After Megan Thee Stallion came forward with grievances against her label, it seems as if everyone is weighing in with their two cents. Megan took to social media to share that 1501 Certified Entertainment was holding her back and keeping her from releasing new music. Now that she's managed by Roc Nation, some things are apparently shifting behind the scenes and Megan revealed that she wanted to renegotiate her contract because there were things in the document that she didn't understand. 

Isaac Hayes III, son to the legendary late music icon Isaac Hayes, has had a long career in the industry. He recently shared his opinion on the matter and uploaded a video of himself criticizing Megan's desire to renegotiate her deal. He starts things off by saying that he is a fan of Megan Thee Stallion and played her music on his radio station long before she became a star. "When I see the same ol' same tricks and mistakes being made by an artist, I'm gonna point 'em out 'cause I want to see her succeed," Hayes said.

"Artists need to be mindful of the 99 and the one percent," he added. "That means that granted, an artist is 99 percent of the success sometimes, right. They do all the heavy lifting, they're out in front of the camera, they do all the traveling, they're up late, they work hard, but there's also this one percent that artists cannot forget about."

Hayes states that the "one percent" are those that give you just a nudge that "changes the entire trajectory of your life." He added, "Meaning, if it wasn't for them, there would be no you. There might be another version of you, but there would be no you." He said he doesn't know Megan's relationship with 1501, but "regardless of what the contract said," she elevated musically as an artist under their guidance.

He doesn't believe that Megan should be talking about reworking her contract until she's released a debut album and gained a level of success where she can pull those types of moves. Hayes gave the examples of Boyz II Men and the Backstreet Boys who both renegotiated their contracts, but that wasn't until they released chart-topping records.

When artists make moves prematurely, Hayes asked if they'd rather have "50 percent of 50 million dollars or 100 percent of a million dollars." Check out his opinion in full below.

A lot of artists have been in bad deals in the past, including some of the biggest names in the industry. It's no secret that the music business is cut-throat but unfortunately, a lot of artists get taken advantage of whether it be in the form of their publishing or releasing an album. We've seen it in the past with an artist like Lil Wayne who went through hell and back to release Tha Carter V.

YG had some words of advice for the younger generation of rappers who are getting into the game. He took to Twitter to remind the young artists to make sure they're more diligent before signing deals, writing, "Dear young artist, Make sure not to sign to a wack ass record label!" It's unclear what exactly prompted this tweet but it surely is timely.

Earlier this week, Meek Mill took to Twitter where he warned young artists, specifically young Black kids, of signing contracts that don't work in their favor. "Wassup with all these DIFFERENT RACE men got all these young black kids in slave contracts in the music business? Come get wit us you need help fixing ya situation #DC X #ROCNATION it’s literally stealing now we found something we can get rich off!" Meek wrote.

What's even more interesting is that this week, both Kelis and Mase aired out their former collaborators and partners for bad business.

In 2018, Asian Doll became the first woman to ink a deal with Gucci Mane's 1017 Records label. She told us back in August of that year that she considered herself "kind of like the female Gucci when it comes to this rap sh*t." She added, "I’m fast with it. I know what I gotta say. I’m an authentic person. Everything is authentic, everything is really natural."

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Things have shifted since then, and it looks as if Asian Doll would rather not be tied down to a label at all. On Thursday (Jan. 16), the rapper took to her Twitter to share that Gucci released her from her contract. "I feel like I owe my fans the truth so here it goes," she wrote. "I ASKED GUCCI MANE TO RELEASE ME FROM 1017 A COUPLE DAYS AGO & HE SAID 'OKAY' IM OFFICIALLY AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST ? thank you alamo records/Eskimo Records for the opportunity but I’m NO LONGER IN MY DEAL. THANK YOU GOD ??."

She didn't specify why she no longer wanted to work with Guwop, but at least she was able to leave amicably without issue, unlike other artists who openly complain that their labels are holding them hostage. Meanwhile, two days ago Gucci took to Twitter to ask the masses who they think deserves a record deal.

"Who the hottest unsigned artist now??" Gucci asked. "Turn me on I’m trying make some one a millionaire it’s 2020!! #1017Worlwide." He added, "1st artist I sign to 1017 U get a million 2020!! #1017WorldwideMillionaires ?" and "2020 I’m running 1017 Likethe mob ! Starting over from stratch! Hustlers who want to be millionaires only!!!" Who should be the new artist to sign with Gucci?