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Episode
Russ Reveals How Artists FAKE Streams, Who To Blame For Juice WRLD Death & Secrets of Music Industry
Views
2.7M
2.4× the show’s average
Episode2.7M
Show avg1.1M
Published
2y ago
Feb 7, 2024
Length
3h 50m
show avg 2h 04m
From the show
Chapters
Yerrrrrr, Russ came through to hang with the Flagrant crew and talk about how major musician labels are faking streams, what race he REALLY is, his new favorite place to travel and how he's handling his success. All that and much much more on this week's Flagrant episode. INDULGE
- 0:00Intro
- 0:52Russ responsible for standup clips
- 2:11Boardroom Performances
- 5:07Labels tricking streams + cost for a no. 1
- 10:17Relationship between labels & streaming platforms
- 12:04Audit your label
- 16:37By pointing the finger, people question you
- 20:35Major artists not selling tickets
- 24:04Being independent + “Advance” economics
- 35:27Worth of 1m streams & Drake's catalogue
- 43:27Perception of Residencies + Soft tickets
- 46:42Labels aren't happy with Russ
Mentioned
Names dropped
F
Future
Nikki spoke on future saying when I talk to future he told me he wasn't even doing the drugs that he talks about
JW
Juice WRLD
Juice World said I did drugs because of you juice World died of a drug overdose by following somebody
D
Drake
Worth of 1m streams & Drake's catalogue
ES
Ed Sheeran
Radio's role, Stadiums + Ed Sheeran performance
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