A few eyebrows were raised following Atlantic Records’ decision to sign fouled-mouth teen Danielle Bregoli under her Bhad Bhabie moniker last month. Now, it looks like sought after Hip Hop producer Metro Boomin is calling out the label for “stealing souls” and several artists are backing him up, including Joe Budden.
Metro kicked off his lengthy Twitter tirade on Wednesday (October 18) with what he dubbed a public service announcement.
“PSA to producers everywhere, don’t let @AtlanticRecords steal your soul.”
PSA to producers everywhere, don't let @AtlanticRecords steal your soul ? https://t.co/W1kk3DuTh5
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
The tweet was linked to a photo of a text message exchange between a consultant who goes by Noahxzark and an unidentified person asking him for a list of Atlanta producers to prepare for a meeting with an Atlantic A&R.
PSA to Producers in Atlanta ???? pic.twitter.com/OZgAlhimQc
— ⚄⚁ (@NOAHXZARK) October 16, 2017
Metro clarified who was referring to in his initial tweet and named Warner Music Group’s Mike Caren and the Artist Publishing Group (APG) Division. He accused them of robbing talented artists.
“It is just so demeaning to take advantage of hungry artists/producers/writers who put their whole life into their music just 4 u to rob them,” he wrote.
What I said about Atlantic was directed at Mike Caren and the APG division who deals directly with producers and songwriters.
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
It is just so demeaning to take advantage of hungry artists/producers/writers who put their whole life into their music just 4 u to rob them
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
The always outspoken Joe Budden threw in his two cents, writing via Twitter, “Still preparing my Mike Caren expose, he’s been trash for awhile now …….”
Still preparing my Mike Caren expose, he been trash for awhile now……. https://t.co/riLy7zW2zN
— Joe Budden (@JoeBudden) October 18, 2017
Fellow producers Mike Will Made It and London On Da Track also chimed in, backing up Metro Boomin’s tweet that APG “play by their own rules.”
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“Factual, Caron looked 2012 Mike Will in the eyes after hearing my whole catalog and said you don’t have ANY hits but we can help u wit that,” Mike Will wrote.
Metro followed up with, “They basically just want to slave you and steal your music to make hits.”
London On Da Track replied, “That’s all they want to do.”
Factual , Caron looked 2012 Mike Will in the eyes after hearing my whole catalog and said you don't have ANY hits but we can help u wit that
— Mike WiLL Made It ? (@MikeWiLLMadeIt) October 18, 2017
They basically just want to slave you and steal your music to make hits.
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
That’s all they want to do https://t.co/31AjXmtzur
— WeGotLondonOnDaTrack (@LondonOnDaTrack) October 18, 2017
On October 10, Caren tweeted a link announcing a new social-media talent search. Subsequently, Metro retweeted Caren’s post and warned against it.
Atlantic Records and Artist Partner Group Launch EMERGE, Nationwide Social Media-Driven Talent Search https://t.co/fzwhOMc254 via @billboard
— mike caren (@mikecaren) October 10, 2017
????? https://t.co/engGBdeUNf
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
Metro also listed a few names of executives he feels are better suited for the job in an attempt to help those burgeoning artists.
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“Dallas Martin, Orlando Wharton, and Lanre Gaba are good friends and black execs who do great business and wanna help us win,” he wrote.
Dallas Martin, Orlando Wharton, and Lanre Gaba are good friends and black execs who do great business and wanna help us win.
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
HipHopDX attempted to reach out to Caren, but he was unavailable.
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Check out the tweets above.