Quote Originally Posted by Sam the Seed View Post
most artists' management do everything to NOT let the labels rape them. Dirty had his own manager when he signed with Roc-a-fella, so obviously he didn't like Wu management and it seems most have left them too. Wu management only manages random Killa Beez and the group projects/tours. the solo members have their own management now, which explains Meth acting more than rapping.

it seems the solo Wu generals are unhappy with how much management still get and how bad they were at business in the Wu's heyday.
That thing between ODB & ROC/Dame is still weird. Didn't that kid reach out to him, and to Dame to sign him? . . . Yeah, Jarred Weisfeld. From what i gather, he reached out to ODB to get him some money, and set up the deal with Dame. (I'm saying Dame because word is Hov was not happy with this.) On top of that Jarred was a fucking greenhorn that should have never been in that position in my opinion. Village something wrote a whole article about him in the years since.

The other thing that is going around, is that ODB needed money, or so he thought. So when somebody comes and says they got this money for you immediately, he went in. Besides that, because he did feel like he was financially being fucked over. Got Your Money is supposed to be a dig at RZA. He wanted to be independent like the rest of the Clan, he was the last was still signed on the original management. Reluctantly RZA let him go, though Divine pointed out in the documentary Mics & Men what this meant to the pie. Buddha Monk also explains the money situation a bit in his book.

Since RZA has opened up about the situation stating:
“We talked a lot. When people say that nobody visited ODB in jail, no, I visited ODB in jail. Okay?

“I told him, ’Yo, when you get out, fuck the world. I’m gonna put you in a Manhattan apartment, I’m gonna give you a girl, the kinda girl that’s gonna live with you, she’s gonna take care of you. I’m building a gym for you, the studio is right there, and we don’t need nobody, it’s just me and you and we’re gonna go and do what we said we were gonna do as kids, we’re gonna live out our destiny.’


“And then the week before he was getting out I was on the phone with him. I called Tom Whalley over at Warner Bros. I’m like, ‘Yo, I wanna come over there and I’ma bring Ol’ Dirty over there and we’re just gonna focus on making music.’ And he was like, ‘I got you.’ He gave me numbers. So I told Ol’ Dirty, ‘I got this much money for you. Listen this is gonna be great, you ain’t gotta worry about nothing.’


“While this was going on I had to fly to London because I was doing some press for Derailed.” Referring to the film he starred in alongside Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston, RZA continues: “ODB got released while I was in London and I was due home two days later. That’s when I saw it on the news: ‘ODB signs with Roc-A-Fella Records.’”

After all the work behind-the-scenes on getting everything ready for Ol’ Dirty’s return it’s understandable that RZA would feel a type of way. Disappointed not only because his brother had gone back on his word, the fact that he had to see the announcement on TV first before being told, especially when other members of the Wu family were present, was obviously going to be a bit of a blow.


He continues: “I was like ‘What the fuck?’ Not only did he sign to Roc-A-Fella but he had Popa Wu standing beside him and he had 12 O’Clock standing beside him. So he had them standing beside him, as well as his mom. There was nothing I could do. I went to see them and his mother said to me, ‘Baby, let him have his own life.’ And all I could say was: ‘Yes, okay auntie.’”

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Quote Originally Posted by Hollow Dartz View Post
Wrong. If that were the case they wouldn't be complaining like they used to. In my opinion it goes both ways. First of all the industry is definitely setup for the Artist to get the least amount of money. As an artist you have to do your best to manage your money properly and expand your brand. Alot of Wu members were not really doing this until basically after 8 Diagrams. But even then they were still depending on the Indie labels. I think Raekwon was the first one to really understand how this shit works. That Run he went on after 8 Diagrams up until Shaolin vs Wu-Tang was great for him. He was an owner and started selling his own Merch. He was eating great around that time. Most of the other clan members still don't have a feel for the independent game, be over charging for everything lol
We really need to celebrate Rae more for his hustling moves on that. He tried great, and most of the time understood what it took. Especially what you are saying, not overcharging. Make me do wonder how Priest is eating right now, because some of his albums on Bandcamp are pretty expensive as a digital version. Charging CD prices. Just weird.