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Boyz II Men Urge Congress to Make Radio Stations Pay Artists for Playing Their Music

Boyz II Men took to Capitol Hill this week calling for lawmakers to pass a bill that would require radio stations to pay artists for their recordings.

Boyz II Men took to Capitol Hill this week, pushing for lawmakers to pass legislation that would finally allow recording artists to get paid for when their work gets played on the radio. “It’s outrageous that big radio companies are able to make billions of dollars each year in ads while denying royalties to the performers whose music attracts listeners in the first place. Randy Travis advocated for the AMFA before Congress last year, while Master P wrote an opinion piece for Rolling Stone and said that “me and my fellow artists who made those songs have never gotten a single penny for our performances” on radio.

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