Hopsin is threatening to leave Funk Volume following what he calls “issues” with label CEO and business partner, Damien Ritter.
Hopsin co-founded Funk Volume with Ritter in 2009.
Taking to Twitter yesterday (January 2), the Los Angeles, California rapper wrote: “Fuck Damien Ritter. This man is the death of funk volume.”
Later elaborating via Instagram, Hopsin revealed that the cause of their rift came from Ritter telling him that he doesn’t work hard enough – something he calls “flat out disrespect.”
“I’ve been having issues with my business partner Damien Ritter,” Hopsin writes on Instagram. “We started this whole FV shit years ago, but this man has all the sudden built up the courage to disrespect me and tell me I don’t work hard when I’ve made him Extremely wealthy over the years from my music. At this point, if he doesn’t leave funk volume, then I will. I’m putting it out there publicly so he knows that it’s fuck him forever. If ur a real Hopsin fan, I need your support right now and I only hope u continue to strongly support me if/when I leave FV. My heart will always rep FV, but as of right now, it’s not home for me as long as Dame is apart of it.”
Hopsin later took to Facebook to continue decrying Ritter.
“If ur a real Hopsin fan, i hope u still fuck with me with or without Fv,” he writes. “This isn’t something I want, its just something that may need to happen. I made this man VERY wealthy over the years from my music, and for him to tell me I don’t work hard at all is just flat out disrespect.”
“Never forget the reason why u even have a little name in this business pal,” Hopsin writes in a subsequent Facebook post. “My Raw vision paid u big time”
Screenshots of Hopsin’s social media posts, whereby he threatens to leave Funk Volume following “issues” with CEO Damien Ritter, can be viewed below:
Dudes a jerk off because they both need each other. Hopsin can rap but Dame is the guy who got Hopsin paid. He’d be nowhere without him and no one would know Hopsin’s name outside people who knew of him through Ruthless. Now it’s easy for Hopsin to say fuck the guy with the financial and marketing vision for Funk Vol.
Like the time Hopsin said he was gonna quit rapping and move to Australia then 3 days later said it was a hoax and did it to generate interest in him again. Maybe try making more music like your buddy says instead of doing all this fake internet bullshit. Im just sayin. BTW YOUR MUSIC STILL SUCKS SO…. YEAH.
Hopsin’s a girl going on the internet over a dispute with his business partner. Everyone knows hop isn’t the brains behind his label…but yeah this could be fake
If he leaves it will either be lights out for FV or a setback that will take YEARS to bounce back from. The artist is always right and if he is online beefing its already too late…unless Dame moves like Birdman lol
It’s a stunt. They’re making fun of the Birdman Lil Wayne situation because it looks like they made up and were seen partying together for new years.
Your mama is a stunt Foolio.And Hopsin is trippin because Damien Ritter was the shit when he was on Threes’s Company. I only listen to real rappers.Not 1 eyed singing queers with hair weaves or 6foot4 cross dressing Atlanta sissy boiz.
I too think it’s satire of Lil Wayne Birdman situation.
that label was starting to have a pretty significant cult following. I mean, I didn’t fuck with their shit, but there was a time when I had Hopsin’s “Ill mind” stuff on repeat and a few other joints by him. Overall his albums are wack though, but as an indie hip hop fan I have grown to at least respect the movement. If it has come down to this that could be an early sign of crumbling like what happened to Odd Future.
I was looking forward to Hopsin’s new stuff with Harry Fraud though. Hopsin usually kills his own music with his corny production, but Harry Fraud’s stuff with Action Bronson is pretty sick, so I still hope that surfaces despite these label issues.
Hopsin will leave FV & sign the Strange Music. Tech been trying to sign him for a while now.
He’ll be the death of Strange Music lol
Who the fuck is this nobody ass nigga smh
Fight me tho. Pussy. Dont be scurred. Bitch.
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“I made this man VERY wealthy over the years from my music”…………………………………….LMAO, foh. Does anybody actually listen to this cornball? His music is garbage.
Fight me. Cornball.
Lmfao i cant even fight a guy who says cornball. Id prolly just slap your ass around after i put my foot on your fuckin neck. LOL cornball…OL LAME ASS
This clown. Who cares?
I just came here to say HOPSIN IS WACK. Ok. Bye now
he trolling obviously. He said he was quiting last year and it was just a stunt to bring attention to his new album.
Who cares about this cornball asshole kid, isn’t he just like some YouTube rapper anyway. Complete fuckin nobody.
still makes more than you tho
Fight me. Pussy.
oh no the king of corniness is acting hard again must have sumthing to promote fuckin attention seeking fruity bitch. Who listens to him seriously ? he can put words together but even 8 year olds just look at him and hink lame cornball….
Fight me.
Don’t you guys know anything about? Put crowcrown me on by hopsin you cornball lanes.
Don’t you guys know anything abou rapt? Put crown me on by hopsin you cornball lames.
I agree 100% with dis nigga.he should leave 2 save his promising career. he’s refusin to be taken advantage of & be disrespected by dat punkbitch damien ritter.like these bad parents dat oppress they own children.fuck yall.
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I read a little over 65-80% of the comments on this board. Ive deduced that MORE THAN HALF OF YOU (which is embarrassing as a human being) has no idea WTF youre talking about. Everyones saying hop is a girl/whiny bitch/cornball/all kinds of other complete bullshit. Yall dont know wtf it takes to run a label or to even be involved with one. And i already know several of you “keyboard warriors” are gonna reply to this contesting what i say and yall will claim that youve done it before or you have a label or some stupid shit…i JUST KNOW IT. thats ok tho because youll know that youre lying and thats what matters. Now Hop overreacted a bit. He let his temper get the best of him and he made several rash decisions, but for you trolls who bash his lyrical ability, youre scum. Straight bottom feeding scum. Pretty sure nobody on this forum can compete with him on the mic. Learn to respect talent when you see/hear it and to criticize constructivly when needed. All this bashing is childish tho. I dont see yall out there doin shows. So show a little respect. If you dont like his music thats understandable. But hes earned respect lyrically so give it when its dueeee. BITCHES. =P
Be on Hops side or not, but the fact remains…he actually shows love to the people who got him where he is. I mean come on, dude stopped his tour bus to skate session with some kids…m/…nuff said