Snoop Dogg Supports Strike Against Streaming Platforms

It's not just teachers and subway workers who are going on strike. Since last week, the screenwriters of Hollywood are on strike, which was started by Writers Guild Of America (Writers Association of America), which is the screenwriters union in the United States.

The strike began after six weeks of attempted negotiation with the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers). The studios and streaming services did not agree to the measures demanded by the screenwriters, such as paying a daily fee for writers and increasing salaries, in addition to adjustments according to inflation.

The strike is the first in Hollywood in 15 years, the last one happened in 2007 and lasted a hundred days, but many things have changed in the film industry since then. According to the Reuters agency, more than 11,000 workers were completely stopped in this strike.

As a result, programs have been suspended and recordings have been postponed. The talk show “The Tonight Show” with presentation of Jimmy Fallon is paralyzed, as is the recording of the fifth season of Stranger Things.

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The screenwriter of Grey's Anatomy, Beto Skubs has already announced that the recording of the 20th season will be delayed and the episodes will be shorter. George Martinfrom the famous saga game of Thronesalso declared its support and postponed the spin off “The House of Dragons”, which is in its second season.

Now it was the turn of the famous rapper Snoop Dogg give your opinion. In an interview on Thursday (03) for NMEhe said that musicians also need to find a way to do what screenwriters do:

“They're on strike because of streaming – they don't get paid. When production it's on a platform, it's not the same thing as the cinema box office,” declared.

In the panel where he was being interviewed, Snoop said he doesn't understand how screenwriters and musicians get paid with music models. streaming.

Two Snoop Dogg snippets from Milken today. I was sitting up front, and the whole thing was bananas.

First, Snoop Dogg on streaming media pricing: “If you can get a billion streams, why can't you get a million dollars? Who the f**k run the streaming industry? Are you in here?” pic.twitter.com/e6czGzDS84

—Paul Kedrosky (@pkedrosky) May 4, 2023

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Snoop Dog is not the first artist to support the strike: previously the actresses Amanda Seyfried, Elizabeth Olsen It is Drew Barrymore have already expressed support for the workers.

Featured Photo: Snoop Dogg. Reproduction/Simone Joyner/Getty Images