BURBANK, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 09: Rapper Kendrick Lamar speaks onstage during the 2016 MTV Movie Awards at Warner Bros. Studios on April 9, 2016 in Burbank, California. MTV Movie Awards airs April 10, 2016 at 8pm ET/PT. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for MTV)
TDE CEO Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith released a statement via Instagram this afternoon in support of Kendrick Lamar’s TDE departure announcement.
“The whole goal when we started the thing was to make music, make money, and make history,” Tiffith wrote. “We did those things 10 times over and then some. TDE and its artists have provided a way to end generational curses that we were all personally born into over the last 17 years in this business.”
Top Dawg continued: “With this being Dot’s last album on TDE, this is more of a VICTORY LAP, a celebration. I know he will be successful in whatever it is he decides to do and will have our FULL SUPPORT. As for Top Dawg Entertainment, we will continue to grow, develop and give artists the platform to expand into whatever way they choose.”
See TDE’s CEO’s full statement below:https://www.instagram.com/p/CSzk1UjJPh4/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=658&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.xxlmag.com&rp=%2Fkendrick-lamar-new-album-leave-top-dawg-entertainment%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A271447.2999999523%7D
ORIGINAL STORY:
Kendrick Lamar has announced that he is parting ways from his longtime label, Top Dawg Entertainment.
On Friday afternoon (Aug. 20), K-Dot posted a tweet of a link to a website called oklama.com, along with a clipart image of a yellow folder, which had the words “nu thoughts” underneath it.
On the website, Kendrick breaks the news that his nearly two decade-long run with his label is coming to an end.
“As I produce my final TDE album, I feel joy to have been a part of such a cultural imprint after 17 years,” Kung Fun Kenny wrote. “The Struggles. The Success. And most importantly, the Brotherhood. May the Most High continue to use Top Dawg as a vessel for candid creators. As I continue to pursue my life’s calling.”
