Obie Trice Officially Off Shady Records
by FuKdAtShHh on Jun.30, 2008, under Hip Hop News
Detroit’s Obie Trice has left Shady Records after eight years and two albums, AllHipHop.com has confirmed today (Jun 30). He is currently working on his third album, while solidifying a new situation for his own imprint. “Obie and Shady were moving in different directions,†the 30-year-old rapper’s manager Terry Wilson told AllHipHop.com. “But he still has a great relationship with Shady Records. He has some big plans for his World Wide Hustle label.†Currently recording his third album while solidifying his label situation, Trice has released a track explaining his decision to leave the label with which he attained a considerable amount of respect and success.
While a source at Shady confirms the split is amicable, the new song, “The Giant,†indicates that Obie’s complaints may have been with parent company Interscope. “O is a mogul/Low on the totem pole ‘cause Interscope’s loco/Now I’m gettin’ mo’ dough,†Obie Trice raps on the song.
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