Mykki Blanco urged fans to stop streaming Teyana Taylor’s “WTP,” as her team allegedly never paid the artist for their feature. Teyana put the blame on Kanye.
Mykki Blanco is putting Teyana Taylor and her team on blast for allegedly failing to pay them for their feature on the song, “WTP” off Teyana’s 2018 album, K.T.S.E. Mykki wrote and co-produced on “WTP” and even contributed some memorable adlibs to the track, but according to the artist, they still have not received their coin for all their hard work two whole years later. On Friday (July 17th), Mykki took to social media to air out the whole situation, beginning by urging fans not to stream the song. “This team does not support Black, Trans and Queer people,” Mykki claimed. “Everything associated with this song is a lie. Let me explain….”
PLEASE DO NOT STREAM @TEYANATAYLOR "WTP"
This team does not support Black, Trans and Queer people. Everything associated with this song is a lie. Let me explain…. pic.twitter.com/OYK1i0HqI3
— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 17, 2020
They go on to explain that no only has Teyana’s team still not cut them a cheque, but it also took a year with the help of a lawyer just to get credited on the song. “The reason I have gone public with this is not to bad mouth @teyanataylor, but her ENTIRE team and Universal have treated me WITH SO MUCH DISRESPECT, THEY HAVE TREATED ME BAD YALL… REALLY BAD, I HATE DOING THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA BUT I HAVE HAD IT!!!!! It’s a pandemic, like so many musicians I’m completely out of work. I’m doing writing jobs here and there but almost all of my income like so many others stems from touring. I’ve had it, I didn’t want to go public but the way I have been treated is really, really, really bad. These people have been flippant, rude, they have lied, delayed, found me ‘harmless’ and ‘inconsequential.'” Again, they urge their fans to stop streaming “WTP.”
“I’ve had it, everything associated with this song and these people is ANTI- LGBTQ,” Mykki continues. “It’s a lie, after 2 years and during a pandemic they still act like paying me a simple feature fee is a joke. This song and these people do not support Black, Trans & Queer people. It’s a lie I’m done participating in.”
@MykkiBlanco @kanyewest @UMG @defjam y’all figure this shit out and keep my pregnant ass outta this. https://t.co/eQifS3T36P pic.twitter.com/1ERtTLVsWM
— TEYANA M.J. SHUMPERT (@TEYANATAYLOR) July 17, 2020
Teyana issued a response to Mykki, placing the blame on one of the album’s executive producers: Kanye West. “ALL of it falls on Kanye because he put Mykki on the song,” Teyana claimed. She then explained how she had actually wanted Pose actor Dashaun Wesley on “WTP” instead of Mykki. “I had no clue [Mykki] was on the song until they played it for me the day before my album release party,” Teyana wrote. Many users noted that, throughout her response, Teyana misgendered Mykki, who uses they/them pronouns.
.@TEYANATAYLOR IF YOU WANNA QUOTE EMAILS, I HAVE 2 YEARS WORTH OF EMAILS FROM YOUR SIDE LITERALLY IGNORING MY MANAGER, IGNORING MY BUSINESS MANAGER/ACCOUNTANT AND IGNORING MY LAWYER.
Teyana don't play me, this DOES NOT ALL FALL ON KANYE. Just own your side and move on https://t.co/v6e8qmvSvq
— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 17, 2020
.@TEYANATAYLOR
I have been QUITE about this for 2 WHOLE YEARS. QUIET. MUTE. SILENT. IT'S A PANDEMIC, NOBODY CAN TOUR OR PLAY SHOWS. YES I'M COUNTING MY COINS AND YOUR TEAM REPEATEDLY DID ME DIRTY. I WAS "INCONSEQUENTIAL FALLOUT".I'MMA LET YOU REST, BUT DON'T PLAY ME BABY! https://t.co/v6e8qmvSvq
— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 17, 2020
“IF YOU WANNA QUOTE EMAILS, I HAVE 2 YEARS WORTH OF EMAILS FROM YOUR SIDE LITERALLY IGNORING MY MANAGER, IGNORING MY BUSINESS MANAGER/ACCOUNTANT AND IGNORING MY LAWYER,” Mykki wrote in response. “Teyana don’t play me, this DOES NOT ALL FALL ON KANYE. Just own your side and move on…I have been [quiet] about this for 2 WHOLE YEARS. QUIET. MUTE. SILENT. IT’S A PANDEMIC, NOBODY CAN TOUR OR PLAY SHOWS. YES I’M COUNTING MY COINS AND YOUR TEAM REPEATEDLY DID ME DIRTY. I WAS ‘INCONSEQUENTIAL FALLOUT.’ I’MMA LET YOU REST, BUT DON’T PLAY ME BABY!” Mykki went on to share a series of follow-up tweets about the incident, before Teyana fired back. Eventually, she decided to encourage her fans to stop streaming “WTP” as well until everything was sorted out. She also tweeted Kanye and UMG and asked them to pay Mykki and “keep me out of the drama. I don’t bother anybody. I’d like to continue my unproblematic life in peace.” Check out their back and forth below:
I was not paid for work I did for 2 years. I, my manager and my business manager were REPEATEDLY mistreated and I remained silent FOR 2 YEARS.
I am not in the wrong, and this my last tweet about this, because guess what? If I hadn't made it public,
I STILL WOULD NOT BE PAID.
— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 17, 2020
Do you think I wanted to make this 2 year long situation with Teyana's team and Universal public?
NO. I didn't, I don't particularly like talking about money online, I'm currently oversea's actually planning a fucking dinner party for friends right now
— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 17, 2020
I am SO TIRED of the ILLUSION that exists within this industry and the people who are in it.
and I am SO EXHAUSTED of the fact that even during a pandemic as a certain kind of artist you ALWAYS NEED TO PRETEND LIKE YOUR FUCKING RICH
— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 17, 2020
I make ALL MY MONEY FROM TOURING and to pretend like my entire life has now shifted because of Covoid-19 would be a lie I'm just not willing to tell
— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 17, 2020
So before to be honest, I would have remained silent until this situation 3, 4 years down the line was sorted out but I'm not in that position anymore.
— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 17, 2020
I would love to pretend that I'm always on a fucking yacht, picking olives in some field in the middle of Europe, but that's not my reality.
IF I HADN'T OF BEEN TREATED LIKE TRASH FOR 2 YEARS WE WOULDN'T BE HERE.
— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 17, 2020
Sorry to burst ya bubble but FREE is actually KANYE’S management/team. FREE is on the good music side of things. U keep tryna blame my mom/manager for something she had nothing to do with but when she was made aware, she instantly worked to get the situation rectified for YOU. https://t.co/XvDG8woUdg
— TEYANA M.J. SHUMPERT (@TEYANATAYLOR) July 17, 2020
Okay this is clearly about a pandemic coin. you got my whole #. People who know, knows I’m a giver! Idk you well but I don’t have to know a person that well to give. I HAVE NOT received one text or even a dm about what you’ve been put thru. So as I said, u handling this is wack. https://t.co/OCN6ft1pWX
— TEYANA M.J. SHUMPERT (@TEYANATAYLOR) July 17, 2020
Ok GIRL. Your manager has been dodging my manager like he owe him back child support. Teyana you wanna play in my face now that I made it hot. TWO YEARS YOUR TEAM HAS BEEN PLAYING ME. TWO YEARS!!!
Your dead ass right. It's a pandemic and I am tired of being treated like TRASH https://t.co/5hh60lqG3e
— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 17, 2020
.@TEYANATAYLOR You know very well I am a jet set bitch. Don't do this "your poor" Black classism act, because you don't have the range. This is about how it has taken 2 years for your team to treat me like a human being. https://t.co/5hh60lqG3e
— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 17, 2020
.@TEYANATAYLOR We not EVEN gonna get into the fact that you were very uncomfortable when you found out I had HIV,
You tried your hardest to edit me out the music video and then gonna put Lena Waithe and a bunch more "palatable" Black Queer people all in the shit
— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 17, 2020
So guess what, I'm gonna actually step away from my laptop now and go season this fucking fish.
Universal and Teyana's team took 2 years to pay me, treated me like trash and because I'm now asking to be treated like a human being they doing their rich Black people capitalist act
— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 17, 2020
If you've seen the "WTP" video I'm in it for like 2 minutes even though I wrote and co-produced the song.
They didn't want a HIV + Black person getting all that shine so they threw in a bunch of Black Queer people that y'all would find more palatable instead of lifting me up
— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 17, 2020
Ima end it like this. Real simple. STOP STREAMING WTP. #StopstreamingWTP 🤷🏾♀️ @UMG @kanyewest pay her & keep me out of the drama. I don’t bother anybody. I’d like to continue my unproblematic life in peace. 🤎
— TEYANA M.J. SHUMPERT (@TEYANATAYLOR) July 17, 2020
I 👀 u didn’t defend ya self on the part about: “YOU HAVE MY WHOLE # & haven’t sent me ONE TEXT OR DM ABOUT what u have been going thru the last 2 years”. Proves my point. Even tho I don’t like how u handled me, I will make sure the LABEL get you paid. NOW that i know. Good day. https://t.co/uWU5SAyoe0
— TEYANA M.J. SHUMPERT (@TEYANATAYLOR) July 17, 2020
WHEW CHILLLEEEEE the delusion 🥴 We are not going to get into that because it’s simply a lie. I knew nothing of ya status prior to today. Baby please take a nap. I see what’s going on here. Leave me alone, I’m done with this. https://t.co/R3ThwtEdqG
— TEYANA M.J. SHUMPERT (@TEYANATAYLOR) July 17, 2020