Joe Budden doesn’t feel pressure to sign off his podcast in exchange for million.
The podcaster was a guest on the Wednesday (February 4) episode of Shannon Sharpe’s podcast Club Shay Shay, around the 27-minute mark, he was asked whether he compares his success to similar hosts like Joe Rogan and Alex Cooper of Call Her Daddy. Budden is host of The Joe Budden Podcast, which launched in 2015 and is available for subscribers on Patreon.
After joking that Sharpe was naming off white people, Budden gave shoutouts to his podcasting peers Kevin Hart, Stephen A. Smith and Charlamagne Tha God, in addition to Rogan.
"Shout out to Joe. That's cool, but not the same," Budden said around the 28-minute mark of the episode below.
This prompted Sharpe to ask if Budden would sign a multimillion dollar podcast deal like Rogan, who extended his deal with Spotify for over $200 million for three-and-a-half years in 2022.
"Probably not. Probably not. Not where I'm at right now," Budden told Sharpe. "I'm forty-five. I still feel spry. I don't feel like the aging artist that needs to go sell his catalog. And I'm building catalog. And I know what I make right now.
The former rapper added that any company who approaches him would have to "double that," but acknowledged that his podcast crew would "talk to anybody."
"I mean, don't get me wrong. We'll talk to anybody and probably are talking to most of them. But the deal would have to be boutique," he said.
Budden’s podcast, which includes co-hosts Queenzflip, Mona Love and Marc Lamont Hill, has been highly profitable since its inception and reportedly brought in over $20 million in subscriptions last year.