Method Man In an interview he claimed that he received no streaming revenue for his music, where he also shared his thoughts on artificial intelligence.
Flow it doesn't have provided money to iconic rapper and actor Method Man, which he revealed in a recent interview. The interview was for the Beyond The Mic series, a collaboration between HOT97 and UBS, and took place at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York before taking the stage for the radio station's Summer Jam event.
The topic of streaming came up about five minutes into the debate, where UBS head of Sports & Entertainment Wale Ogunleye asked Method Man how he would rate the music industry. “The industry gets an F,” the Wu-Tang Clan member replied. “It took them too long to adjust to the current to the point where they're drowning and trying to tread water now.”
“I think it goes much deeper than that, especially when it comes to IP [Intellectual Properties] for artists that came from my era because honestly, I've never received a streaming check for my music,” Method Man said. He didn't elaborate on the claim, but continued: “I'm still trying to figure it all out, because there might be someone who can do a perfect combination of the two where — I'm not saying accept it. but at least make art out of it, and that's why I'm always, the creative part.”
Rapper Tical also spoke about the growing use of artificial intelligence, or AI, in Hip-Hop. “I'm still trying to understand AI, but I've seen some things that made me raise an eyebrow,” he said, “Drake dissed 2Pac and Snoop [Dogg]the fake Kendrick [Lamar].. It's too much for that.” Snoop Dogg has been very vocal about the failures of streaming platforms over the past year, revealing that despite receiving a billion streams on Spotify with his music, he hasn't received much from his releases. More artists like Metro Boomin have also spoken out about the lack of revenue they suffer from music streaming services.