**Deadman's Co-Sign**
_An artist in the music industry using the death of another artist to capitalize on their legacy for personal benefit._
**Common Motives:**
- Growing their brand
- Increasing streaming numbers and album sales
- Generating sympathy or good publicity
**Common Methods:**
- Releasing music featuring or remixing the deceased artist's work
- Purchasing or obtaining rights to incomplete projects of the late artist, then revising and distributing them as collaborations
- Publicly pretending to be deeply affected or grieving, resulting in sympathy streams or positive press
_An artist in the music industry using the death of another artist to capitalize on their legacy for personal benefit._
**Common Motives:**
- Growing their brand
- Increasing streaming numbers and album sales
- Generating sympathy or good publicity
**Common Methods:**
- Releasing music featuring or remixing the deceased artist's work
- Purchasing or obtaining rights to incomplete projects of the late artist, then revising and distributing them as collaborations
- Publicly pretending to be deeply affected or grieving, resulting in sympathy streams or positive press
1. "I feel like it's mad disrespectful that XXXTENTACION didn't even know Lil Nas X before he passed, and yet Lil Nas X still used him for the Deadman's Co-Sign."
2. "It's pathetic that Drake really thought he'd get the Deadman's Co-Sign off 2Pac by using his AI voice model in the diss track on Kendrick."
2. "It's pathetic that Drake really thought he'd get the Deadman's Co-Sign off 2Pac by using his AI voice model in the diss track on Kendrick."
by Worgrimm January 22, 2025
Get the Deadman's Co-sign mug.Most recently coined by the post-apocalpytic cybernetic dystopian future of the videogame series "Shadowrun". A deadman's trigger is essential a delayed automated message which can be sent via text or email after the initial user's death usually with urgency.You may have also seen a similar phenomenon in old cowboy movies. Today it is possible to send such text or messages through third party software or tech savy people.
Person 1: I just received a video message of my parents will through my "email"
Person 2: "Arn't they rock climbing in a remote area? Sounds like a "deadman's trigger."
Person 1:" Oh no they must have just died!"
Person 2: "Arn't they rock climbing in a remote area? Sounds like a "deadman's trigger."
Person 1:" Oh no they must have just died!"
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