Diddy to give publishing rights to Bad Boy Records artists Notorious B.I.G., Mase, Faith Evans
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The estate of The Notorious B.I.G. declined to comment on Combs’ deal when contacted by USA TODAY.
USA TODAY has reached out to representatives for Evans, Mase, The Lox and 112 for comment.
Despite receiving multimillion-dollar offers to purchase Bad Boy’s publishing, Combs chose to reallocate publishing rights to the label’s artists and songwriters in an effort to promote the financial mobility of artists, especially within the Black community.
Since its founding by Combs in 1992, Bad Boy Records has sold over 500 million records, produced 38 platinum singles and earned multiple Grammy Awards, according to the official website for Combs Global.
“Ready to Die,” the 1994 debut album by The Notorious B.I.G., sold 2 million copies by 1995 and went on to be certified six times platinum. Biggie’s labelmates Evans and Mase sold 1 million and 4 million copies, respectively, with their first albums “Faith” and “Harlem World.”
"Your past business practices knowingly has continued purposely starved your artists and been extremely unfair to the very same artists that helped (you) obtain that Icon Award on the iconic Bad Boy label," Mase wrote in the since-deleted post.
Recent Bad Boy Records artists include rapper French Montana, R&B singer Janelle Monáe and pop-punk rapper Machine Gun Kelly.
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Contributing: Morgan Hines, USA TODAY
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