Hit-Boy Reveals JAY-Z Helped Him Renegotiate His Publishing Deal With Universal

During a recent appearance on The Shop, Hit-Boy opened up about signing a bad contract with Universal as a teenager, an agreement he says has lasted nearly two decades. “I’m actually still in my publishing situation,” the West Coast native said of his deal with the music conglomerate.“ I signed when I was 19 years old and I’m 37, so I’ve been in the deal a long time with Universal Publishing The way it was set up was just ancient terminology in the contracts.” In addition to Hov, Hit-Boy also credited Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez with helping to rework his publishing deal with Universal, as he will be a free agent after fulfilling his remaining obligations to the company. “I just now, thanks to Desiree [Perez] and JAY-Z and people like that, really got me to a place I’m in now, where I have an end date. Before, my whole career I was working without having a[n] actual end date to— the way we really get our money is through publishing, you know what I mean?’ The Grammy Award winner continued, adding, “That’s going to be, like, life changing for me, y’know what I mean? Just to even have freedom as a grown man, like, I haven’t been able to go do other deals or go get advances in different places like my counterparts have. I eat very well, but I know what it’s really supposed to be. Hit-Boy’s relationship with JAY-Z dates back more than a decade, as he helped produced mutliple tracks on Hov and Kanye West’s 2011 album Watch the Throne, most notably the hit single “Ni**as in Paris.” The track took home the award for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. 

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