Rapper Boosie is asking fellow artist Rod Wave to drop a serious bag for them to settle their musical variations.
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Here’s What Prompted Boosie’s Feud With Rod Wave
On November 19, Boosie took to Instagram Live. During his stream, a fan reportedly introduced up Rod Wave’s music, ‘Long Journey,’ per HipHopDX. The outlet stories that the Wave’s single incorporates a hook from Boosie’s music of the identical title.
The 41-year-old responded by explaining that he plans to take authorized motion in opposition to Rod Wave and different artists who’ve sampled his music with out giving him the right credit score or payout.
“Rod Wave ain’t the only one,” Boosie advised followers. “S**t, y’all better do y’all research… I done got paperwork on the way — a lot of people bruh, it ain’t just Rod Wave. And it’s crazy ’cause all of them named it the same song.”
Additionally, the rapper defined that he “isn’t mad” on the artists and truly loves it after they pattern his music. However, the ‘Wipe Me Down’ rapper defined that he must be compensated.
“I love when they do that s**t. They be giving me my flowers… It’s just, you gotta compensate me too. It’s a business — just like you do everybody else,” Boosie defined. “They supposed to reach out and be like, ‘Man, we need to give you your writer’s share, your publishing on this record we finna put out’”
Watch Boosie’s sentiments under then swipe left to listen to snippets of the rapper’s and Rod Wave’s comparable singles.
Rod Wave Responds
The following day, Rod Wave took to his Instagram Story to reply to Boosie. The 25-year-old appeared to elucidate that he would compensate the rapper with any financial quantity he felt he was owed.
“On my momma, Boosie big bra I fw ya tell me a real number Yeen even gotta do all dat tell me a number ima pull and bring it to you!!” Rod Wave wrote.
The artist then shared a video the place he reiterated his stance.
“Man, you ain’t gotta sue no n***a like me, man. I’ma pull up and make sure you straight,” Boosie advised the digicam.
The subsequent day, Rod Wave returned to his Instagram Story to share audio clips of Boosie’s music ‘2 Way Love Affair‘ alongside Carl Sims’ ‘I’m Trapped.’ Additionally, Wave defined that “this rap s**t” is artwork and the general public doesn’t get it.
Peep his posts and the audio snippets under.
Boosie Requests $200,000 & More From Rod Wave
Earlier this week, Boosie took to Instagram Live to publicly element his request for Rod Wave. The 41-year-old rapper defined to viewers that he requested Rod Wave pay him $200,000 and 25% p.c of royalties from Wave’s ‘Long Journey’ single “going forward.”
“And I’m not ‘gon sue you or nothing,” Boosie mentioned. “Cause you already made money off my [song] — and you done made people choose sides in the industry. You done affected me in that way also.”
Boosie alleged that when he privately offered his request to Wave, the artist allegedly requested if he might solely pay him $125,000.
Watch Boosie share his recollection of their dialog under.
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