JAY-Z Accused Of Selling Kanye West's Masters to Secure His Own

Yesterday, Kanye West posted all of his record contracts on Twitter.

Some folks have noticed that the way his Def Jam contract is worded suggested his Big Bro Jay Z sold the masters of Kanye's first six albums to Def Jam in the Roc-A-Fella deal so he could secure his own masters.

Kanye contracts SUMMARY: Apart from the inducement which Kanye had to sign to get his advances. This shows that Jay Z sold the masters to first 6 @kanyewest’s albums just so he could get his own back. He did so knowing Def Jam won’t sell them back to Kanye in future. That’s BEEF! pic.twitter.com/HFYEx0Lv8u

— The Authority (@lavidaNOTA) September 17, 2020

He owns album 7-10 but the most lucrative and most critically acclaimed albums are owned by Roc-A-Fella which is wholly owned by Def Jam... The majors will never sell you your masters because that’s what gives them market share and drives profits and Jay Z knew that. @SizweDhlomo

— The Authority (@lavidaNOTA) September 17, 2020

This is why Dame says Jigga ain’t shit...

— The Authority (@lavidaNOTA) September 17, 2020

In the end Kanye is mad that even as a billionaire he stands no chance of owning his best work or earning more than 18% of the proceeds from his genius forever. If they were in Jay’s hands he could at least buy them back or negotiated a better deal or at least added a reversion!

— The Authority (@lavidaNOTA) September 17, 2020

A few years back, Kanye got paranoid and suggested his big bro JAY-Z was sending shooters after him.  If this reading of the Ye's Def Jam contract is correct, he had reason to be paranoid.