Chance the Rapper says #apple Music paid him $500,000 to exclusively release Coloring Book
March 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Chance the Rapper says Apple paid him $500,000 and paid for a promotional commercial to release his last mixtape, Coloring Book, as an exclusive on Apple Music for two weeks. The declaration came in a tweet this afternoon, as fans questioned Chance’s independence as an artist — a staple in his young career — given that the world’s largest corporation backed his last project.
I wanna clear things up. @apple gave me half a mil and a commercial to post Coloring Book exclusively on applemusic for 2 weeks https://t.co/dMWwptrHHH
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) March 17, 2017
Chance’s admission is the first time we’ve gotten concrete numbers on the payments Apple gives to artists for exclusive content. Back in 2015 it was…
