Update: Keef posted a text conversation with Chicago rapper Lucki Eck$ to Twitter that if accurate, reveals he's officially no longer on Interscope and hasn't been for a week now:
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- AlmightySo (@ChiefKeef) October 21, 2014
In a move that's sure to elicit hosannas from Your One Friend Who's Into Real Hip-Hop, AllHipHop.com is reporting today that 19-year-old Keith "Chief Keef" Cozart has been dropped from his Interscope Records deal after clashes with label brass about future releases and a string of high-profile incidents, ranging from lawsuits to drug offenses. According to the site's report, the rapper's move to Los Angeles (where Interscope is located) pushed the whole thing over the edge:
"Keef and his people tried to keep the label accountable (once Keef moved to Los Angeles) but Interscope didn't seem interested in dropping a new album. Keef's team tried to have formal meetings but nothing moved," an anonymouse source told AllHipHop. Additionally, there was some left over bad blood stemming from how Chief Keef's first album "Finally Rich" was marketed and promoted. Insiders say friction intensified until there were arguments with higher-ups in Interscope over how Keef's career was being handled. Shortly thereafter, Keef was quietly released from his contract, sources said."
Easily the highest-profile signing of Chicago's 2012 rap boom, Keef's consistent issues definitely hampered what was a white-hot start that included appearances from 50 Cent and Rick Ross on his debut album and Kanye West remixing his anthem "Don't Like" for the G.O.O.D Music "Cruel Summer" compilation in 2013.
Keef's representatives could not be reached for comment.
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