Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Influence Media Partners has acquired the publishing catalog of
Epic/
Freebandz's
Future, the music-rights company's latest eight-figure acquisition. The deal was announced by Influence Media Partner and Founding Advisor
Rene McLean.
Comprising 612 titles created between 2004 and 2020, the purchase includes "Life Is Good" and "Jumpman” with
Drake as well as “King’s Dead” featuring
Kendrick Lamar, "Selfish” with
Rihanna,
The Weeknd-assisted “Low Life" and Future's solo hit “Mask Off.”
"I put everything into my music, and I wanted to make sure it was in good hands as I thought about the next chapter of these songs," Future said. "I’m proud to partner with Rene and the team at Influence Media and send a signal that this music has timeless value. My music is my art, and these songs represent some of the most precious artwork of my career.”
Said McLean, "Future is a cultural icon. He continues to be a blueprint for impact and success in the music industry and has reinvented music in ways that no one has ever expected."
To date, Influence Media’s fund with
BlackRock and
WMG has invested in more than 20 catalogs from such artists as
Tainy,
Julia Michaels,
Ali Tamposi,
The Stereotypes,
Jessie Reyez and
Skyler Stonestreet.
Greenberg Traurig's
Jeffrey Smith and
Robert Finan represented Future in the deal.
