Rick Ross Says Goodbye To Def Jam, Signs New Record Deal

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Maybach Music Group boss Rick Ross has reportedly left his home at Def Jam for a new deal with rival record company Epic this week.

The mega company announced its big roster addition on Twitter Friday (January 15).

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Ricky Rozay teased Twitter followers during his big day.

Back in November, Ross talked about his biggest issue with record deals centered on ownership.

“You know, it’s one word, which is ownership. At the end of the day it’s all about ownership. How much more can I own. As well as understand my vision, execute the plans that I need, because they’re gonna be bigger than they ever were and the demands are most definitely gonna rise.” (Billboard)

Ross also flirted with the idea of possibly going independent.

“You know, we’ve had a lot of different offers. Independent would most definitely be one of those last ones, but I’ve had trillionaires, muthaf*ckas that are coming to the table saying, “Fuck a major deal, I want to finance this or that.” Of course the major labels are involved, but there’s just so many different other possibilities that’s coming to the table. And for any artist that is independent, whatever works best for that artist for the situation they’re in and the music that they make, I salute them. Because there’s most definitely a lot of artists that are profiting more being independent. But depending on who you are and what you demand and your pace of moving and things of that nature, I think all that plays a part in your results.” (Billboard)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

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