Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That Lil Nas X spent all of $30 to purchase the beat for “Old Town Road” has become the stuff of music-industry legend. As the ...

Global music marketplace BeatStars, where Lil Nas X found his "Old Town Road" beat, has paid out more than $50 million to producers who license and sell their work on the platform. By Chris Eggertsen ...

“Old Town Road” is the little country/trap fusion that could–and almost didn’t. And it all stems from a teenage producer from the Netherlands and a website you’ve probably never heard of. In 2016, ...

Music by BeatStars producers have appeared in songs by artists including Ariana Grande, Cardi B, Drake, Future, Lil Nas X, Trippie Redd and 24KGoldn. By Darlene Aderoju On Wednesday (June 1), leading ...

AUSTIN, Texas, March 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, BeatStars is disrupting the music industry once again by making the clearance of intellectual property rights more streamlined, affordable, and ...

Before the internet, even superstar producers like Dr. Dre went to extreme lengths just to get their beats heard. The story goes that for Dr. Dre’s track, “Ask Yourself A Question,” to land on ...

Throughout 2018, Lil Nas X purchased a slew of backing tracks from BeatStars, an online music licensing platform where recording artists buy beats from producers. His most significant purchase came on ...

Austin-based company Beatstars Inc., the largest digital platform for buying and selling beats, is partnering with Sony/ATV in a joint venture allowing its users access to the latter’s publishing ...

That Lil Nas X spent all of $30 to purchase the beat for “Old Town Road” has become the stuff of music-industry legend. As the story goes, a 19-year-old Dutch trap producer, Kiowa Roukema, who goes by ...