Snoop Dogg shares his view on the Hollywood writers’ strike
3 min read
Jerod Harris/Getty Images
Snoop Dogg weighed in on the writers’ strike for the fee structure. Moreover, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) is calling for an overhaul of the system.
Here is everything you need to know.
Snoop Dogg stands in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America strike over compensation
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is currently on strike for monetary compensation the members get in exchange for their service.
In addition, Snoop Dogg recently gave his take on the issue during his discussion with Variety’s executive music editor Shirley Halperin and co-panelist Larry Jackson.
He said, ‘[Artists] need to figure it out the same way the writers are figuring it out. The writers are striking because [of] streaming, they can’t get paid. Because when it’s on the platform, it’s not like in the box office.’
Two Snoop Dogg snippets from Milken today. I was sitting up front, and the whole thing was bananas.
First, Snoop Dogg on streaming media pricing: "If you can get a billion streams, why can't you get a million dollars? Who the f**k run the streaming industry? Are you in here?" pic.twitter.com/e6czGzDS84— Paul Kedrosky (@pkedrosky) May 4, 2023Advertisement
He continued, ‘I don’t understand how the f**k you get paid off of that s**t. Somebody explain to me how you can get a billion streams and not get a million dollars?’
The hip hop legend mentioned, ‘That’s the main gripe with a lot of us artists is that we do major numbers… but it don’t add up to the money. Like where the f*ck is the money?’
If you didn’t know, over 11,000 members of the WGA launched a strike on Tuesday after sharing that they are not paid fairly in the streaming service.
Besides that, the rapper also opened up about his role in the upcoming sports comedy film The Underdoggs which is scheduled to release on Amazon. He will also feature in his forthcoming biopic in partnership with Universal Pictures.
Snoop Dogg entered into a partnership with Gamma
Snoop Dogg announced last month that he has signed a contract with Gamma which consists of a long-term licensing agreement.
Additionally, the multimedia service has now earned the exclusive rights to market and distribute the Death Row Records catalog over the world.
Meanwhile, Larry Jackson addressed Gamma’s ‘revolutionary’ fee structure during the Milken Institute’s Global Conference panel.
He admitted, ‘Snoop could’ve gone to any three of [the major labels]… but [he] would be getting paid on a biannual basis. But now [that Gamma] has the… financial analytics dashboard, we’re paying Snoop once a month.’
He added, ‘There are certain artists that are coming to our distribution company and getting paid once a week.’
Subsequently, the Gamma founder also shared the royalty rates and streams on YouTube Shorts. He alleged that for every 500 million streams they receive $16,000.
