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Bobby Shmurda Exits Epic Records Deal

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Bobby Shmurda is celebrating his independence.

The Brooklyn rapper has announced that he is no longer signed to Epic Records after campaigning for his release from his label.

“I just sign my release papers also jus made ah milly today,” Shmurda wrote in an Instagram Story on Thursday.

He is already moving forward with plans to release his music independently. “I can’t wait to drop s/o my n***a @Trulife ahh ahh ahh my n***a I’m shooting my 1st independence video today called Getting Em Back we celebrating all week in KODs pop out nd Monday starlets,” he added.

A source confirms to Complex that Bobby is out of his Epic Records deal.

Last month, the “Hot Ni**a” hitmaker put the label and its CEO Sylvia Rhone on blast while saying that he wanted out of the deal, which he signed when he was just 19.

“I got a 70 year old lady running my label and I love her dearly but doesn’t want to let me go at alllllllll,” he wrote in a since-deleted post. “No matter what I do I’ve been sign to them since I was 19 I did six years in jail trying to get off this label before I came home you name one person in the industry a lable [sic] keeps sign in jail for six years???? Yeah IK IK I made them more millions than they ever gave me!!! Just let me gooo.”

He also claimed that he felt imprisoned by his contract. “It’s been ah year now I still feel like I’m in prison,” he wrote in his caption.

Last December, he said that his debut album was almost done, but he didn’t know when it would be dropping.

Shmurda signed with Epic in July 2014, but he never released an album on the label. Later that year, he was arrested and charged with conspiracy to murder, weapons possession, and reckless endangerment. After serving over six years in prison, he was released in February 2021.

In the past year since his homecoming, he has dropped a series of singles including his most recent, “Shmoney” featuring Quavo and Rowdy Rebel.

Doja Cat Says She’s Quitting Music

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Doja Cat is throwing in the towel.

The “Kiss Me More” rapper is threatening to hang up the mic after sparring with fans on Twitter. Doja was scheduled to perform at the Asunciónico festival in Paraguay on Tuesday (March 22), but the show was canceled due to a deadly storm. However, fans weren’t happy that she failed to acknowledge the cancelation or greet them outside her hotel.

“It’s too late to apologize,” one Paraguayan fan told her, while calling her “Public Enemy #1.”

Doja made no apologies for the missed show. “I’m not sorry,” she wrote, which didn’t sit well with her Paraguayan fans.

“i moved on i’m just gonna let everybody be mad,” added a defiant Doja. “i’m not taking pictures again with anybody else after this tour.”

To make matters worse, she continued to upset them by offering an apology to Brazil for what she deemed a lackluster performance.

“I don’t think I gave Brazil a good enough show tonight at all and I’m sorry for that but thank you guys for coming out I f**king love you and thank god we got another show tomorrow I promise I’ll do better,” she tweeted.

Amid the backlash from fans, Doja threatened to call it quits on her music career.

“it’s gone and i don’t give a f**k anymore i f**kin quit i can’t wait to fucking disappear and i don’t need you to believe in me anymore,” she told her millions of followers. “Everything is dead to me, music is dead, and i’m a f**king fool for ever thinking i was made for this this is a f**king nightmare unfollow me.”

Added Doja, “This shit ain’t for me so I’m out. Y’all take care.”

However, a source close to Doja tells TMZ that she is still planning to perform tonight in Brazil and “she’s looking forward to it.”

She is also scheduled to join The Weeknd on his “After Hours Til Dawn” global stadium tour, which kicks off July 8 in Toronto.