Shots At The Check Writer: When Rappers Bump Heads With L.A. Reid
By Insanul Ahmed | Oct 11, 2010 | 11:10 am | Permalink
T.I. Makes Demands, Gets Denied (2002)
What happened?: In 2001, L.A. Reid signed Tip to Arista Records. Shortly afterward, T.I. released his debut album, I'm Serious. And although he was calling himself "The King of The South" way back then, he sure wasn't the King of Billboard: His album peaked at #98 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. This prompted a sit-down between Reid and Tip where he demanded two million dollars for his next album. Reid refused and Tip was subsequently dropped from the label.
Complex says: Success is the best revenge. If Reid had kept T.I. around and helped develop his talent, he could have taken credit for his success later on. Maybe then he wouldn't have gotten fired from Arista in 2004.
best toronto dentist October 12th, 2010 at 04:45 PM
The way I see it all record execs want to make a buck compared to quality music. So if it's not LA it's some other exec pulling the same stunt. So the moral of the story is that record execs suck.
L.A Reid Critic October 13th, 2010 at 06:55 AM
Record execs suck,especially everyone at jive records,L.A Reid,Jimmy Iovine(yes, him)....Artistic rappers and singers, please go independent
Ominous Red October 13th, 2010 at 09:02 PM
What is crazy to me, is that a story like this breaks and it seems like no one is even listening.
told u iggaz October 13th, 2010 at 10:48 PM
I been tellin evrybody this dude is GONNA get fired soon. hes doing a TERRIBLE job with def jam. if rihanna flops its a RAP. it may even be too late