Your favorite artist probably wouldn’t mind “keeping it real” and flipping the bird to Clear Channel or Radio One if there wasn’t financial benefits to be reaped. It is common practice for royalties to be paid to artists for having their songs blasted on the radio–or so you were taught to believe. The radio station does shell out a mandatory royalties to the composer, songwriter and publishing company associated with them. Unless that said artist a.k.a. performer can checklist either of the three on their resume, they get nada. Read the rest of this entry »

The Blueprint 3 media storm is picking up steam. As with any album release, artists are compelled to do countless interviews & give their answers to the questions fan want to know. Jay skipped across the pond to London to sit for an interview with Tim Westwood for Radio One. And Westwood asked Jay some of the key ones. Read the rest of this entry »