Eminem's music royalties to be available via stock exchange

Eminem's music royalties to be available via stock exchange

Jeff and Mark Bass of FBT Productions, who served as Eminem’s production team between 1999 and 2013, are planning to auction off their shares of royalties made off songs recorded between those years by the rapper (including hits like “The Real Slim Shady”, and more — essentially everything from "The Slim Shady LP" through "The Marshall Mathers LP 2").

The sale comes through a new company called Royalty Flow, with plans to make 15% to 25% of the company’s income stream of royalties from Eminem’s music available to be owned by investors. Their first public filing to the SEC happens next Monday, and if approved, people will be able to buy in for 150 shares or more at a minimum of $2,250. Royalty Flow’s parent company, Royalty Exchange, has already sold portions of Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again”, Chris Brown’s “Drunk Texting”, and the Ariana Grande/Lil Wayne track “Let Me Love You” in investment packages that have run as high as $71,000; Eminem’s catalogue possess a much higher earning potential.

Once the company raises between $11 and $25 million and is listed on the public stock exchange, anyone with the means will be able to buy, sell or trade in shares of the company and Em’s music.

A rep for Eminem confirmed to "Variety" that the rapper himself is not actually involved in the sales project:

The decision to offer the royalty stream for sale or otherwise was made independently by a third party who retains royalties for an early portion of his catalog and Eminem was not consulted.