Complex released its list of the best rap verses of 2025 so far. Big names like Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Pusha T, and 2 Chainz ...

UMG also owns Def Jam, making the already complicated dynamics even more tricky. We also can't forget Pusha's past beef with Drake, in which he spilled the tea on the "Hotline Bling" rapper having ...

Clipse have revealed that their departure from Def Jam was reportedly sparked by a dispute over Kendrick Lamar’s guest verse on their upcoming album, ... (UMG), Def Jam’s parent company.

The project was originally slated to come out summer 2024 via Def Jam, but as Pusha T revealed in a new GQ profile, a dispute over a Kendrick Lamar verse led the UMG-owned label to drop both the ...

A rep for Def Jam and UMG didn’t immediately reply to request for comment. Advertisement The move forced Clipse to push back the album’s release date, which was originally supposed to be ...

Yesterday, Clipse made waves when GQ revealed that they have left Def Jam Recordings amid a spat over Kendrick Lamar’s appearance on their upcoming Let God Sort Em Out project. The Virginia duo ...

With creative freedom on the line, Clipse ultimately exited Def Jam and inked a new deal with Roc Nation, where they’ll now release Let God Sort Em Out. Neither Def Jam nor UMG has issued a ...

In a new interview with GQ, Pusha T explains they left Def Jam over a Kendrick Lamar verse. Pusha T and No Malice have reunited as Clipse for their first album in 15 years, Let God Sort ‘Em Out ...

Rap fans wondering who’s to blame for the delay of Clipse’s long-awaited reunion album now have a place to direct their anger: Def Jam (and, possibly, Drake).

Clipse have just dropped a snippet of Kendrick Lamar’s verse on their upcoming track “Chains & Whips,” and it’s already turning heads.

Pusha T Says Dispute Over Kendrick Lamar Verse Led to Expensive Def Jam Exit. ... Labels owned by UMG released or co-released many of the songs in the Lamar-Drake feud of 2024.

Def Jam's parent company, Universal Music Group (UMG), was reportedly concerned about the optics of the situation, with Lamar and Push being among the most vocal critics of Drake — the company's ...