Logic calls the music industry predatory for taking 70% from artists
Logic (Sir Robert Bryson Hall II) · Logic: Logic & Chris Zarou (2018) · Aug 16, 2021 · at 43:29
Rapper Logic explains how industry players exploit artists by taking majorities of their revenue, contrasting this with his relationship with manager Chris Zarou.
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“And also, to be fair, when you get to my level, there are, there's a bunch of different people in your pocket, but they're all there to make you money, but I am always the majority, and I think that that is fair, and where you find yourself with artists who are being, like, taken for, you 70%. Like, it's just, I mean, that is insane as a collective, and that's where the music industry is really horrible, vile, and they chew you up and spit you out, but this is my friend and my brother in arms.”
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