Logic

“And it was Chris who had the idea to make it, you know, and really give it the whole Number, because then we could reach people and give them that platform.”

“We released the music video, and like, overnight, it had 20,000 views.”

“30 plus million dollar deals here and there, doing this, doing that.”

“I pay out over a million dollars in salary to my employees a year.”

“And, you know, there was even independent companies that put a contract for 1.5 million dollars in our hands.”

“I've shot guns. I've robbed people. I've ran from the police. I've done a bunch of stupid things because I was around other stupid people because I felt that they were my family.”

“It was Def Jam, which is ultimately where, where Logic's, Logic signed to probably a year, a little bit over a year after that, so.”

“So earlier with the second album we did a tour where, you know, we paid six figures for a tour bus for fans to go to their homes and surprise them and play them the second album before it was even out.”

“We grew up in Section Eight housing, so food stamps, welfare, had a few hundred dollars a month from the government to live off.”

“To say what Chris won't, they undershipped us. They didn't believe in us so much that they undershipped my album, and you had all these other huge artists with, you know, 400,000 plus CDs in stores, and I had fans going to Best Buys, having to Have the workers…”

“Yeah, this is twenty-twelve. Yeah, no ID comes to you know, legendary producer who's, you know, new executive at Def Jam, and Def Jam in general, like, Def Jam Records, the most iconic hip-hop rap Label is willing to sign you, give you great money, give you cr…”

“I was like, I don't want to sign anything. If we're going to do this, like, I don't want to say anything. And he wasn't pushing to sign anything either. And that's a really amazing thing. Because he allowed, he was like, yo, I'm going to walk the walk. Like, I…”

“I have a record label, and we're both equal partners on that, that, that we run together, called Elysium, with artists that I've signed”

“I viewed that, putting out free music as investing in the brand, right? As we were building an audience and a fan base That was becoming more and more invested, and what that means is that they would, later down the road, whenever we asked for it, spend the mo…”

“We had sold a 100,000 tickets and X number of dollars in merch. So that's going to translate because it's fans who are invested in him, right?”

“Even still, I have a record label, and we're both equal partners on that, that, that we run together, called Elysium, with artists that I've signed, that we believe in”

“If I'm not involved, I trust no one with my money, with my company, with my this, with my that, if I'm not involved. Like, I trust Chris with my life, but I'm not just gonna be like, just go take it. Not because I don't trust him, but because I don't work that…”

“And things are crazy now. You know what I mean? 30 plus million dollar deals here and there, doing this, doing that.”

“We grew up in Section Eight housing, so food stamps, welfare, had a few hundred dollars a month from the government to live off.”

“I viewed that, putting out free music, as investing in the brand, right? As we were building an audience and a fan base that That was becoming more and more invested, and what that means is that they would later down the road, whenever we asked for it, spend t…”

“In front of us. And Chris had it. And I remember he said something really corny. It was really funny. Like he was just excited. He was like, how much you think our brand that we're creating is worth? And I was like, I don't know. And he was like, Well, somebod…”

“It was Def Jam, which is ultimately where, where Logic's, Logic signed to probably a year, a little bit over a year after that, so.”

“So earlier with the second album we did a tour where, you know, we paid six figures for a tour bus for fans to go to their homes and surprise them and play them the second album before it was even out.”

“I ran around, I've done a lot of stuff. I've shot guns, I've robbed people, I've ran from the police, I've done a bunch of stupid things because I was around other stupid people because I felt that they were my family.”

“And to say what Chris won't, they undershipped us. They didn't believe in us so much that they undershipped my album. And you had all these other huge artists with, you know, 400,000 plus CDs in stores, and I had fans going to Best Buys, having to have the wor…”

“At the time that tour was actually a no guarantee tour.”

“If they're coming to shows and selling out Rooms across the country, and we're selling out shows all over Europe, they're gonna buy an album for seven 99.”

“I can't speak for other famous people, celebrities, musicians, whatever, but I can tell you, like, no one knows how hard I work, and until you, how hard we can work, and I pay out over a million dollars in salary to my employees a year.”

“Looking at a check and seeing, you know, lower six figures, very lower, just six figures in an advance, which is still great, and then literally going, okay, well, you know, after X, Y, and Z takes their percentage just on my team management and lawyer at that…”