Nas ‘Ether’ Producer Ron Browz Missed Royalties Thanks to Social Media

Ron Browz‘s identify is etched in rap historical past for producing Nas‘ brutal Jay-Z diss observe “Ether,” and greater than 20 years later he is nonetheless amassing residuals … at the least, on some social platforms, however he says others are robbing him blind!!!

TMZ Hip Hop sat down with “Etherboy” this week after his beat was used TWICE to spotlight 2 of the most important moments of the week on the web … each of which concerned a number of “Ether” stage disrespect.

The primary was Katt Williams‘ “Club Shay Shay” interview the place he mentioned just about each comic in his lane — and the second got here with Stephen A. Smith‘s hour-long flogging of Jason Whitlock.

The web — undefeated, as it’s — seized the second and put the Ron-produced observe over Katt and Stephen’s highlights. That is not nice for Ron, as a result of he says if these posts aren’t on TikTok or YouTube, which observe music, then he is ass out … and has no clue how a lot cash he is lacking.

He says the powers that be at different social platforms have but to creat their royalty street map.

BTW, there’s an fascinating backstory on the making of the observe — Ron says the aggressive DNA of the tune got here from him desperately searching for a method out of his Harlem hood, and had the coin flipped on the opposite facet, the instrumental might’ve belonged to Jay!!!

Ron says he handed the beat, and a number of other others, to Jay’s A&R on the time, Kyambo “Hip Hop” Joshua, nevertheless it by no means fell into Hov’s lap.

“Ether” just isn’t the one instrumental RB produced that morphed right into a problematic observe … Busta Rhymes‘ 2008 hit “Arab Money” can simply be misconstrued for bigotry, particularly within the present social media panorama.

Ron says he was merely impressed by the Arabic music taking part in inside NYC bodegas and added his 1uto-tuned twist to the hook.

Nonetheless, it features a recanting of the Islamic Shahada — a occupation of religion — and that nearly acquired Busta in sizzling water, and Ron too when he acquired booked for a Dubai gig … however he swears the observe is all constructive.

Regardless of each beats taking a lifetime of their very own, Ron tells us his fav observe he did was really “Pop Champagne” with Jim Jones and Juelz Santana.