Ali Zaeteri / @alizaeteri:
This is why they hated PRINCE
1977 — Signs with Warner Bros
1993 — Changes his name to a symbol
1993 — “SLAVE” on his face
1996 — Floods the market with new music to
force exit
2000 — Leaves the label
2001 — Antisemitism backlash
2014 — Regains control of his masters
2016 — Dead
2018 — His doctor, Michael Schulenberg, settles over prescriptions issued days before his death
A thread 🧵
This is why they hated PRINCE
1977 — Signs with Warner Bros
1993 — Changes his name to a symbol
1993 — “SLAVE” on his face
1996 — Floods the market with new music to
force exit
2000 — Leaves the label
2001 — Antisemitism backlash
2014 — Regains control of his masters
2016 — Dead
2018 — His doctor, Michael Schulenberg, settles over prescriptions issued days before his death
A thread 🧵
Ali Zaeteri / @alizaeteri:
R to @alizaeteri: 1977 — Owen Husney (Jewish, his first manager) discovers him, deal gets made.
1980s — Mo Ostin (Jewish, Warner Bros CEO) leads the label.
1980s — Lenny Waronker (Jewish, top executive/producer) works closely with Prince
But there’s a catch…
1990s — Conflicts with the label escalate
R to @alizaeteri: 1977 — Owen Husney (Jewish, his first manager) discovers him, deal gets made.
1980s — Mo Ostin (Jewish, Warner Bros CEO) leads the label.
1980s — Lenny Waronker (Jewish, top executive/producer) works closely with Prince
But there’s a catch…
1990s — Conflicts with the label escalate
Ali Zaeteri / @alizaeteri:
R to @alizaeteri: 1994–1996
Prince owed Warner a certain number of albums
Warner controlled:
🔹when albums were released
🔹and often slowed things down
Prince’s move:
🔹he delivered albums faster than expected
🔹pushed for more frequent releases
🔹fulfilled obligations quicker
He used the contract structure to exit faster
R to @alizaeteri: 1994–1996
Prince owed Warner a certain number of albums
Warner controlled:
🔹when albums were released
🔹and often slowed things down
Prince’s move:
🔹he delivered albums faster than expected
🔹pushed for more frequent releases
🔹fulfilled obligations quicker
He used the contract structure to exit faster
Ali Zaeteri / @alizaeteri:
R to @alizaeteri: 2001: Antisemitism backlash:
Prince released..
"The Rainbow Children" and the song "Family name"
He explicitly mentions specific Jewish surnames…
Misters Rosenbloom, Pearlman, and Goldstruck… He uses them while talking about identity, slavery, and how the music industry "names" and owns artists
Critics called it "antisemitic"
R to @alizaeteri: 2001: Antisemitism backlash:
Prince released..
"The Rainbow Children" and the song "Family name"
He explicitly mentions specific Jewish surnames…
Misters Rosenbloom, Pearlman, and Goldstruck… He uses them while talking about identity, slavery, and how the music industry "names" and owns artists
Critics called it "antisemitic"
Ali Zaeteri / @alizaeteri:
R to @alizaeteri: His former Jewish tour manager Alan Leeds publicly called parts of the album anti-Semitic because of these lyrics.
Prince wasn’t just fighting for himself.
He was fighting for every artist who would come after him.
He warned the industry was dying and artists were still slaves to streaming and labels.
R to @alizaeteri: His former Jewish tour manager Alan Leeds publicly called parts of the album anti-Semitic because of these lyrics.
Prince wasn’t just fighting for himself.
He was fighting for every artist who would come after him.
He warned the industry was dying and artists were still slaves to streaming and labels.
Ali Zaeteri / @alizaeteri:
R to @alizaeteri: This time… Prince negotiates from a position of power
He regains ownership of his master recordings
Which means… he now controls his music
🔹How it’s used
🔹How it’s sold
🔹Who can profit from it
The same system he fought before
Now has to negotiate with him
On his terms
R to @alizaeteri: This time… Prince negotiates from a position of power
He regains ownership of his master recordings
Which means… he now controls his music
🔹How it’s used
🔹How it’s sold
🔹Who can profit from it
The same system he fought before
Now has to negotiate with him
On his terms
Ali Zaeteri / @alizaeteri:
R to @alizaeteri: April 21, 2016.
Prince is found unresponsive in an elevator at Paisley Park.
Official cause: "accidental" fentanyl toxicity
But the pills were counterfeit Vicodin… laced with deadly fentanyl.
They were made to look like Vicodin…
But they actually contained fentanyl
R to @alizaeteri: April 21, 2016.
Prince is found unresponsive in an elevator at Paisley Park.
Official cause: "accidental" fentanyl toxicity
But the pills were counterfeit Vicodin… laced with deadly fentanyl.
They were made to look like Vicodin…
But they actually contained fentanyl
Ali Zaeteri / @alizaeteri:
R to @alizaeteri: After his death the vault was opened.
His estate became the owner..: family/heirs + court-appointed administrators.
And then…
SONY Music Entertainment signed a deal with the estate (2018)
The catalog he fought his whole life to own… started making money for others again.
R to @alizaeteri: After his death the vault was opened.
His estate became the owner..: family/heirs + court-appointed administrators.
And then…
SONY Music Entertainment signed a deal with the estate (2018)
The catalog he fought his whole life to own… started making money for others again.
Ali Zaeteri / @alizaeteri:
R to @alizaeteri: Also remember 1985:
When MJ bought ATV Music Publishing for $47.5M.
It included the entire Beatles catalog.
He became the most powerful music rights owner in the industry.
The industry never forgave him.
They tried to destroy MJ‘s Reputation & ultimately killed him.
R to @alizaeteri: Also remember 1985:
When MJ bought ATV Music Publishing for $47.5M.
It included the entire Beatles catalog.
He became the most powerful music rights owner in the industry.
The industry never forgave him.
They tried to destroy MJ‘s Reputation & ultimately killed him.
Ali Zaeteri / @alizaeteri:
R to @alizaeteri: 2010: Sony signed a huge $250M deal with MI's estate to release unreleased material.
2016: Sony officially buys MJ's 50% stake in Sony/ATV for $750M.
The company Mj called corrupt, got full control of the catalog now.
SONY profiting from both MJ and Prince.
Dead men don't own music.
Sony knew that very well...
R to @alizaeteri: 2010: Sony signed a huge $250M deal with MI's estate to release unreleased material.
2016: Sony officially buys MJ's 50% stake in Sony/ATV for $750M.
The company Mj called corrupt, got full control of the catalog now.
SONY profiting from both MJ and Prince.
Dead men don't own music.
Sony knew that very well...
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