During a phone conversation with HotNewHipHop.com, Stone Mountain, Georgia rapper CyHi The Prynce shed some light on his newly-released “Elephant In The Room” record and his standing at Def Jam Records.
In regards to his label situation, CyHi revealed that he asked to be let go from Def Jam. He explained that the label didn’t know what to do with him, and Kanye West could only do so much to help with his situation.
The Southern wordsmith did add that he’s still associated with G.O.O.D. Music, despite his departure from Def Jam.
“Personally, I asked for a release from Def Jam,” CyHi The Prynce said. “So, I did get a release, but it wasn’t due to Kanye West it was to due to Def Jam…I’m still connected to G.O.O.D. Music but it’s almost like a Travi$ Scott situation– he’s not on the same distributor as G.O.O.D. Music but he’s still with G.O.O.D. Music. It was more so Def Jam not knowing what to do with me– it was only so much Kanye could do, ’cause he didn’t really wanna put himself out there, and Def Jam not do what they supposed to do and he gotta keep putting himself out there for me. So I just felt like, I would rather go to a situation that wants me there as far as distribution, then I’ll add Ye and we’ll put it all together and make it a successful release.”
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Upon the release of CyHi’s “Elephant In The Room” track, many took the song as a diss towards Kanye West, Pusha T, and others at G.O.O.D. Music. According to CyHi, both ‘Ye and Pusha heard the song prior to its release and thought “it was creatively dope.”
He added that “Elephant In The Room” was a record that was two to three years in the making.
“I thought it’d be a dope like artistic storyline-ish record, but people took the beef thing to another level than what I thought it was gunna be,” he said. “He [Kanye West] was laughing, everybody thought it was creatively dope, Pusha was there…[Kanye] actually gave me the beat and the concept. He said he wanted to do like a Dre/Em feel, and I just felt like addressing the elephant in the room. People don’t know the song’s like 2-3 years in the making. It was just time for it.”
