Pusha T, Clipse Had to Pay an Insane Money to Exit Def Jam Deal

Pusha T and Clipse had to pay an insane seven figures to get out of their Def Jam deal because they didn’t want to censor Kendrick Lamar‘s verse on a song.

Push, Clipse Had to Pay Seven Figures to Exit Def Jam Deal

In a new interview with Billboard, published on Tuesday (June 3), Pusha T’s manager, Steven Victor, revealed that Pusha T and Clipse, his rap tandem with his brother No Malice, had to pay a “s**t-ton of money” to exit their deal with Def Jam all because they didn’t want to censor Kendrick Lamar’s verse on “Whips & Chains,” which will appear on their upcoming album, Let God Sort Em Out.

Read Pusha T and Steven Victor’s Tweets About Clipse Exiting Def Jam Below

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