Kanye West wants to give back his share of masters to all G.O.O.D. Music artists

West has spent the past month advocating for artists to own their own masters, and his latest tweets reveal that he plans to give all G.O.O.D. Music artists back his 50% share of their masters.

He worte yesterday (23 September), "I’m giving all Good music artist back the 50% share I have of their masters."

I’m giving all Good music artist back the 50% share I have of their masters

— ye (@kanyewest) September 23, 2020

Shortly after, West uploaded a screenshot of a text conversation with Elon Musk about his proposed change, with Musk writing, "Will you change them? This will be powerful." ye responded "I will change them now", and captioned the tweet, "Now let’s have Universal match me."

Now let’s have Universal match me pic.twitter.com/ui7D8kyPQR

— ye (@kanyewest) September 23, 2020

G.O.O.D. Music's Big Sean reacted to West's plans to give his shares of their masters back via Twitter, writing, "Thank you!!! This would help so much."

Thank you!!! This would help so much https://t.co/6yR3fAKlwB

— Sean Don (@BigSean) September 23, 2020

West also spoke to Billboard yesterday (23 September) about how he hopes to change the music industry. When asked about what inspired him to post his music contracts, West responded, "The desired effect will only be achieved when every artist owns their masters. I’m Team “Free Artists.” I’m committed to doing whatever is necessary so artists own their own copyrights. The response is awesome because everyone knows this is a broken system that needs to be fixed."

On whether Universal have contacted him since he posted the contracts, he replied, "We are in discussions but I don’t want them to just fix my situation. I want this to be about fixing everyone’s situation."

Just last week, ye revealed on Twitter that he will "personally see to it that Taylor Swift gets her masters back. Scooter [Braun} is a close family friend" - a surprising comment considering their turbulent relationship over recent years. Expanding on his plans for Swift to Billboard, West said, "All artists need to be free and own their rights. Taylor Swift deserves that, just like everyone else. As I mentioned before, Scooter Braun is a friend and we’ll be having that discussion."

Discussing his strategy moving forward, West added, "Free All Artists by any means necessary. I will work to rip apart the structure we are attached to that pays people for music. We cannot have designed streaming, but not designed a new method for payment and ownership around it where we all benefit."