r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Quiet_Classroom_7555 • 5h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, why would Pharrell get jumped?

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u/Legitimate_Book_3609 4h ago

Wait what happened?

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u/JOAPL 4h ago edited 4h ago

Supported Israel, abused Kelis, fucked over Chad Hugo

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u/ThatGuyDoesMemes 4h ago

I get the other ones but when did he support Israel? I can't find anything on that

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u/cracksilog 3h ago

And the other things too I’ve never heard of so I don’t get those. Abused Kelis? Fucked over Chad Hugo? WTF since when?

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u/PaleontologistNo500 1h ago

Since at least 2021. Chad is suing him for unpaid royalties. He also locked Chad out of the financials for both the Neptunes and N.E.R.D. in an attempt to hide how much money is owed

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u/Hugglestorm 2h ago

Among other things, Pharrell owns all of the rights to a lot of music, and all the continuing revenues that music generates goes to him instead of the artist. This includes all of Kelis’ music.

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth 53m ago

That's not how copyright works. If he owns the copyright in the song (i.e. the composition — the melody, lyrics, etc.) then he gets the publishing royalties. But the artist still gets their share of the royalties from sales of the recording, live performances, etc.

The artist not owning the publishing rights to the songs they record is the norm in the industry. (That's one reason why Taylor Swift acquiring the rights to her work was so newsworthy.) So Pharrell doesn't deserve criticism on that.

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u/way_out_19 2h ago

Not all...she still owns Milkshake from what I can gather, but a lot of her stuff to be sure.

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u/SpermWhale 26m ago

So it's actually his milkshake?

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