Jason Whitelhas

Juvenile says he signed to Cash Money for $2,000 a week. Birdman says the label's masters pay him $20 to $30 million a year. "I'm like, look, if you could pay me two grand a week, I quit my job. Matter of fact, I take a leave of absence right now and just start going to the studio," Juvenile says. He was working turnarounds at a plant when the label drove him home. He asked for three weeks of advance. "That's how we took it from there," he says. The host adds: "So you basically signed for six grand." Birdman made his $20 to $30 million claim on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast in 2021. The case for Juvenile: he left a plant job for $6,000 up front, while the label's masters keep paying. The case for Birdman: the label took the risk, and Juvenile says "they broke some bread with me." In the video below, Juvenile tells how the first deal happened. If a label signs an unknown artist for $2,000 a week, should the artist share in the masters?