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EverGreen Copyrights continued its purchasing of assets by acquiring the publishing catalog of Lil' Joe Wein Music. This includes the entire output of 2 Live Crew and songs by Poison Clan and 69 Boys. It is estimated that EverGreen paid $3 million for the 700-plus song catalog. This marks the 19th acquisition by the company and brings their hip-hop catalog up to 75,000 songs. Working with Lil' Joe Records, which will retain the master recordings, they look to grow the catalog in film and television. EverGreen's catalog also contains a number of other diverse artists and genres like Nick Drake, Bill Monroe, Bruce Fisher, and more.