Hard Knock Life — who wrote it?

ISWC T0708990822 Recorded by JAŸ-Z and others✓ No disputed shares

Also registered as: DR. EVIL/HARD KNOCK LIFE (GHETTO ANTHEM - DR. EVIL REMIX) · HARD KNOCK LIFE (GHETTO ANTHEM - DR. EVIL REMIX) · HARD KNOCK LIFE (GHETTO ANTHEM) · HARD KNOCK LIFE (THE GHETTO ANTHEM)

Hard Knock Life was written by Shawn C Carter, Mark Howard James, Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse. US mechanical royalties are collected by WC Music Corp. (50%), Kobalt Music Pub America INC (37.5%), Sony/atv Tunes LLC (6.25%).

JAŸ-Z

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

4 collecting groups

Linked recordings

1,853

matched to this work

Share registered

100%

fully registered

Unclaimed

—

below 1% threshold

Who collects the mechanical royalties

US mechanical shares as registered at The MLC · each writer’s chain: writer → publisher → administrator.

WC Music Corp. 50%WC Music Corp. · 50%

Kobalt Music Pub America INC 37.5%Kobalt Music Pub America INC · 37.5%

Sony/atv Tunes LLC · 6.25%

Bluewater Music Corp. · 6.25%

WC Music Corp. 50% Kobalt Music Pub America INC 37.5% Sony/atv Tunes LLC 6.25% Bluewater Music Corp. 6.25%

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Charles Strouse	00029788925		Composer / Lyricist	50%
Strada-music Co	00060805595	WC Music Corp.	Admin	50%
▸Martin Charnin	00005924597		Composer / Lyricist	37.5%
Edwin H. Morris & Company	—	Kobalt Music Pub America INC	Sub-publisher	37.5%
▸Shawn C Carter	00240089393		Composer / Lyricist	6.25%
Lil Lu Lu Pub	00196565227	Sony/atv Tunes LLC	Admin	6.25%
▸Mark Howard James	00129315974		Composer / Lyricist	6.25%
Forty Five King Music	00129801377	Bluewater Music Corp.	Sub-publisher	6.25%

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