WIz Khalifa Leaves Warner Bros.
I’ve heard that this was in the works for a minute, and now it’s official. Good for you brother. No reason to sit around stagnating on a major label roster when you’ve got a genuine buzz going. It’s a straight up travesty that nobody over there could figure out figure what do with this kid in the two years that they had him under contract.
Hit the jump for the full press release.
Wiz Khalifa Leaves Warner Bros.
After numerous delayed release dates for his debut album, Rostrum Records recording artist Wiz Khalifa has left Warner Bros. Records. The 21-year old Pittsburgh MC signed with Warner Bros. in June of 2007, and early the next year had a Billboard Top 25 hit with “Say Yeah.” Prior to signing with Warner Bros., Khalifa and his Rostrum Records team were part of a riveting grassroots movement that caught the attention of Rolling Stone, XXL, MTV, Fuse, and all of the major labels.
Rostrum Records President, Benjy Grinberg, says, “We feel that this ‘divorce’ is the best thing for both parties at this juncture and we appreciate the leniency Warner has shown with our release. We are excited to be independent again.”
The rest of 2009 is set to be a busy one for Wiz. He will immediately be dropping a new single “Teach U To Fly,” a mixtape entitled “How Fly” with New Orleans MC Curren$y, and another solo mixtape to follow up his critically acclaimed “Flight School” for the Fall. Wiz is currently touring the country on his “Orientation Tour” with remaining stops in Alabama, Ohio, Atlanta, Florida, St Louis, and ending July 31st in his hometown of Pittsburgh, PA. Wiz is also set to headline a cross-country tour in the Fall.
Wiz adds, “I’d like to thank Warner Bros. for understanding our reasons for wanting to leave. I learned a lot during my time there and matured as an artist during the process. I’m happy to be moving on with all of my material and having the chance to be in control of my next moves.”
Happy Independence Day Wiz.
July 16th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
*props to tyga I mean Wiz*
July 16th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Tony Stancl…what a gay fucking name first of all….
July 16th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Word.
I’d rather read the Wu Tang joint though, that 5 percenter shit is dumb interesting.
^^^
smh@ the incorrect spelling of ‘independant’ after yesterday.
The Wu-Tang Manual was dope though. Really enjoyed it. We REALLY need a Combat Jack book though…
July 16th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
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July 16th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
lol jay-z in no philosopher
^^
I’m sayin though. I’d rather read a Nas book where he breaks down all the shit like the album covers etc….
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Word.
I’d rather read the Wu Tang joint though, that 5 percenter shit is dumb interesting.
July 16th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
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July 16th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
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July 16th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
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July 16th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
After numerous delayed release dates for his debut album, Rostrum Records recording artist Wiz Khalifa has left Warner Bros. Records. The 21-year old Pittsburgh MC signed with Warner Bros. in June of 2007, and early the next year had a Billboard Top 25 hit with “Say Yeah.” Prior to signing with Warner Bros., Khalifa and his Rostrum Records team were part of a riveting grassroots movement that caught the attention of Rolling Stone, XXL, MTV, Fuse, and all of the major labels.
–Are you fucking kidding me… signing to a Major is the new shooting yourself in the leg. How do you not know how to market someone with a top 25 song.
July 16th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
We REALLY need a Combat Jack book though…
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Yeah dude needs to drop that ASAP [ll]
July 16th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
The trends are changing too fast for the TIs to dominate the wave like they were able to in the 90s
Word to radio stations getting paid bajillions while nobody listens to the fucking radio anymore
TI now=Tall Idiot
July 16th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
–Are you fucking kidding me… signing to a Major is the new shooting yourself in the leg. How do you not know how to market someone with a top 25 song.
^^
The game is fucked up. Time was a rapper could beat the shit out of a record company employee who fucked with them and it was all good. I miss the 90′s…
July 16th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
I don’t think majors give a flyin fuk about any artists anymore, they jus want a whole buncha drakes, kanyes. It’s really sad to see sum of the talented artist not gettin the shine they deserve. oh well bak to syppin on my goose.
July 16th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Of the money he’s giving Nichols, Richard Jefferson said, “I’m not trying to buy her off. She has a lump sum to help her move on.”
He added, “I’ve made my mistakes in this relationship, 100 percent. But at the end of the day, there were some people who were responsible for the demise of it.”
He insisted a rumor he’s gay had nothing to do with the breakup.
“I’m not gay,” Jefferson said. “That couldn’t be any further from the truth. I have nothing to hide.”
LMAOOOOOOOOO
July 16th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
underground hip hop > nah right
July 16th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
WHO THE FUCK?????
July 16th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
SMH @ dudes hatin on j cole and shit, when he bodied his last mixtape and that song wit wale and curren$y , which i think both artist are pretty dope specially spitta
July 16th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
who?
July 16th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Not sure how you think radio’s getting paid…pretty obvious that all the radio companies are losing money even down to the mom-n-pops
July 16th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
hip-hop full of “masons”. whats does that actually mean?
July 16th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
“masons” as in FREEMASONS?
July 16th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Wale and curren$y are not dope. wiz ehhh
July 16th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
You didn’t have to be Nostradamus to see this one coming! Leaving dropped? What is the difference? You can’t fire me! I quit!
July 16th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
I appreciate Wiz Khalifa…
*Looks for facebook likes this thumb*
July 16th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
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July 16th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
someone should have warned a brother
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i feel like any rapper signed directly to warner bros is destined to flop….theyre better off going to asylum or atlantic where they have the chance of sellin more than 60,000 copies…
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:33 pm
personally i’m glad wiz left warner’s…dream scenario: he signs with amalgam digital and joins forces with his boy curren$y. seems like that’s the only way he’ll get some good, original music released
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