Afrofusion singer Burna Boy has revealed that American musician, Toni Braxton will get 60% royalty from his song ‘Last Last’.
Burna Boy made the disclosure in a video now viral on Twitter.
He revealed that he had always wanted to sample Toni Braxton’s 2000 R&B hit, ‘He Wasn’t Man Enough’ and he eventually got music producer Chopsticks to make that happen.
“It was Chopsticks but that has always been my idea, to be honest. I knew he could do something crazy, I just pointed that sh*t out and he took it from there, that’s one of the most special creative processes …”
Burna boy added that although Braxton gets 60% of the royalties from the single, he was fine with it as his only concern was making a great song.
“But she is taking 60% of the sh*t so I’m not even complaining, hopefully she even pops out to one of the shows”
See the video below:
Burna boy shares in his latest interview that Toni braxton gets 60% off all royalties for "Last Last"????????…
Thoughts?? pic.twitter.com/cpDhL3cMGc
— Nate???????????? (@Nateusborne) July 4, 2022
Burna Boy’s disclosure has generated comments from fans. See some reactions below:
Something cataclysmic happened with Burna Boy sampling Toni Braxton for Last Last (Breakfast). In ways we can never begin to fathom hurriedly it gave Braxton’s song a second life and perhaps many more. Sampling is beautiful. It merges past to present and present to future. pic.twitter.com/D9hyU4GxmU
— Thee Complete Maestro (@AorabeeLyambee) July 5, 2022
Burna boy talked about the sampling of Toni Braxton work for" Last Last" shows that licensing your music is important. Toni Braxton cashing out 4L!
One of the exclusive rights of the Copyright Law in the music business is
"Right to Distribute, Sell, lease, give or rent"— SleekJames???? #ManWithTheVibes⚡ (@sleekjhames) July 5, 2022
RE: Burna Boy, Last Last, Toni Braxton.
The music business is broken and no one really knows how to fix it. Too many hands in the pie are required for proper creativity and global amplification.
The real money is in shows. You perform, sort your manager, and band (if any).
— Joey Akan (@JoeyAkan) July 4, 2022
People talking naive shit about Toni Braxton getting 60 percent of Burnaboy's last last track . She is only getting 60% from that track only and Burnaboy is getting show money which is a lot. 60 percent of one track is change compared to show money and album sales.
— i am Ragner. (@SimoncoleB) July 4, 2022
Burna Boy says Toni Braxton owns 60% royalties to his hit song Last Last because he sampled her song "Man enough for me". Wow. Just imagine how much the Fela Kuti family could make from the sampling of all his songs by Nigerian artistes.
— Eniola Akinkuotu (@ENIBOY) July 4, 2022
Toni Braxton getting 60% cut from royalties earned on Last Last is just fair. The song is a global hit and thanks to the sampling, it went above and beyond Burna Boy's expectations. He will make more money with entire album, than from a single off the same album. No biggie.
— Sir David Onyemaizu???? (@SirDavidBent) July 4, 2022
The narrative that artistes make more money from shows than streams is just funny. Just don’t sign a bad deal, streaming money is huge and generational. Imagine Toni Braxton earning that huge % from a song released decades ago without lifting a finger.
The money is continual. https://t.co/gblhHgevXG— BASITO (@itzbasito) July 4, 2022
