{"id":655276,"date":"2025-03-02T20:40:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T17:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/reason-contemplated-returning-to-his-old-job-while-signed-to-tde-i-couldnt-feed-my-fans\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T20:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T17:40:14","slug":"reason-contemplated-returning-to-his-old-job-while-signed-to-tde-i-couldnt-feed-my-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/reason-contemplated-returning-to-his-old-job-while-signed-to-tde-i-couldnt-feed-my-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"#Reason Contemplated Returning To His Old Job While Signed To TDE: 'I Couldn\u2019t Feed My Fans'"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reason once contemplated returning to his regular 9-5 despite having a record deal with Top Dawg Entertainment at the time.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Audiomack co-founder Brian Zisook<\/a>, the now-former TDE signee opened up about his frustrations with the label and why he wanted to walk away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI contemplated giving up music for a year and a half. I was updating my resume, ready to walk away,\u201d he said. \u201cAt the time, it was a fair deal for a new artist with no name. But the length of the contract was tough [for me].\u201d<\/p>\n

Zisook explained that Reason\u2019s deal included a multi-album product commitment as well as a 50\/50 revenue split post-recoupment.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI came in with an album ready to drop. It still took over a year to [release]. That\u2019s when I realized the delays weren\u2019t just about development\u2014it was [how] the label operated,\u201d Reason added. \u201cI couldn\u2019t drop music when I wanted. I couldn\u2019t feed my fans. I even updated my resume to go back to my old job [as a tech recruiter].\u201d<\/p>\n

Eventually, he left TDE after seven years with the label in 2024. He has since partnered with a distributor to drop his new music in a one-album deal where he has full ownership of his masters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndependence let me fall back in love with music,\u201d he said. \u201cNow, I own my work \u2026 and I have the freedom to move how I want.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also chose not to take an advance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to be in that position again. Now, I see royalties immedia<\/a>tely instead of waiting to recoup debt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last April, as the feud between Drake and his former TDE labelmate Kendrick Lamar began to ignite, Reason praised Drizzy\u2019s diss song \u201cPush Ups\u201d while also app<\/a>earing to take digs at his label.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Bootleg Kev earlier this week, the Carson, California rapper revealed his surprise support of the 6 God was a ploy to leave TDE.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only fans I really lost were fans that I shot myself in the foot in, but I had to do that to get out of the label deal,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen the Dot and Drake beef started, I felt like Top [Dawg] and them were kinda, like, dragging their feet a little bit. I don\u2019t think purposely, I just think they had a lot of shit going on.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I knew that if I kinda sparked a fire a little bit that they would be like, \u2018We gotta separate from this.\u2019 So I started tweeting shit on the side of Drake purposely. There are fans that hate me for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reason added that after he praised \u201cPush Ups,\u201d he secured his release from TDE within a month, avoiding a drawn-out departure that could\u2019ve otherwise lasted years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n