Fine, I’ll Start Naming Names on This Pay for Post Fu**ery

Regular readers know I've been on an (increasingly growing) crusade to expose, and hopefully therefore stop, the pay for post fuckery that's sadly rampant on the rap interwebs. Not only does it violate the trust between readers and sites - once I know you took money for one post, how do I know you post anything you actually dig? - more important, it often fucks over artists who simply don't know better. As a general rule, if a site is charging, it's not worth it.

But every time I do one of these posts I get deluged with a flood of "yo, start naming names!" emails. Ok, fine, here you go. Frankly I'd never heard of GrimeDaily, I'm guessing their focused on the UK, but its good to know this kind of fuckery is international. Below is an actual email.

For the record, the first part of this is fine. There's nothing wrong with paying for advertising, as long as viewers understand it's an ad and not a post. But paying just for a submission? And I have to pay tax? Get the fuck out of here.

Now I can't stop anyone from forking over their cash to GrimeDaily - it's your money, make your own decisions - but I can highly recommend you don't. Highly.







See Also: Exposing Your Favorite Site’s “Pay For Post” F**kery (Pt. 2)
See Also: Exposing Your Favorite Site’s “Pay for Post” F**kery (Pt. 1)