Music Industry Sounds Complex

 

When I think about Aaliyah, it appeared that she was very successful. But does it mean that she was successful? 

Aaliyah's career was largely controlled by her uncle, Barry Hankerson, and his label ‘Blackground Records’ . She signed her first contract with Blackground at a very young age. 

Did she get any of the money? I hear about groups like New Edition that fail to get paid any money off of their hit songs like Candy Girl. I wonder about Aaliyah. 

 Did Blackground Records owe her millions in unpaid royalties from her album sales, particularly from her massive hits 'One in a Million' (1996) and the self-titled 'Aaliyah' (2001)? If she didn't get paid, I can see why a singing career can be so tiresome. 

 When I heard about Aaliyah and Blackground Records, I heard about other record companies. I heard Blackground had a production deal with Atlantic Records. Aaliyah was working with Timbaland and Missy Elliot. 

Before Aaliyah died, it is said that she wasn’t speaking to anyone. From what I can detect from her dream that she said she had, I think she was very tired. In the music industry, things sound very complex, and I thought I wanted to go in that direction.