How Universal REALLY Got Drake's Masters (It Wasn't Cash Money)

Everybody repeats the same story: "Cash Money sold Drake's masters to Universal for $100 million." Wrong seller. Wrong pool of masters. And the only public receipt is one sentence in a lawsuit filed by Lil Wayne's own ex-manager. I read the record. In this video: the 4-layer structure Drake signed into in 2009, the 1998 Cash Money and Universal deal that started it all, Wayne's $51M lawsuit and the 2018 settlement, the June 2020 sale that was never announced, Birdman's "I own 100% of my masters" claim next to Universal's sworn 2025 declaration, and why the paper trail for the most valuable catalog in rap is a shrug on purpose. The takeaway applies to anyone who makes anything: what did they risk, when do they break even, and does ownership ever come back? Day 343 of daily videos. Subscribe for the series.