YCee Says He Earned No Royalties Despite Over 100 Million Streams

Nigerian rapper YCee has revealed that he has never received royalties from his music despite amassing more than 100 million streams, attributing the situation to the terms of his former recording contract. Speaking on the ‘Afropolitan Podcast’, the rapper said he was signed to Tinny Entertainment under a 70/30 revenue-sharing agreement but never received royalty payments because the label maintained it had not recovered its investment in his career. “The mega hits and 100s of millions of streams that I have had, I didn’t get any money off them,” YCee said, explaining that his former label claimed it had yet to recoup the money spent on him. The rapper recalled that while his career appea...