September 5th 2023.
It looks like Diddy is setting a new precedent in the hip-hop industry as he decides to reassign his publishing rights back to all his Bad Boy artists and writers. On Labor Day, September 4th the news broke that Diddy had decided to return the publishing rights to all the people who had helped create the powerhouse that is Bad Boy.
The move is said to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, with Ma$e, the Notorious B.I.G’s estate, Faith Evans, the Lox, 112, and “many more” unspecified creators all set to benefit. What makes this decision even more groundbreaking is that Diddy had received multiple multi-million dollar offers for the rights to Bad Boy’s publishing catalog. Yet he chose to reassign the rights to the rightful songwriters.
A source said that Diddy "sees it as part of a broader goal of promoting economic empowerment for Black artists and culture”. All of the former artists involved have been informed of the massive deal and agreed to the terms, something that could potentially have a huge impact on the industry and how artists are compensated. Diddy's new album, “The L.O.V.E. Album: Off the Grid”, is set to be released on September 15th and this move further cements his legacy of giving back to the hip-hop community.
The news comes one week after Cam’ron announced that Ma$e had his publishing rights returned. This comes after the beef between Diddy and Ma$e that started in January 2020, when Ma$e called Diddy out during the Grammys. Ma$e had offered Diddy $2 million for the publishing rights, only for Diddy to counter with a claim that Ma$e owed him $3 million.
It looks like Diddy and Ma$e have managed to sort things out in a way that benefits all Bad Boy artists. Congratulations to Ma$e for getting his publishing back and to Diddy for creating a legacy of giving back to the hip-hop community.
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