Drake and Nicki were like the two popular characters of a tv show and the rest of young money felt like background characters who barely had any lines

“Turns out Young Money didn’t have money at all.” 😭 YOURE WRONG FOR THAT

Shanell was a pop star on a rap label. They didn’t brand her correctly, nor did they put the right focus into her. The fact that she can sing, they never used her for hooks. It was horrible marketing on Young Money’s end. She deserves so much more. A talented singer, songwriter, AND she can dance her ASS off!

They dropped the ball with Jay Sean...could have made millions more if they just marketed him properly.

Say what you want about tyga but you gotta add him with drake & nicki even though he didn’t sell as many records as them he definitely brought the hits like they did

We need a surviving Cash Money, G-Unit, Bad Boy & Muder Inc at this point. That would be lit 🔥

tyga saying "im a man of god" when he was literally in a relationship with a minor (kylie) is wild .

Drake and Nicki had that star power and I think that’s why they essentially became the face of Young Money. That was such a fun era and it brings back so many memories 🥹

I'm convinced Gudda Gudda did not take off because of that "grocery bag" bar in BedRock 😂W video

Cash Money was basically the Bad Boy and Death Row of the 2000s where unlike in Bad Boy where someone gets killed or in jail, it was very similar to Death Row as you hear their most successful acts all the time on the radio like Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, and Drake. The only similarities between Bad Boy, Death Row, and Cash Money were the executives were grimy. I mentioned in your Bad Boy video that all record executives are grimy individuals. Suge Knight is in prison while Puffy and Birdman are free but are constantly side-eyed for their actions and rightly so.

Taking a minute to realize how dope Mannie was to produce all them hits 🎯

They was hating on Shannel FOR SURE. That one clap when she walked in 🤣🤣🤣

In general in music, signing under another artist who is big is not a good idea because they will never allow you to surpass them. That's why the Weeknd did not sign with OVO because he believed he could be bigger on his own and he was right.

Drake and Nicki is what blew young money up in the first place! No one really would have cared about Bed Rock if it was all the other crew members on that song lmbooo I still know drake and nicki's verses by heart till this day 🤷🏾‍♀️❤️

OMG! Just pay the people that work for you and put in work for you! What is difficult about that?

Lil Twist and Lil Chuckee definitely deserved more hype considering that they became popular around the Mindless Behavior, OMG GIRLZ and Jacob Latimore era

Young Money ran my playlist in middle school they hold a special place in my heart

Birdman, Puff, & Jay-Z all need to be imprisoned for preying on minors and I'm disgusted they're still given a "pass" in the Black community & by the FBI who should have locked them up years ago!!!

If I remember correctly, Lil Wayne was getting frustrated with Birdman and Cash Money, and he was going to be the last to leave and sign to Jay Z's Roc-A-Fella Records. Birdman stopped that by giving Wayne the President of Cash Money role, and have him create a label. That's how Young Money happened. Anyone remember when he had the Squad Up mixtapes?

Great video. The best thing Currensy ever did in his career was jump off the Young Money bandwagon early. He saw the writing on the wall when Nicki and Drake came on board. The man has had nothing but independent success ever since.

Curren$y went through No Limit Records, Cash Money Records, and Young Money, and still did very well for himself. When he left YM, he went on a crazy streak with mixtapes.

I understand why Lloyd didn't sign with him

Young Money was such an era ❤️

One issue with the label is that he tried to sign too many people in it.

I hope one day you do a deep dive on Fefe Dobson's career She was such a staple for us alternative black girls

I think basically they gave Drake and Nicki 150%. The other artist got 50% or even less effort put into them.

Drake and Nicki minaj started their own labels

Bird man busy kissing and abusing these boys and didn’t get their business right.

We can definitely include Tyga in the conversation with Drake and Nicki

my theory is the label was a front to move money around and thats why they "signed" so many artist they had no plans on really pushing. Remember these artist backgrounds and how they got money to start their labels...

y’all, baby even signed paris hilton at one point. cash money was wildin as far as business practices

Basically, Drake and Nicki Minaj had that megastar power and they became the face of Young Money. Drake had released a lot of albums and soon left the label to start his own label, OVO Sound. They really have die hard fans who enjoy their music. Lil’ Wayne was the most popular rapper in the game at that time.

Could you do a video on Solange and how she went from being known as just Beyonce's sister to making her own lane in the music industry?

Fun Facts:: hot boys broke up it was due too financial mismanagement.& everyone left cash money besides Wayne. Also Juve left due to contract disputes & missing royalties. Manny Fresh whom was the producer & 1 half of duo Big Tymers he also left cash money due to financial reasons. So right there thats all you need to know about Birdman or should i say Baby. & I also think he groomed Wayne. They was always kissing on the lips & when caught "thats my son" but yet theres an interview where him & wanye were on 106 & park & they asked baby a question about kissing girls & as birdman tryna answer wanye speaks over him "im the only one he kisses" thats sus 🧐👀 Edit: Thankk you guys for all the likes!! I just wanted to add that in no way shape or form am I against being gay...What I am against is the "grooming" & "dishonesty" & the secrets of the industry acting like they Victoria.. she's the only one that's allowed secrets.

In the music industry you pretty much better off rollin by yourself

Birdman has always been the problem all the artist that left still praise Wayne to this day

It's crazy out of all of them drake, nicki, and tyga are the only ones that had success in solo projects even after putting out another group album.

To be honest nicki almost flopped Her first single massive attack flopped badly thank god a dj leaked "your love" nicki hated that song at first but that song took off and super bass made her a international star

Dear Black Men,It’s okay to Love this Channel.🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

need a "cash money shady business" video too lol

Bird man said they grossed over 150$ million dollars???? That’s a damn lie if I’ve ever heard one 😂😂😂😂

Idk if im mature enough to "make up" with the person that allegedly had a hit out on me 🥴

Tyga still holding it down. A lot of haters may disagree but he still drop hit tracks but he isn't really backed up by a strong major label.

y’all not too much on shanell, her music kinda ate back then for a black rock/emo ear 😭❤️

Wayne really wanted to help them all but the two that were more widely received by the fans because of presentation was drake and nicki . The others like tyga & jay sean had to do things on their own and that was a blessing for them .

I didn’t know Shanell was DWoods sister! Wow

Seems like everyone was being ignored because Wayne was focused on Drake and Nicki more

I went to that taping of that Monique show episode. I still can’t believe who Nikki & Drake grew to be!

This was put together so well . U take the best clips and sequences are perfect. This is a good one for the guys.

I had no idea that Jay Sean was sighed up to young money 🤯 it’s a shame that he didn’t make it far as Nicki and Drake tho

If I’m Shanell, and I signed to two major artist prior to YMCM Records, there’s no way I’m signing to a third artist. I would learn all I needed to know from the first experience, def would’ve stayed solo and independent. I’ve never heard anyone signed to these recording labels saying there were happy, and satisfied plus they last years on the label. It’s always short-lived.

I was about to say, that Shanelle had a big song back then called “Impossible” but then I looked it up and it was another chick named “Shontelle” welp! 😂

He handed a rap star headshots like it was an audition for a role 😂

I always wondered whatever happened to Gudda Gudda. I still remember his verse on Bedrock.

Birdman really the Grimiest businessman in history. Even worst than puff😂

Lil Twist wanna be Lil Wayne so bad🤣

Outside the aspect of poor management and finacial mismanagement, a lot of grooming and facilitating minors with drugs took place in that label.

I feel like it’s easy to blame it on lack of promotion instead of your music just not being accepted by the masses. Drake and Nicki had the same amount of promotion but they just have that something special that made them widely popular.

It'll always astonish me how the biggest rapper in the world is responsible for 2 of the biggest rappers in the world. We'll never see anything like it again.

Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾 Prayers out for those who were on the cash money and young money roster 🕊️also those negatively affected from doing business with them 🕊️

Moral of the story don't sell your soul and stay away from gatekeepers

You need to be on national TV. Well you will be !

Shanell, Tyga & Chuckee were always underrated to me. Also i wanna know what does slim think of all this since he is the co founder of cash money.

Tuned in 🙌🏽

You did some good research, I’m from New Orleans …you was spot on with some of the earlier stuff because a lot of people get that wrong from their local days

I enjoy your Channel ❤. Thank you for doing this video.

People keep asking why Shanell didn’t blow up. Have y’all heard her sing live????????????? 🥴 Bless her heart! Bless Lol Twists funny looking heart too

I miss this era 😢

In 2012-2013 i accidentally found a site talking in great detail how Drake had to take Cash Money to court privately to get paid. and it was settled in his favor. this never hit news back then funnily enough...

Love your content, keep it coming.

The truth is, those acts outside of Drake, and Nicki, couldn’t produce a hit on their own without a feature from the big 3. The big 3(Drake, Nicki, Wayne) created their own lane/wave, while the rest were riding a wave sounding like every generic trend in that era. Tyga was never looked at like a YM artist, he was his own brand.. he just didn’t fit in. Drake, and Nicki, were superstars- so they get priority regardless of what’s going on.. I’m sure everyone else was mad, and probably started acting out- even to the point they felt the label were to blame for them not being stars.. the truth? Who’s made a legacy, and who isn’t relevant?

I remember Bow Wow joined Cash Money too back in 09-10' and he was supposed to drop an album called "Underrated" back in 2012 but they kept pushing back his release dates and eventually he got shelved and never released the album and he also tweeted that they wasn't really promoting him as much as Wayne, Drake, Nicki & Tyga...

Every label has its time death row, no-limit, badboy, murder inc, g-unit, young money after awhile their popularity burns out

I didn't know that Currency was signed to Wayne at one point! I missed that! You dug up stuff I didn't know about.💯💯💯

Y’all research is so fire! Teach me oh wise ones.

This was so good!💖 Would love to see a video on Nicki’s label, I don’t really understand what she’s been doing regarding the competitions and artist she’s claimed to sign?

You should have more subs darling. Keep it up.

I fw Curren$y so heavy! Glad he didn’t go through with that deal… Drake and Nicki carried the YM label glad Wayne discovered them.. sad they went through all of this cause Birdman was greedy

For me, Young Money was Lil' Wayne, Nicky Minaj, Drake & Tyga. The rest were the like extras in a movie. When asking myself what did YM the most damage, the only answer I can think of is greed. Notably Birdmans.

Omg yess I been waiting for you to drop this video 😆yo I watch this channel more than I watch actual tv LITERALLY lol

LIL WAYNE WAS LIFE IN HS!!!!! I’ll hear “Stunting Like My Daddy” and immediately I’m right back there. So talented and so underrated. Wayne doesn’t get ENOUGH praise! Him and Eminem are up there w Pac for me. Pac is king but these 2 are phenomenal.

you just had go to be there to witness this greatness

Chile, I’m sleepy and read Young Miami. As always, great video.

Thank you for answering this question that was on my mind

I’m still bitter about Shanell. I use to follow her on MySpace before she even signed with YM. She was so good and I was super excited when she signed but they did nothing to build her career.

The reason behind Curren$y’s (Spitta) departure has actually come out. His contract was terminated due to the fact that the label wouldn’t have been able to recoup. Spitta lost a lot of his belongings in Katrina and Wayne knew that his artist getting his life together would probably be the better move so he dropped him. Some of those details could be slightly off, but overall it was because of Katrina and that’s why Spitta has never spoken ill of Wayne.

I love cash money back in my high school days

When I was 17 and 18...nothing was playing in my car other than Young Money. I LOVED that Ms. Parker song...I also played that Chris Brown song "follow me like Twitter" and the "shoes" song. Anyone else remember those classics?! The In My Zone mixtape from Chris was a masterpiece to me. Lmao I miss those days so much.

Nah for real though wut really did happen to Young Money. They were everywhere at one point and then they just faded. Thank you for making this video. I needed closure on this topic for a long time.

I loved the We Are Young Money album when I was 18. 🎉❤

When I heard the masters being sold for 100 million I was so shocked cause it was between 3 of the biggest artist in the world.

I am always so thoroughly entertained when you drop episodes. Keep it going ❤ #talkinishwitchris

It seems like with all these artist labels only 3 can go. MMG(Ross, meek, wale), rocafella(jay, beanie, freeway), dipset(cam, juelZ, Jim) even good music( Kanye, Pusha, big Sean) idk it’s weird that it always seems that’s way

The rest of them didn't have that drive like drake and Nikki.

I caught instant nostalgia frm tht “Subscribe Now” at the end @35:00 took me bck to late 90s early 2000s I was just staring at it🥶

Drake, Nicki & Tyga still fire to this day..., Wayne did good for himself it's Birdman who never handle Business wisely at his end.

Awesome video

also curren$y talked about being left for dead on a tour bus when they thought he had overdosed. i always thought that was the reason for him leaving

The beginning of that sound cloud audio with Jay Sean 💀💀💀

Tyga still got a buzz to me out of everyone that came out of young money besides drake and Nikki