Payola Princesses of The SHADY Music Industry | Doja Cat Success is all PAYOLA?

Payola Princesses of The SHADY Music Industry. Lets dive deep into the shady and unfairness of the music industry and artists that have been accused of being a Payola Princess. Ice Spice, Olivia Rodrigo, Doja Cat, Cardi B and More. #PayolaPrincess

According to Google Payola is the practice of bribing someone in return for the unofficial promotion of a product in the media.
"if a record company spends enough money on payola, it can make any record a hit"
So to simple put it Payola is when you pay for your shit to look good in the public when in reality no one gives a fuck about it.
In the US Music labels have been paying for spins on the radio for a very long time. The deeds of payola got amplified in the 60s and 70s but prior it was normal to pay DJs to play your music. Either 1959 or the early 1960s payola became an illegal practice after the first U.S. Congressional Payola Investigations occurred in 1959. They basically said ah ah ah cut that shit out during this popular DJ DJ Alan Freed was fired and Dick Clark got a slap on the wrist; although Dick didn’t directly accepted money people that worked for his record company was commissioned to partake in payola

In 2020 Rollin Stone published an article alleging payola practices by Independent radio promoter Steve Zap according to court documents, Rolling stone claiming they obtained over 2,500 text message correspondences between various industry professionals and Steve Zap, independent radio promoter best known for his work at labels like MCA Records, Virgin Records, and Warner Records. In the article Artists such as Dua Lipa, Shawn Mendez and Halsey benefited from payola allegedly.
Lets dive deeper into the shady and unfairness of the music industry and artists that have been accused of being a Payola Princess.





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