“WE made iTunes. It’s like how we spent $300,000 to $500,000 each on our videos and MTV and BET went ahead and built an entire video television industry off of our backs. We can’t let that happen again. These businesses exist solely because of our music. So if we as artists, producers and label executives stand up, those guys at Apple can either cooperate, or have nothing for people to buy and download on their iPods.”
–Jermaine Dupri addressing Apple’s iTunes, which is the third largest music retailer in the U.S.

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November 20th, 2007 at 10:49 am
He’s got it right. The sad part is, some artists out there say, “I have people to do that for me.” On the subject of money, publishing, business, whatever. It’s those dumbassses that have contributed to the demise of it all.
February 13th, 2008 at 1:09 am
Kanye West download…
do you know what is the first? i`ve the new album at my blog…