There are all sorts of rumors that Kendrick Lamar has left TDE, either to focus on his own imprint, join former TDE President Dave Free -- who left the label last year -- or both.
Kendrick wants all of that chatter to end. So he cut a video addressing TDE boss Top Dawg, who then posted the message on Instagram.
"Top, you gotta stop them from smutting my name, man,” Kendrick says from off-camera. "They been smuttin’ my name all year, man, you ain’t said nothing. Enough is enough, man. Got ’em saying I done shook the label and all that, man. They must not know about that pickle juice that’s under your red cap, man. About that sweat that’s holding that red cap together. The reason why it don’t fall off your head, that lubricant. You need to tell ’em that the reason why that red cap don’t fall off your head, man. So why would I fall off? Watching cartoons, man."
Kendrick hasn't dropped an album in about three and a half years and is rarely heard from at all.
But he's talking now.