Lauren Raysor (pic above) held a press conference Monday afternoon (August 24), where the lawyer called for record labels to help regulate artists’ off-wax behavior. Raysor is the attorney who helped put Bronx rapper Remy Ma behind bars for shooting her client Makeda Barnes-Joseph. The conference, which commemorated the two-year anniversary of the shooting, put the burden on record companies to provide guidance to artists.
“We have to tell the shareholders of these major corporations that they have to not take money and profit from kids that are killing themselves,” Raysor said. “They have a responsibility to tell these record labels that you at least have to do a little bit more for these young people, show them what the business is like.”
Raysor propositioned that labels put a “morality clause” in their artists’ contracts, providing monetary incentive for artists to not engage in violent or criminal acts. She compared the music industry to the NBA and NFL, both leagues that enforce codes of conduct.
“It is your outside behavior we are talking about,” she said. “We’re not talking about what you write.” The next step is to meet with label execs in an effort put the morals clause into effect. What do you think?
they should have been had this! half of these rappers and r&b singers would be out of a job.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a good idea. I'm tired of stars getting away with murder literally and showing their behinds in public. Maybe if it hit them in the pockets they would think twice.
ReplyDeletethe thing is a lot of these record companies and managers encourage the outrageous behavior to create buzz around their star. Buzz=record sales and concert tix.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good dose of act right.
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