Jay-Z May Be Leaving Def Jam Records
By: Yves Erwin Salomon
Jay-Z may be thinking about jumping ship. The rapper's contract as president of Def Jam Records will be up soon and according to insiders he's been in negotiations to join Rick Rubin at Columbia Records, which also happens to be the recording home of Jay-Z's girlfriend Beyonce.
An insider told New York's Daily News that the move may have been prompted by the hiring of Jermaine Dupri to be the president of Island Records'urban music division in February. The source said, "There isn't room for two kings at one label. Why would Island bring in another power-hitter urban guy?"
Dupri's girlfriend, Janet Jackson, recently followed Dupri over to Island Records.
Jay-Z would be joining Rick Rubin at Columbia Records. The two have worked together in the past on the rapper's hit, "99 Problems." Rubin has been shaking up Columbia's A& R staff. An insider told the paper, "He's creating a super group of staff. So it would make sense that he would want Jay on his side."
If Jay-Z leaves Def Jam Records, he would retain full ownership of all of his masters except 1996's Reasonable Doubt.
posted by HipHopHavoc at 7/27/2007
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NEWT TURNER BLASTS T.I. IN INTERVIEW HERE ARE EXCERPTS FROM THE INTERVIEW...
"Just because you bigger than me, don't mean you can fight!" - Newt Turner
"...T.I. is not the King of The South. He's more like the "Mouth of the South". A cartoon character. In terms of music, he's NOW a pop tart!..I know everyone who loves T.I. will be offended by what I have to say. Some people may say I'm a hater, but what I have to say is all truth...T.I. openly admits that he lives what he says in his music. How many songs have we heard T.I. speak about how he will kill someone or how he carries pistols and how he will die for his respect? That's why I don't understand how a top ranking member of his organization is murdered and there is no retaliation. Instead, he makes a song. What does a song do for Big Phil's family? Nothing...I don't understand how he can rap on songs talking about killing imaginary niggas when his homie get's murdered and does nothing...I can only imagnine what is going in the minds of every member of Grand Hustle. They have to know that if something happen to them, their King will do nothin got restore their honor. They will have died in vain for what they believed in... T.I. admits he feels responsible for Phil's murder. I feel it is his responsibility to restore Phil's honor and do what real kings do in a situation like this...T.I.'s cockiness and arrogant flare is extremely attractive to hip-hop fans. His fans shouldn't feel bad, he had me fooled too. But isn't it so easy to be that way when you haven't fought anybody? To be considered a "honorable" King, shouldn't he have to fight a series of battles and be victorious in a series of wars? Who has T.I fought? Lil Flip? He attempted a lyrical battle with Ludacris, but look what happened. Luda destroyed that nigga and T.I. gracefully and respectfully bowed out. He wanted no part of Ludacris, because Luda is a powerful, lyrical King...Right now, T.I. is vulnerable. He's weak..What do you think will happen if I decided to snatch his skinny ass off his "self-made throne"? That would be a sad day for hip-hop to see their favorite artist executed so easily. I am not Flip! And I'm not Luda! I'm Newt Turner! And without mercy or regard for his feelings or the current standing of his career, I WILL splatter his "blood" on the face of every fan, every ally and every member of Grand Hustle. The corporate suits at Atlantic Records won't have to wipe their faces."
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