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There’s no reason to sign with a label, says Chance The Rapper
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 2 October 2013
Chance The Rapper, who has risen to prominence this year with the release of his free ‘Acid Rap’ mixtape, has told Rolling Stone that he sees “no reason” to sign a deal with a label. So presumably he’ll say “fuck off” if and when a label arrives wanting to invest a million dollars into his career.
On future career plans, the rapper said: “There’s no reason to [sign with a label]. It’s a dead industry … The whole point of ‘Acid Rap’ was just to ask people a question: does the music business side of this dictate what type of project this is? If it’s all original music and it’s got this much emotion around it and it connects this way with this many people, is it a mixtape? What’s an album these days, anyways? ‘Cause I didn’t sell it, does that mean it’s not an official release? So I might not ever drop a for-sale project. Maybe I’ll just make my money touring”.
Asked if one reason for staying away from a label deal was that it gave him more control over his image, he added: “I don’t really have control over my direct impression on people anymore. I used to be the person putting my CD in people’s hands. But I’m kind of a mainstream artist now. Not by choice. Not by what I make or anything. But just by that ripple-effect shit”.
So, no then. Read the full interview here.
