French Montana Says Labels Profit Off Rappers Deaths

French Montana is accusing record labels of embracing street violence related to their artists, and actually capitalizing off rappers’ deaths. Comparing his entry point to today’s star rappers, record labels are now taking life insurance out on artists in anticipation of them being killed in action. French says when he began buzzing in the late 2000s through NYC aficionados Max B. and Dame Grease, labels and artists actually distanced themselves from street drama but now they’ve learned how to monetize the murders. French also says today’s rap game is more dangerous than in the past, and blames social media for escalating the beefs saying, “One day a full war [can] go on.

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