“I’m angry at the way she was treated,” Perry said, as reported by TheGrio , which noted that he only recently learned of her struggles in trying to get money owed to her from her record label. “To think that this woman was in the business for all of these years… All of those years, all of those songs, all of that money that was owed to her. Where is it? It’s wrong.”

In a social media post on Jan. 2, Stone said her former label, Universal Music Group, had not given her the royalty payments she was owed.

“They’re going to have to give me my money,” Stone wrote, per TheGrio.

The iconic singer said she only realized how much money she was owed when she began seeking answers regarding her medical issues.

Perry said during the funeral that this is a problem that happens too often in the entertainment industry.

“There’s a difference between performing because you want to and performing because you have to,” Perry said. “I’m tired of seeing us struggle and go through things and work hard and not reap the benefits of what we were supposed to reap.”

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