Tory Lanez has announced he’s moving on from Interscope Records. The Canadian rapper tweeted the news on Monday afternoon (February 24) while plugging his next project New Toronto 3.
“ITS OFFICIAL, NEW TORONTO 3 COMES OUT MARCH !!!!” he wrote in all caps. “AND AS SOON AS YOU HEAR IT … I HAVE OFFICIALLY FINISHED MY DEAL WITH INTERSCOPE … ITS BEEN REAL.”
Tory went on to insist he fulfilled his obligations with the imprint.
“And it’s no bad blood with the label @Interscope … I HAD A 5 ALBUM DEAL ….I GAVE THEM 12 PROJECTS /ALBUMS if u include all the mixtapes with original music,” he wrote. “I can OFFICIALLY go on record and say I exceeded that 5 ALBUM MARK … AND IM STILL JUST GETTING MY FEET IN THE WATER.”
The 27-year-old artist signed to the label in 2015 in conjunction with Benny Blanco’s Mad Love Records. His inaugural album, I Told You, arrived in 2016 and debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, selling roughly 52,000 album equivalent units in its first week.
He dropped three more full length albums under the Interscope umbrella: 2018’s Memories Don’t Die, 2018’s Love Me Now? and 2019’s Chixtape 5. He also released multiple mixtapes since signing with the label along with a 2019 EP called International Fargo.
The New Toronto 2 mixtape arrived in 2017 via Mad Love. A specific release date for the next installment has yet to be announced.
he better not have just been reassigned to a different label within universal, otherwise he’s gonna have the same gripes, whatever they were. if he is legitimately free, dude should stay independent as far as recording goes, and only use any company thats tied at all to a major for marketing/promotion.
All facts right here them and Def Jam are notorious for that ish.
Thought Tory Lane was a pornstar?
This guy is not smart announcing a news of this caliber prematurely. Now the label has a reason not to promote this his new shit cause he thinks he can do it on his own. You always have to be sneaky with these labels cause they got connects on the media world and the radio and can shelf you for life. His ego is somewhere on planet mars.
Did you guys know DMX signed back with Def Jam? Hopefully they make some good music. Def Jam hasn’t been really great since the Ludacris days and earlier. Def Jam used to be pretty awesome, and had great production teams. Very unique sounds back then, and very easy to pick out from other labels/hiphop music.
Congratulations :0) glad he is free cus I remember hearing he wasn’t happy atall. Hope u don’t just sign to another label that blocks his creativity or happiness or watever.