Keith Murray Requests Doddy to Give Him His Publication “It’s For My Kids”
Keith Murray has asked that Diddy give him the publishing rights.
Murray recalled the occasion when he was asked to appear on G. Dep’s 2001 song “Special Delivery (Remix)” in one of the most recent segments of his interview with The Art of Dialogue. The Def Squad rapper acknowledged that at the time, all he saw was the $5,000 cheque Puff allegedly gave him in exchange for the rights to his verse and that he knew nothing about publishing.
They call me, ‘Yo, Murray come to the studio and do the song.’ I wrote my shit first, and the Trackmasters did the beat, and then Harve [Pierre] come, ‘Yo, Puffy wants to buy the publishing.’ Back then, I didn’t know about buying publishing. N-gga gave me $5,000 for publishing, I took the check and went and bought a Rolex from the Diamond District.”
He continued: “The song was a single, then there was a video, then it was popping. Now that shit come on, ‘Yo! This for my n-ggas dem special delivery / Bang ya head off to this, fuckin’ up your memory.’ To this day!”
Keith Murray praised Erick Sermon for having a different perspective on dealing with musicians when it came to the economic side of things, despite being duped by Puffy into foolishly giving up his publishing rights.
“Erick Sermon was like, ‘Yo, you’re publishing is important.’ He gave me and Redman our publishing,” he said. “He never messed with our intellectual property for monetary gain. That’s one of the things the boss always gave us and showed us.”
Murray went on to say that he needed Diddy to give him back his publishing rights so he could place it in his kids’ names and let them benefit in the long run.
“Yo Puff, I want my publishing to put it in Madison and Dolly’s name. My kids Madison and Milan because Dolly don’t need it,” he demanded. “Puff, sign this paperwork. I want my publishing Puff. Puff, it’s my publishing and I want it now! It’s my money and I want it now!”
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