Trades happen where exclusive not leaked tracks are traded. Private buys are another, where someone will buy a song and vault it, to keep something of value to themself. Conversations about acquiring new leaks start in the forums, but transactions happen on the servers, so you have to work a little harder. A quick click in the thread provides an invite into a Discord server with 23 other interested buyers, where the seller, moderator and administrator are present to facilitate a fair purchase.
Discord servers are a lot like Slack channels. There are chats for information and how-tos, announcements, song verification snippets, general chatter, making pledges and monitoring payment. Most transactions are handled with cryptocurrency—Venmo, Cash App, Bitcoin—but some accommodating mods may greenlight a Paypal payment.
Screenshots of money transfers go to the unlocked Payment Screen Shot channel which all disappear minutes later for security. Once all funds are in and buyers migrate to the Paid Chat channel, the moderator shares a download link to the full Don Toliver song.
Then there are higher profile buys. Most labels have internal services, legal and content protection teams dedicated to pulling down illegally posted material. Removing a leak is one thing; finding its origin is another. From experience, that path seldom bears fruit. While leaks have proven to boost numbers in some instances, those illegally posted to streaming services can rob artists of their earnings.
A recent MusicWatch study suggests that piracy is on the rise again, thanks to sites that rip downloadable audio from YouTube, Apple Music, and Spotify. In an interview with Complex , the person who claimed to have uploaded the songs to the streaming service said that they did so through independent music distributor DistroKid.
In both cases, the songs were quickly removed. But a cursory dig through Apple Music and Spotify still shows recent leaks from Uzi, Carti, and Thug available to stream. The music industry is already taking steps to crack down on this new leak scene. Maybe this would forestall future hacks while still providing the most dedicated online communities a lane to collectively participate.
At the very least, labels need to ensure that their artists, and the producers they work with, are taking every step to appropriately protect their music. If leaks continue at this pace in rap, it would seem obvious to hire cybersecurity personnel to update passwords, encrypt files, and generally keep track of how the most valuable data is being stored.
But there are no clear solutions to leaks. The new leak culture has created undoubtedly adversarial relationships between these artists and their most die-hard fans. After the June 6 leaks, Playboi Carti expressed his frustration on Instagram.
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