SOHH Soulful: Beyonce Headed to Def Jam?
Tuesday - April 17, 2007 by Jane e Bolden
With only two albums left to fulfill her Sony contract, Beyonc Knowles is gearing up for negotiations at her label, or possibly skipping over to Def Jam-- which sources say she's considering. Either way, Knowles is in line for a big payday.The New York Post recently revealed that the hottest chick in the game and her team of lawyers are readying for renegotiations with Sony that will likely be extremely costly for the label. However, if Sony BMG is unsuccessful in their bid to keep the pop diva, she is likely to land in familiar territory. An inside source for the Post says Beyonc 's boyfriend, Def Jam president Shawn Jay-Z Carter would like to bring her aboard, [he] has been trying to get her to Def Jam for awhile.
He would love to oversee her career - he kind of does anyway. Sony has had a bad year - all the hit acts, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and the 'America Idol' kids, are all on BMG, the source told the Post. They can't afford to lose Beyonc .
They'll probably mortgage the farm to keep her. Which means a lot more money for Beyonc - and Jay-Z if they get married. Late last November, , laying off a number of employees and reassigning their artist roster (which include Beyonc as well as John Legend, DMX and Three 6 Mafia) to Epic and Columbia Records.
The label shakeup proved pricy for Knowles, who was forced to , after it was decided that Listen would be the final video Sony Urban would finance.
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