Redman reveals major earnings from his “Dirrty” collab with Christina Aguilera
The 2002 single “Dirrty” by Redman and Christina Aguilera was a smash hit and, as the celebrated rapper has disclosed, it has made him a significant amount of money over the years.
As part of his interview for the Red Bull Spiral series on Tuesday, Redman spoke about the success of the big single and its effect on his pocket.
“Christina is one of my favorite collabs,” he said. “I did a song called ‘Let’s Get Dirty’ featuring DJ Kool and she liked that so he made an R&B/pop version of that record. So I got on the record and after that, that shit took off. We was everywhere, bro. She brought me on tour, we was overseas. That album, [Stripped], was one of her biggest albums.”
He continued: “And we was everywhere and I got to actually see how a pop artist shakes and moves through this industry and it’s another level than Hip Hop. And plus my publishing check?! Oh my God! My publishing check, n-gga?! I couldn’t believe I got that much money for one verse. It was over $250k my first check.”