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Steven Victor On the ‘Insane Amount of Money’ It Took For Pusha T, Clipse to Exit Def Jam
After Pusha T refused to change a guest verse from Kendrick Lamar on the upcoming Clipse album, he bought his way out of his record deal with Def Jam.
And, as Pusha T recently told GQ, Lamar’s presence on the Clipse track made Def Jam’s parent company, Universal Music Group, uncomfortable. Pusha T mentioned two songs in his interview with GQ, Rick Ross ’ “Maybach Music VI” and Pop Smoke ’s “Paranoia,” where his verses were ultimately cut. What do we need to get it done?” I went back to Pusha, and said, “Listen, Jay’s gonna give us a very artist-friendly deal, we get to own the masters, and they’ll put the marketing power of Roc Nation behind it.
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