Redman and Christina Aguilera‘s 2002 collaboration “Dirrty” was a major hit, and as the legendary rapper recently shared, it brought him some major earnings over the years.
Sitting down with Red Bull for their Red Bull Spiral series on Tuesday (November 19), Redman revisited the smash single and what it did for his bank account.
“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.”
Redman reveals that Christina Aguilera was one of his favorite collaborations and says he couldn’t believe he was paid over $250,000 from his first publishing check for their song “Dirrty,” all for just one verse.
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In other news, Redman was recently crowned a “lyrical genius” by DJ Premier for his freestyle over a classic from A Tribe Called Quest.
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As part of his long-running ‘J@Q BOI BE@TZ’ freestyle series, the New Jersey legend went in on the beat for “Bonita Applebum” in a post shared late last month.
“A Tribe Called Quest, Congrats on Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. You been JAQD!” he wrote in the caption.
Preemo popped into the comments and called Red a “lyrical genius,” while Royce Da 5’9 commented with a goat emoji and Kid Capri and Freeway wrote fire emojis.
Tribe’s own Jarobi White also commented, writing, “Phifey really loved you bro. And so do I.”
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Redman is currently preparing for the release of Muddy Waters Too – which will serve as his first album in nine years.
