Kevin Gates, Tink, Lyfe Jennings + more - Songwriting Royalties

Eight years ago, Kevin Gates released "Me Too" as the lead single from his Luca Brasi 3 album, and it went 2× Platinum. What matters to a royalty buyer is what happened next — the song didn't fade. It's still pulling roughly half a billion streams a year on Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, and Pandora, and it paid nearly $4,250 in the trailing twelve months. That's the kind of steady, long-tail rotation royalty buyers show up looking for.

Around that Kevin Gates anchor sits a working slate of hip-hop and R&B co-writes. Tink's 2014 mixtape cut "Count On You" has grown into the catalog's #2 earner. Veteran R&B singer Lyfe Jennings brings his soulful voice to the 2022 ballad "Till You Gone." Eric Bellinger contributes a pair of current-generation R&B singles. And the catalog keeps adding placements: Kash Doll, Ann Marie, and Tink's own "WD5" project all landed writes in 2024–2025.

Trailing earnings come almost entirely from streaming, 95% of the total, split 87% U.S. and 13% international. Canada, the UK, and Germany lead the overseas mix, and international is a much bigger slice of the pie than it was two years ago. "Me Too," in particular, keeps finding new listeners abroad.

Earnings are choppy both quarter to quarter and year to year — annual totals have ranged from a $6,600 trough in 2022 to a $10,100 peak in 2024, with 2023–2025 all clearing $9,700. LTM is softening about 6% versus the prior twelve months, but mostly because a large 2024 Tink catch-up quarter has rolled out of the window. The main risk is concentration. "Me Too" is 54% of trailing earnings and the top two titles together are 76%, so a buyer's return leans hard on those two records holding up.

For an investor, this is a chance to own a proven, streaming-driven hip-hop songwriter asset at a dollar age above 7.5. Kevin Gates provides the base. Tink, Ann Marie, and Bellinger add the upside. And a group of 2024–2025 placements still hasn't cycled through a full earning year — meaning part of the story hasn't shown up in the numbers yet.

The catalog is a collection built on collaborations with hip-hop and R&B artists, anchored by Kevin Gates' 2018 single "Me Too." Released as the lead single from Luca Brasi 3 and certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA, "Me Too" remains the catalog's commercial engine, holding steady rotation on Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, and Pandora eight years after release.

Layered around it is a slate of active R&B and hip-hop co-writes. "Count On You" (2014), from Tink's Winter's Diary 2 mixtape era, with additional Tink credits on "WD5 Intro" (2024), the "L.O.L. (Count On You 2)" reprise, and "Comfy" with Kash Doll (2024). Veteran R&B artist Lyfe Jennings' "Till You Gone" (2022) has settled into steady mid-tier streaming performance, while Eric Bellinger's "Obsession" (2022) and "Deep" (2023) extend the catalog's writing footprint into current-generation R&B. A newer placement on Ann Marie's "Sweat It Out" (2024) entered the earnings window in the most recent LTM.

Together, the credits pair a proven mainstream hit with a working slate of R&B works still early in their earnings cycle.

How This Investment Works. As the winning bidder, you will collect 100% of payments until you receive the fixed amount of $44,000 from this asset. 

Early Repayment. The seller of this asset can repay the remaining advance balance at any time.

This catalog cannot be added to the Secondary Market of The Exchange.