Logic: Def Jam advance was low six figures, spent entirely on tour
Logic (Sir Robert Bryson Hall II) · Logic: Logic & Chris Zarou · Mar 11, 2019 · at 34:43
Rapper Logic describes signing with Def Jam in 2012 and reinvesting his entire signing advance into funding his first tour.
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“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 creative control. It was kind of like, If there's a time, like, now's the time, and yeah, but I'll tell you this, it was very difficult, you know, 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 time, I have to put all of this into a tour, and that was a hard thing, But it was, it just as a young man who's like, oh wait, I just got this check, and now I gotta let it all go, but it was worth it.”
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