It has been just about 8 months since Def Jam Chairman L.A. Reid gave a Shyne a multi million dollar deal on one of Hip Hop's most prestigious labels. Now Po wants out, and is contemplating moving on to Cash Money, as it was reported previously Shyne has been working with Cash Money and plans to release an album through them this December.
In an interview with SOHH, Shyne speaks on his displeasures with Def Jam.
Shyne says Def Jam has no interest in promoting and pushing hip-hop acts as one of his reasons for seeking a new label home.
"I'm definitely trying to get with Cash Money but the Def Jam thing is a question mark right now. I've been fixing to get up out of there for a while now because [Island Def Jam CEO] L.A. Reid don't care about hip-hop. The people up there, they don't know what they're doing. When you don't have a strong leader, where you gonna go? ... They don't care about hip-hop music. You give them a hip-hop record with an R&B singer, you "might" have a chance. They don't care. You got The Roots, Ghostface, Nas, probably the best hip-hop roster you could imagine and they do nothing. L.A. Reid doesn't want nothing to do with rappers -- it's nothing personal, I don't have nothing personal with dude but he makes it known he doesn't care about hip-hop. So I'm really interested in seeing who's gonna replace him. Because I know he's been replaced -- so I wanna find out who's gonna take his spot before I decide what I'm gonna do with Def Jam...The music that we make is responsible for pop, R&B, everything that's jumping right now..."
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