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Floyd Mayweather Didn’t Hold Back From Sharing His True Feelings on Justin Bieber, Who Recently Sold His Entire Music Catalog, in Throwback Video

Published 01/27/2023, 3:30 PM EST

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Former five-division champion Floyd Mayweather has been an avid fan of movies and pop culture. The boxing legend has been featured in multiple films like All-Star Weekend and When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story. He has also made cameo appearances in the WWE having a wrestling match against “The Big Show’ at WrestleMania 24.

Moreover, he also appeared in rapper Amari White’s latest music video aptly titled G.O.A.T, which drew in some wild reactions from fans. Thus, it shouldn’t be surprising when ‘Money’ praised pop star, Justin Bieber, for one of his title tracks.

Floyd Mayweather once praised Justin Bieber’s music

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Back in 2012, Mayweather uploaded a video on his YouTube channel where he had a message for the Canadian singer. He congratulated Bieber for his track, Never Say Never, which was the title track for Jaden Smith’s blockbuster movie Karate Kid. The song also featured Smith and received high praise from Mayweather. He also stated that the movie was an inspiration for everyone and urged his followers to go see the movie.

I wanna say congratulations to Justin Bieber, keep up the good work. Your movie was amazing truly amazing. This movie was not just for young children but it’s a movie that’s inspirational for everybody around the world, different athletes different entertainers. So go out and support Justin Bieber, go check his movie out. I wanna say congratulations to all your accomplishments. Keep up the good work, keep working hard and I’m looking for the second movie peace.” said Mayweather.

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‘Money’ was more than excited after seeing the movie and also had some words of praise to say for it. Moreover, his sentiment was reflected by the movie, which grossed over $359.1 million at the box office. However, Bieber might now be moving into retirement after it was revealed that he has sold his entire music catalog.

Justin Bieber sells his entire music catalog

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It was reported that Bieber has sold off the entirety of his music rights for $200m. The rights have been sold to Hipgnosis Songs Capital, which has acquired his 290-song back catalog. The company will now earn all the revenue generated from Biebers songs in terms of royalties and other streams for the money that have paid.

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Moreover, it has also acquired his share of the original master recordings of his songs. That includes all of his music released before 31 December 2021. The Canadian singer is now one of the many artists selling their songs to corporations. However, with the money involved, it is hard to blame these singers for securing their futures.

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Sahil Sood is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication, and holds a keen interest in the 'sweet science'. His journey towards following boxing began when he first saw the highlights of Mike Tyson as a teenager, and then closely followed the rise of Floyd Mayweather.
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