Trinidad James Reveals The Real Reason He Got Dropped By Def Jam — mtv.com

It all happened very fast for Trinidad James. Just two months after dropping his debut mixtape Don’t Be S.A.F.E., the vehicle which carried his breakout single “All Gold Everything,” the Atlanta rapper signed a reported $2 million dollar record deal with Def Jam in 2012. Earlier this month, the deal was dissolved and James was dropped from the label without ever releasing a debut album. “I feel like we just had a difference of creative ideas,” James explained to MTV News on Monday in Atlanta. “And for me personally, I know that I am somewhat of a person that’s just gonna do it their own way… For me personally I don’t think I needed a major at the point of time in my career that I was at.”

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