I have long found it curious that in the 50s, payola suddenly became a crisis when black artists, often recording for small black-owned record labels, started becoming nationally successful.
You sure as hell didn't see stories about the Feds busting DJs for too aggressively promoting "Mairzy Doats."
I been thinking about how the entire record industry is seemingly set up to make sure Black ppl aren't properly compensated for their artistic contributions. Like, more and more I feel like that's the entire purpose.
Even now, Stevie Wonder only gets 20% of the royalties from his record sales
I been thinking about how the entire record industry is seemingly set up to make sure Black ppl aren't properly compensated for their artistic contributions. Like, more and more I feel like that's the entire purpose.
