Tue 31 May 2011
Kreayshawn Signs Million Dollar Deal Off Of One Hit, “Gucci Gucci” (Updated..aka we told you so, lol)
Posted by Miss Info under About Miss Info , Exclusives , Videos[64] Comments
All it takes it one viral hit to hit paydirt. Just ask Oakland-native Kreayshawn. The indie female rapper’s song “Gucci Gucci” went from youtube hit to hipster sensation in just a few months, sparking a bidding war with multiple labels. Today, insiders tell Miss Info that Kreayshawn has signed with Sony for over a million dollars. Will she live up to the hype? And if the music cant sell enough to justify the upfront payoff, does she have the presence to make the 360 degrees of shows and merchandise worthwhile?
Update: Complex posted an interview with Kreayswan today. She attempts to sidestep the details of this pending Sony signing, but we feel that our source is very reputable… read her quote and feelings on Nicki Minaj after the jump…
UPDATE 6/7: yeah, like I said….she signed to Sony. Now it’s “official.” Lol.
Watch Kreayshawn’s “Gucci Gucci” music video after the jump…
Kreayshawn on Nicki Minaj:
“No disrespect to [Nicki Minaj] because she’s got talent. But when it comes to inspiring young women, her message is to be a Barbie—to be plastic, to be fake, to all have blonde hair.”
On her rumored deal with Sony:
“[As far as the deal with Sony] nothing is finalized yet. But we’ve definitely been taking a whole bunch of meetings for the past week. We took meetings with every label. They’re not the only people we met with. We’ll make an announcement when everybody is ready, but right now, that’s basically just a rushed ahead rumor. It’s not that exciting. Whatever we end up choosing, it’s going to be a well-thought out decision.”
(Read more at COMPLEX)
May 29th, 2011 at 9:39 pm
Hell no
May 29th, 2011 at 9:41 pm
Signing a 360 deal? Yeah, she’s going to be broke in 3 years max.
May 29th, 2011 at 9:49 pm
This is what it’s come to now?
May 29th, 2011 at 9:50 pm
Kreayshawn is talented. lol
May 29th, 2011 at 9:59 pm
I can already dig her more than Nicki Minaj. Her raps aren’t 2nd grade Nicki raps and she hasn’t been infected by the attention whore disease that Nicki and Gaga suffer from (yet).
Ok, I’ll admit it. I just want to boink her silly. Gucci Gucci Louis Louis please show me your ta tas.
May 29th, 2011 at 10:00 pm
This is what the music game has come to!! 1 mil plus for a song that get no burn on radio anywhere except cali….i’m done didnt they give pappose a 1.5 mil deal and then dropped him….someone needs to get fired
May 29th, 2011 at 10:19 pm
yea its terrible, but i wonder if there would be as much backlash if she was a male, not a cute chick? honestly i wish her the best, if anything to shut people up about women in the arts.
May 29th, 2011 at 10:21 pm
Come on!! Their are people working hard a$$ hell and Sony signs this chick off of one song for a million dollars? Something is wrong here. Sony needs to investigate what is going on in their music division. A 360 deal is the worst deal you can sign. But still this is the most insane thing I’ve read all week.
May 29th, 2011 at 10:39 pm
it makes me feel like if only i was more white trash i’d be more successful in 2k11
May 29th, 2011 at 10:45 pm
check k
May 29th, 2011 at 10:46 pm
..check kreayshawn’s twitter. looks like she says otherwise
May 29th, 2011 at 10:47 pm
If you watch it on mute it looks like an SNL skit.
That chick with the big glasses is the 2011 Garth Algar.
May 29th, 2011 at 10:52 pm
this comment just killed me….LMFAO
May 29th, 2011 at 11:18 pm
that shit kinda knock…but still labels stay losing …hope she got her pub right
May 29th, 2011 at 11:25 pm
Sony is really tryna compete against Atlantic to be Worst Record Label Of 2011
May 29th, 2011 at 11:49 pm
She is dripping with wack juice.
May 29th, 2011 at 11:50 pm
I saw at the end of the vid somebody had a wolf gang tattoo. Could her camp be some how affiliated with odd future?
May 30th, 2011 at 12:04 am
I can’t hate on shawty. Congratulations rapping Kesha.
May 30th, 2011 at 1:38 am
Sony is cornering the weird/based/swag rap market.
May 30th, 2011 at 2:14 am
lol she from my city nooooooo!!!!! her music will do well amongst the alternative and rave community. Ive seen this chick at taco bell before.
May 30th, 2011 at 3:12 am
^ And from your area too, East Oakland.
May 30th, 2011 at 3:55 am
the music industry is being run by a bunch of idiots who dont know what talent is. Just because a video goes viral doesnt mean the person can sell music. the song is trash SMFH!!!!!!
May 30th, 2011 at 6:27 am
Franck Ocean and another one. They’re both in her video.
May 30th, 2011 at 6:52 am
If Lil B got signed off one song..trust me people would still hate. Male or female. And you want this chick being associated in anyway with women of the arts
May 30th, 2011 at 7:13 am
“U know I keep that work in my trunk, Got my hand on the pump” … Wait, is she talkin tough on this track? Cut that sh!t out hoe! Keyshia is a REAL Oakland b!tch that’ll smack the sh!t out of this wack ass poser FOH. Shorty sound like she was reading her lyrics off a sheet of paper too SMH. 360 = Sony will exploit her harder than she is exploiting Hip Hop culture right now.
May 30th, 2011 at 8:30 am
Now this white chick could rap http://youtu.be/tWEmz24iwfM
May 30th, 2011 at 9:56 am
J.Cole is the best 360 deal artist out. Thing with this white chick is People don’t really care about talent anymore as long as the song can sell ringtones. lol
May 30th, 2011 at 10:17 am
hoNesTly I was looKing all oVer foR thoSe beeDs damN its so harD to finD O weLL she’s noT bad either I just subscribed lol
May 30th, 2011 at 11:31 am
One word, three letters. WOW!! This is what it has come too?? If it wasnt for Jay Electronica, slaughterhouse, Siagon and a handful of others I would be done with hip hop. This shit is sickening, so disappointed.. and to think I just happen to finish watching Brown Sugar before I read this, she equivalent to Ren & Ten (The Hip Hop Dalmations), UnFuqinBelievable!!
May 30th, 2011 at 1:02 pm
naw just left brain and Jasper. frank isn’t in it.
May 30th, 2011 at 3:46 pm
Crazy now that this girl comes out of nowhere. I’m hearin about this Jason JetPlane kid who’s got way more goin on youtube hits or not.
May 30th, 2011 at 6:21 pm
So this is what we doing in 2011
May 30th, 2011 at 6:54 pm
I guess the odd future and lil b association helps…smh…damn they handing out deals easy right now for youtube sensations…lol..
May 30th, 2011 at 6:57 pm
Ehhh…. I’ve seen worse RapEoVeRs; Anyjawn… Who Got Next?
May 31st, 2011 at 7:46 am
Thats what these rappers like J-Cole, etc need to due. Dont wait on your label to push your product. Do it yourself for free. You dont need to be owing your label monies. Thats why the internet is there for. Use it for your own good plus its free. “Get It” FREE MARKETING u GENIUSES. Now watch someone possibly say something like he dont need to sell out. He’s not selling out. Its a SMART move. You sell out once you come in the game then your second album you go against everything you stood for in your first.
Plus why people mad or even hating on this young girl and her team. They did it the right way. Build your buzz then watch the record companies start calling.
Or is it cause she light skin.
I dont hate hard workers or individuals who work hard to be succesfful. I hate the haters who always stand by their ridiculous agenda “NEGATIVITY”.
May 31st, 2011 at 8:56 am
This bullshit post right here is why hiphop in mainstream is hot garbage….
Hard workers u got MC’s with lyrical talent on the underground for years grinding putting out dope shit selling out small venues but this chik off a youtube video gets signed….(never mind she not talented and is wack)…
May 31st, 2011 at 10:11 am
Okay so….hahahahha…. If black rappers can act white why cant she act black??
Maybe I’m like the guy at the bottom who just wants to bonk her brains out lol shes intersting to say the least…
The Bay area sound has to start getting some credit as pure crunk! its a very bouncy sound that has that punk lil b making catchy tunes but this girl is better than lil b.
With that said PLEASE INDUSTRY IDIOTS GET HER SOME WRITTERS AND CRAFT GOOD MUSIC FOR HER… IF I WAS A WRITTER OR A FORMER HIP HOP DUDE WHO HAS HAD SUCCESS AND I WAS IN MY 40’S I WOULD FIND A GOOD YOUNG IMAGIE TO CRAFT AND WRITE FOR AND MAKE BANK THAT WAY… A LOT OF THESE GUYS NEED TO START LOOKING INTO GHOST WRITTING FOR YOUNG TALENT.. 50 FOR SOULJA BOY WHATEVER!!JUST WORKS…BUT 50 STILL RELEVANT SO HE CAN WAIT…
May 31st, 2011 at 12:45 pm
some of the assumptions put forth by this post and many of the comments are in need of correction.
first, miss info asks whether the music sales can justify the upfront payoff. she, of all people, should know that a million dollar deal doesn’t equate to a mil being paid upfront. pardon me if that’s not what she meant, but that seems to be the implication based on the way the post is written.
secondly, please allow me to apprise all of you commenters making cracks about kreayshawn signing a 360 deal that that is the only record deal available for new artists signing to a major label these days. if anyone tells you different they’re ignorant or a liar.
as to kreashawn’s aesthetic/artistic merits, i have no comment.
*the song kinda bumps if you ask me…hee hee.
May 31st, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Get the fu*ckz outta here with that shit. Don’t matter how good are you locally or underground as you call it. The majority of the underground battle rappers are superb in that arena. But when it comes to making a radio friendly song they can’t. So of course you gonna catch feelings because you probably one of those local cats talking about weed, women, and money and cars you dont have. Dont nobody wanna hear that same story. Even if the girl isn’t a lyrical monster. Dont hate on her nor her team for doing what you should be doing instead of DEBATING about it ON SOMEONES BLOG. The same energy you put into your statement put it into a youtube video open a website about ur product or ask a friend or even better go to the LIBRARY. They have books on how to build your own website….Then once you start the Buzz Ill give you a check. Who knows maybe even buy your music oN I-tunes but then again WHy? I can just go to datpiff.com and downloaded for free. HAVE A NICE DAY.
May 31st, 2011 at 3:57 pm
Nas called it…
May 31st, 2011 at 4:21 pm
i guess the one positive is….she’s better than lil b
May 31st, 2011 at 4:52 pm
the kraken Says:
May 31st, 2011 at 12:45 pm
some of the assumptions put forth by this post and many of the comments are in need of correction.
first, miss info asks whether the music sales can justify the upfront payoff. she, of all people, should know that a million dollar deal doesn’t equate to a mil being paid upfront. pardon me if that’s not what she meant, but that seems to be the implication based on the way the post is written.
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May 31st, 2011 at 5:19 pm
lol, im not green enough to think 1mill equals a 1 mill upfront bonus.
May 31st, 2011 at 7:06 pm
i didn’t really think you were that green (some of the commenters are obviously that green though).
that being said, her shows and merch (and publishing) might not have to be that mega if they only break her off, say, 25 stacks up front.
i mean, 25 stacks ain’t nothing to sneeze at with respect to my bank account, but i don’t think sony would really be tripping over it.
of course, they’ll want to recoup (plus make a profit) from whatever they break her off up front, but to my understanding no one is really getting broke off crazy bread up front (bidding wars notwithstanding).
since you have little birdies i’m sure you know what the hard numbers are looking like for kreayshawn and other new artists.
May 31st, 2011 at 8:16 pm
It’s an image a label can sale.. Sometimes it is just that simple..Those saying there are underground acts who have more to say lyrics wise (Hip Hop Heads) know that you won’t buy those artist CD’s.. Hip Hop heads are the biggest downloaders on the net..
I mean let’s keep it 100.. I am the 44th post on this topic.. That is more then Jay Elect, J. Cole, and Slaughter house combined on this site in the past month.. That says something.. You may not like it but at the end of the day you will check for her to hate.. But you are still checking for her..
May 31st, 2011 at 8:29 pm
lol….def far from 25k….maybe add a zero before the k.
May 31st, 2011 at 9:21 pm
Info i cant believe all this hate…like we are getting quality music lately?? this is a new generation of music followers live for the moment…labels are no longer developing artist…youtube is in control of the music industry…any who this sh!t is tough bumping it on the M3 “ONE BIG ROOM FULL OF FINE B!TCHES!!!”
June 1st, 2011 at 10:55 am
1. Im not a rapper or mc so IDK what u talking bout or how you got that from my comment.
Im talking from a hiphop head perspective…there are countless of MC’s that sell out shows all over the country, sell 10-100K albums independently, have a loyal fan base, and have there own labels and presence on the internet that Majors dont even give a chance on yet they quick to give this corny white chick a 1.5 million dollar deal off of a terrible song on youtube that looks like a cheap SNL paradoy all because she associated with cornballs homos like Lil B and non origial Odd Future??
And that shit is all good to you ? Smh like I said its no wonder mainstream hiphop is in the shit state its in….
June 1st, 2011 at 10:58 am
IMO speake for yourself… Im still one of those that still support and purchase albums of artist I like.
June 1st, 2011 at 12:05 pm
While I can’t speak for everyone the numbers don’t lie.. So called real hip hop gets looked over by the mass public in retail.. Why because that fan base would rather get it free.. That is the biggest reason ringtones are what they are for artist…
June 1st, 2011 at 11:48 pm
perfect point…killed what oh man said! it aint a gender thing, try another angle.
June 4th, 2011 at 11:57 am
Kreayshawn will sell she has a lot of support in the bay and L.A and if you listen to her mixtapa Kittys X Choppas she is on a Nicki Level she’s like Wiz Khalifa,Lil B,Lady Gaga rolled into one.I think Kreayshawn is sooooo talented she started off as a Videographer 1st she shot mostly all of Lil B’s Videos and other rappers videos so the possibilities are endless for her..she can go on to use better equiptment and start directing videos and getting PAID … i really like The White Girl Mob V-Nasty and Dj Lil debbie they all go only thing is i hope the don’t have all the white girls trying to act ghetto lmao
June 4th, 2011 at 10:55 pm
She’s wack. Straight to everyone’s trash bin.
June 5th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
I second that.
June 8th, 2011 at 3:08 pm
I think the music industry has found it’s new low by giving this “artist” a record deal. Even Rebecca Black thinks she sucks…
June 8th, 2011 at 11:50 pm
Everybody calm down you should be happy that your favorite artist didn’t get this crappy ass deal. Don’t let the “million dollars” override the “360” part. The million is only a loan and Sony will have their hand deep in the pockets of everything that she does plus she won’t own any of her own shit. The minute Sony doesn’t make that “million dollars” back plus profit she’ll be dropped and if Sony doesn’t get paid then she doesn’t make anything else. This is the exact reason why many of the dope artist are underground/independent, they have freedom and they make their dollar
July 7th, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Gucci Gucci Sparta joe lol – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4vvy00OeBQ
August 6th, 2011 at 2:46 pm
What the hell is this. This is wild. She struck it rich though.
September 20th, 2011 at 12:58 am
OK ok but do you even know what she’s rapping about? HOES!
December 18th, 2011 at 6:15 pm
best song of 2011.
March 25th, 2012 at 1:54 am
watch out Kreyshawn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ASQy6hhQuk
September 26th, 2012 at 7:04 pm
1st week: 3900
sony: money well spent
December 23rd, 2012 at 6:09 pm
Look ima rapper and I think she has potential. If u got flow and rhymes then u gt flow and rhymes thts jst how it is. It dnt matter wht color u r or how u act or wht u look like if she made it to the top then she is doin more than us
June 9th, 2013 at 3:56 pm
Stupid move that will cost someone people at Sony Records their job.