Kyle beats released a video on Friday detailing the journey of how he found out that the record “Johnny Dang” used one of his loops and did not give him credit for it. Although this story has a somewhat happy ending, it shows a bigger issue within the music industry.
Hidden in Plain Sight
As many music fans know, Texas rapper That Mexican OT has blown up thanks to his breakout hit Johnny Dang. The song was released in May of 2023 and has reached more than 100 million streams on spotify. This song has made the rapper a household name and has been listened to heavily on sites such as Youtube, Tiktok, and Instagram.
The song is very well known throughout the music world so it is very surprising that Kyle Beats found out the song used a loop he released in a drum kit. The loop itself was made by one of Kyle’s partners and friend Darez. Darez made the loop from scratch and added it to a drum kit Kyle released for free. One of Kyle’s fan noticed this and sent him a video to inform him.
Kyle Beats’ Mission
Obviously anyone who helped create a platinum record would want their credit, so in the video Kyle documents his journey of doing so. He gets in touch with That Mexican OT’s manager and begins the conversation about how to move forward. Throughout the video Kyle is adamant about not getting lawyers involved because he does not want to harm the relationship that could potentially blossom between him and That Mexican OT.
Kyle’s main mission is for Darez and him to get credit for the song and to get Darez the money he deserves for making the loop. The process seems to go smoothly as everyone involved was willing to work with each other and one of That Mexican OT’s managers even shared a story of how he never received credit for a song he produced that went 5x platinum, so he understands the situation.
Kyle also shares his insight of when he saw prominent producer group Internet Money go through their lawsuit with Sting over the song Lucid Dreams by Juice Wrld and how Sting demanded 85% of the royalties.
A Good Ending?
The conclusion of the video shares that Kyle nor Darez received any money for their part of the production of the song. Instead Darez got a platinum plaque and another opportunity to work with That Mexican OT. The good news of the story is Kyle is hosting a 2 week submission battle with his new sample pack titled “Platinum” to help get fans as well as himself another placement with the rapper. The cost of the sample pack is $27.55 and could give anyone a chance to snag a placement with Texas’s new hottest rapper.
However this whole situation summarizes a huge “issue” with the music industry. Thankfully That Mexican OT and his team were gracious enough and good enough people to give Kyle and his team another chance to create a hit, but this is rarely ever the case. With the rise of dorm room and home studio producers, it has been easier than ever to break into the music industry.
However, the uphill battle smaller producers face everyday becomes increasingly harder. In most cases, labels and artist will screw over producers like Darez because of lack of representation. As well as some parties not acting in good faith.
Creating loops through sample packs and producers using them to create hits is something that is becoming more prominent in the music industry. For instance Sabrina Carpenter’s new hit “Espresso” is made from 3 splice loops.
A billboard song is 3 loops someone else made, the producer that found it, put it together, and made a massive hit. Many people look at this and think it is cheating or lazy, this might be true but the real issue is big label producers using smaller producers kits and loops and not financially compensating them out of purely not knowing or greedy intent. With websites like splice and looperman it makes getting loops and things of that nature easier than ever. This will become a big problem in the future with the people affected being smaller producers. This is not a new issue within music, but an evolving one.
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