood singer Kanye West took to his Twitter handle to slam his Universal Label contract. He also tweeted pages from his document. Read more.

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In a recent Twitter meltdown, Hollywood rapper and POTUS hopeful Kanye West demanded to be released from his recording and music-publishing deals with Universal Music Group. singer tweeted dozens of ps from his recording contract and called music industry as ‘modern-day slavery’. In one of tweets, Kanye West revealed that 90% of record contracts on planet are still on a royalty.

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More so, singer elaborated that a standard record deal is a trap to never have one recoup and contracts include many hidden costs like “distribution fees”. Adding to same, Kanye West accused labels of putting such costs in ir contracts to earn more money off an artist’s work ‘without even trying’. In ar tweet, Kanye West also asked or big names from music industry like Bo, Taylor Swift and Drake to retweet his mess. Take a look:

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Kanye's long swa of tweets:

Kanye's Twitter rant

Recently, Kanye took to his Twitter handle and posted a series of alarming tweets, which got fans ‘concerned’ about his mental stability. In his w-deleted tweets, Kanye accused his wife Kim and mor-in-law Kris Jenner of trying to ‘lock him up with a doctor’. singer also compared himself to Nelson Mandela and remarked that he might be locked-up just like him and fans will ‘kw reason soon’. More so, Kanye also compared himself to lead character from Get Out, who discovers shocking truths about his fiancé’s family after getting engd. Kanye's wife, Kim Kardashian confirmed that Kanye West was suffering from bipolar disorder, on Instagram when she addressed issue. 

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09:29 IST, September 17th 2020