One of one of the most effective males in the songs sector is having a great deal of discussion around his name in hip-hop circles recently. Universal Songs Team Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sir Lucian Grainge has actually remained in the songs service for 45 years. The North London local is a qualified knight with the honor presented upon him by Queen Elizabeth II, that did so in 2016, via her 90th Birthday celebration Honours checklist, which applauded the songs sector and its management via its tough times. The individual’s a large offer.
However, his name has actually been made use of by Ye as ammo to address Drake on a diss track a lot more just recently. Ye discussed the 63-year-old songs sector magnate to disrespect Drizzy on the remix to “Like That,” and throughout a meeting with social media sites character Justin Laboy. Ye debuted the track last Saturday (April 20) in the conversation with Laboy for his brand-new podcast, The Download. The diss track is a remix of Future and City Boomin’s “Like That” including Kendrick Lamar, in which K-Dot takes purpose at Drake and J. Cole. Ye additionally described Lucian as the 6 God’s “abundant infant dad” in other places in the meeting. The assault is to indicate Grainge is obtaining Drake all the rotates and love on DSPs that his Qualified Fan Kid heart wishes.
” It’s a cover for n *** as/Where’s Lucian? Offer your master, n *** a/You captured a little bag for your masters, really did not ya?/ Life time offer, I really feel negative for n *** as/Y’ all so outta view, outta mind/I can not also consider a Drake line,” Ye raps on the remix.
The verses are most likely describing the financially rewarding offer Drake signed with Universal Songs Team in 2022. The quantity of the offer, which consists of recordings, posting, product and aesthetic media jobs, has actually never ever been verified, yet resources state maybe worth $400 million.
Lucian was additionally called as an accused in manufacturer Rodney “Lil Pole” Jones suit versus Diddy submitted in February. The fit declares Diddy sexually attacked, pestered and stopped working to pay Jones for job done on The Love Cd: Off the Grid. Lucian is consisted of as giving funds to Diddy and Love Records, the rap magnate’s tag. As a basic service companion to Diddy because capability, the head of UMG “had a responsibility to make certain that the financial backing they gave to Sean Combs and Love Records was not being made use of for sex employees, medicines, and tied alcohol was not being made use of for sex employees, medicines, and tied alcohol,” according to the court record.
Currently with that said info out the means, there’s absolutely even more to Lucian Grainge than the negative thoughts attached to his name over the last couple of months. He signed up with Universal Songs Team in 1986, introducing PolyGram in the U.K, and making it among the leading 3 songs posting business in the nation. He’s functioned as General Supervisor of A&R (1993) and Handling Supervisor (1997) at Polydor. After that Grainge landed a Chairman and chief executive officer title at Universal Songs Team UK in 2001. By 2011, he brought that title with him to take control of Universal Songs Team. UMG, your house that Lucian constructed, has actually controlled as the biggest of the Big 3 tag teams in advance of Detector Songs and Sony. Grainge manages the tags under the umbrella, consisting of Interscope, Republic, Def Jam, Capitol, Motown and Island.
Lil Wayne’s Youthful Cash, Eminem’s Shady Records, J. Cole’s Dreamville and Train K and P’s Quality assurance Songs are simply a few of the hip-hop labels attached to UMG and Lucian.
When checking out what Grainge has actually achieved as the head of the largest songs team on the planet, he is accountable for substantially enhancing the firm’s incomes and earnings. Under his management, UMG ended up being the very first songs firm with 9 of the leading 10 tracks on Signboard’s Digital Songs graph and the very first songs firm to rack up all 10 of the leading 10 places on the Signboard Hot 100.
” Our measure for success is not simply market share– although clearly if it was we’re doing rather well,” he said at a Capitol Congress occasion in 2018. “Our measure of success is developing business that the very best musicians intend to authorize to, since they understand we can increase their jobs past anybody else in any kind of various other system or at any kind of various other framework.”
He’s also been unbiased regarding sophisticated innovations like A.I., which has actually significantly penetrated the songs service over the in 2015. “AI at the solution of musicians is a good idea, yet AI that is made use of to hurt or protect against musicians from due settlement is a poor point,” he informed Fast Company in March. “So, our technique is to welcome accountable AI modern technology in such a way that improves human imagination.”
Scoring significant accomplishments like that has actually gained him huge dollars. Grainge takes home a yearly salary of $5 million. His yearly incentive is $10 million and the equity he gets consists of yearly gives of $20 million. The songs baron additionally secured a single shift honor of $100 million, which incorporates limited supply systems and efficiency supply choices. He also gained $150 million incentive for effectively taking UMG public in 2021. Lucian Grainge earns money relocations.
Rap artists have actually taken notification also. Drake name-dropped Lucian on Migos’ 2021 track “Having Our Means”: “S ** t done transformed, billionaires talk with me various when they see my paystub from Lucian Grainge.” Travis Scott has actually additionally offered the multimillion-dollar guy his props on Drake and 21 Savage’s 2022 track “P *** y & & Many millions”: “Just signin’ the gang’ We the brand-new Lucian Grainge.”
The songs service magnate additionally maintains it in the household. Lucian’s child, Eliott Grainge, is the creator of 10K Tasks, the tag to which Ice Seasoning, Trippie Redd, Iann Dior, Jeleel! and Rich Amiri, to name a few, are authorized.
So, while Ye raises Lucian Grainge’s name to diss Drake, it appears like having an individual with all that power in your edge is valuable in this video game.
