Mac Miller & Wiz Khalifa - Songwriting Royalties

Two hip-hop icons anchor this songwriter public performance catalog: Mac Miller and Wiz Khalifa. Mac Miller's "Paper Route" is sixteen years old and still leads the catalog, earning more than $400 a year for four straight years. "The Question," now thirteen years old, has grown from about $182 in 2024 to $337 over the last twelve months. Together, those two tracks pushed the LTM to $1,091, roughly 25% above the prior twelve months and within a few points of the three-year average.

Streaming does almost all of the work. On-demand services made up about 90% of the LTM, with Spotify at 29.9% and Apple Music at 23.1%. Radio, satellite, and other sources cover the rest. About 66% of the LTM is domestic. The other 34% is spread across Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Netherlands, giving the catalog real international income without depending on any single country.

The earnings are concentrated. "Paper Route" and "The Question" together make up about 68% of the LTM, and the top five songs make up about 87%. That is the main risk here. This catalog rides on a small number of songs, and streaming carries most of the load. What offsets that is dollar age. "Paper Route" has produced steady income for years and continues to earn within the same range. "100 Grandkids" has softened about 16% against the prior twelve months, but "The Question" has more than made up for it at the catalog level.

For an investor, the appeal is repeatability, not variety. The LTM and the three-year average sit within about 7% of each other, and the two songs doing most of the work have each been earning steady income for more than a decade. Two smaller songs, "The Question" and "Earth," are earning more today than at any earlier point. If that continues, the LTM has a clear path to hold or grow.

Mac Miller and Wiz Khalifa are two of the defining hip-hop voices of the 2010s, and this catalog captures a part of their solo work.

The anchor is "Paper Route" (feat. Chevy Woods), the Mac Miller cut from his 2010 breakout mixtape K.I.D.S. Released when Miller was eighteen, it became one of the earliest signatures of a career that produced five Billboard Top 5 albums before his passing in 2018. "The Question" (feat. Lil Wayne, 2013) is drawn from Miller's second studio album Watching Movies with the Sound Off, which debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200. "100 Grandkids" (2015) was a single from GO:OD AM, Miller's major-label debut. Additional Mac Miller songs in the catalog include "Clarity," "Earth," "Desperado," "Jump," "Ascension," "Life," and "Vitamins."

Wiz Khalifa's tracks come primarily from the Cabin Fever mixtape series and adjacent releases. Included: "100 Bottles," "ISAY," "No Permission," "MIA," "The Cruise," and "Superstars."