After a year long battle, Waka Flocka Flame has finally left his old label Atlantic Records, and is now proclaiming “I’m a free agent.”
This past Wednesday, the rapper shared the news on Twitter, writing “I’m officially a free agent!!” “No label! I wanna personally thank every fan that called my old label.”
The Atlanta rapper has been embroiled in a dispute with Atlantic since last April, and publicly shamed the label for holding back his Flockavelli 2 release. He also asserted that the label didn’t care about him personally after he was shot later in the year.
I'm officially a free agent‼️
— Waka Flocka (@WakaFlocka) November 9, 2016
No Label‼️ — Waka Flocka (@WakaFlocka) November 9, 2016
I wanna personally thank every fan that called my old label it my nigga‼️
— Waka Flocka (@WakaFlocka) November 9, 2016
A tweet from last October that read, “The first thing the label asked after I got shot is - ‘can you go to the studio. From that day forward I knew my label didn’t care I’m just another dollar sign.”
From that day forward I knew my label didn't care I'm just another dollar sign #GetChaMoneyYoungNigga — Waka Flocka (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
Flame also went on a Twitter tirade demanding to be released, and accusing the label of being a money machine. He claimed that resources to release albums have not been put behind him and talked about just how long a band can be signed to a major label before their record is released.
in part to this dense hierarchical management structure. A lot can change in a year. #UnderstandLife
— Waka Flocka (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
Yall woke up a sleeping giant --- thank you #WakaFlame — Waka Flocka (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
The rapper also encouraged his fans to demand his release from the label.
He is not the first rapper that has been at odds with Atlantic and Lupe Fiasco also was embroiled in a struggle, going as far as to stage a protest outside of the main building. Flockavelli 2 had been expected to be released last June, but never arrived.
