Kanye West has shared a bizarre video of himself urinating on a Grammy Award during a lengthy Twitter rant about musicians' lack of rights in owning their master recordings.
The Yeezy rapper continued to slam his current record company Universal Music Group and publisher Sony / ATV Music Publishing yesterday, September 16, after saying earlier this week that he will not be releasing any new music until he is freed from his current contracts.
"I wonder if Universal gonna call me ... I promise I have more ideas ... I will not stop I PROMISE YOU ON GOD," he began. "ALL THE MUSICIANS WILL BE FREE."
He then proceeded to grab one of his 21 Grammy Awards and threw it into the toilet before proceeding to film himself peeing over it.
Watch the moment below:West previously declared that his efforts were going to "change the music industry for good":
"THIS MOMENT IS GOING TO CHANGE THE MUSIC INDUSTRY FOR GOOD ... I FEEL SO HUMBLED AND BLESSED THAT GOD HAS PUT ME IN A STRONG ENOUGH POSITION TO DO THIS ... EVERYONE KEEP PRAYING ... ITS WORKING ... I AM ON MY KNEES THIS MORNING [sic]."
"We’ve gotten comfortable with not having what we deserve ... they allow us to have a little money from touring get some gold chains some alcohol some girls and fake numbers that feed our egos ... but we don’t own our masters [sic]."
"Everyone please cover me in prayer ... I AM ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PEOPLE ON THE PLANET AND UNIVERSAL WONT TELL ME WHAT MY MASTERS COST BECAUSE THEY KNOW I CAN AFFORD THEM ... BLACK MASTERS MATTER [sic]," he continued.
"90% of the record contracts on the planet are still on a royalty A standard record deal is a trap to NEVER have you recoup, and there’s all these hidden costs like the “distribution fees” many labels put in their contracts to make even more money off our work without even trying."
He concluded by describing a standard record deal as a "trap" full of "hidden cost" that allows record labels to "make even more money off [artists’] work without even trying".
