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last summer the rapper Riff Raff held a an open verse contest where you pay an entry fee, his people send you one of his songs with an open verse, you record your own verse, and they declare a winner. the winner was supposed to get writing credits, royalties from the album, to go on tour with riff raff, and some other stuff that i don’t remember. riff raff said the contest would last a month, and then he just never followed up on it.

the entry fee was $50, and i paid $100 for the studio time to record my verse. my question is this: is it even worth it for me to try and make this right? to at least get my money back? or should i just chunk it up as a loss? 

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The name Riff Raff was the first red flag. 

You lost the contest. 

In an act of solidarity, I will boycott Riff Raff. Henceforth, I shall never listen to a song or go to a show involving Riff Raff.  
 

as far as the money goes, I would just consider it paying it forward. 

Riff Raff wronged you. You should fervently pursue this... and post it here.

Of the three thousand lawyers on surly, surely one is ready to launch a class action lawsuit. 

Riff Raff blocked me on Twitter. I don't recall the precise reason, but it had something to do with the fact that I expressed skepticism about him allegedly feeding cocaine to pigeons or something along those lines. 

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I was gonna post a joke about getting scammed by Riff Raff from Rocky Horror but then I googled the rapper and it turns out the Rocky Horror version looks a lot more trustworthy that Riff Raff from the mean streets of Katy, TX. 
 

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You are too old. Riff Raff isn't going to tour with a 30 something year old white rapping hopeful. But, in case I am wrong, post the song edit here and we will decide.

Perhaps the Tangerine Tiger just didn't like your middle of the mall shit. 

44 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

All you sucker MCs

Oohhhh!  Kevin G!!!

No, it's not worth pursuing, but sucks. 

I love me some Riff. You know he could of played for the Toronto Raptors?

This is precisely the type of scenario that calls for a strongly worded letter. It’s truly the only path for resolution. 

9 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

oh yeah here’s what i recorded. i’m the last verse:

 

This is... not bad? 

 

 

I'll give you a 50% credit towards my own rap competition...  The winner get TWO writing credits, royalties from all of my albums, but you must go on tour with the next Surly road trip...  

It's $100, but I need two verses so your recording costs might be slightly higher depending on how fast you can singrap

48 minutes ago, Leeroy Jenkins said:

You should make a diss track and post it on social media.

This is the way. 
 

Eta: and based on that pic and being from Katy, you should be able to write bar after bar after bar. 

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2 hours ago, Bevo said:

You are too old. Riff Raff isn't going to tour with a 30 something year old white rapping hopeful. But, in case I am wrong, post the song edit here and we will decide.

i absolutely would not have gone on tour lol, i have zero desire for that. i don’t even want to keep writing or making songs to tell you the truth (which is why aside from this contest i haven’t done so in more than a decade). all i really wanted  was the residuals and songwriting credits.

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1 hour ago, immamac said:

I'm pretty sure you just didn't win. 

i messaged riff raff on IG a couple of months to ask if the contest was still happening and he said yes. it clearly isn’t though. their alleged plan was to post the finalists on his IG page and have the public vote. don’t think that’s ever gonna happen.

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13 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

i absolutely would not have gone on tour lol, i have zero desire for that. i don’t even want to keep writing or making songs to tell you the truth (which is why aside from this contest i haven’t done so in more than a decade). all i really wanted  was the residuals and songwriting credits.

Record exec:  not going on tour is a breach of contract, therefore you no longer receive residuals for your writing credit. 

Some dirtbag rapper is fucking his "fans" out of 50 bucks?   

 

shocking.

Anyone who would enter that contest had no chance of being a winner, even if they chose one. 

2 hours ago, Leeroy Jenkins said:

You should make a diss track and post it on social media.

Derka you’re talented enough to do this. 

Think of it as a tax on people dumb enough to give a guy who calls himself Riff Raff (and looks like that) $50.  You bought him lunch.  

Is he married? I would go with a strong opening salvo on the diss track like... That's why I fucked your bitch you phat motherfucker. 

7 hours ago, Your Mom said:

I was gonna post a joke about getting scammed by Riff Raff from Rocky Horror but then I googled the rapper and it turns out the Rocky Horror version looks a lot more trustworthy that Riff Raff from the mean streets of Katy, TX. 
 

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Barbie Part 2: Ken smokes rock.

4 hours ago, Baboontyme said:

Is he married? I would go with a strong opening salvo on the diss track like... That's why I fucked your bitch you phat motherfucker. 

Yeah btw does he have sickle cell?

 Also go hard with the Aladdin references.

4 hours ago, immamac said:

Riff raff isn’t some broke dick. He’s also not a moron it’s all a character he plays up. I do think the diss track is the best fucking idea ever posted on this site  

 

Maybe his studio burned down the minute he started playing your mixtape.  Ever think of that?

You got, got. That's the game.

Fucking Riff Raff, you just can't make this shit up. The world we live in

Your best revenge is to stick him with an unpaid parking ticket & run the Houston tolls in his name.

 

Obviously.

Can't bust yo own lines, here's fiddy.  I'll bend over an you can take mine.

23 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I'd call Lazlo Hollyfeld.  He knows contests.

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