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During a sitdown on LeBron James' YouTube series'The Shop,' Gunna pushed back against rappers who were so quick to dismiss the power of a major label.

YouTube Gunna Advises New Artists How To Navigate Major Label System: 'You Shouldn't Say Fuck The Labels Published on:Apr 14, 2022, 1:01 PM by 4 During a sit-down on LeBron James YouTube series The Shop, Gunnapushed back against rappers who are quick to dismiss the power of a major label. Some people be like well fuck the labels we dont need labels, but these like really business partners how I look at it,' the DS4EVER lyricist said while sitting alongside Rick Ross LeBron, AJa Wilson and Steve Stoute. You shouldnt say fuck the labels cause they taking a chance on you. When they give you money, they taking the risk too. Its up to you to really make this money back and go make more money, and like for like all like the young artists who are coming up like I wanna tell them just like man dont look at it as like its a bad deal. You not getting what you want in the beginning because it can always get better. The Atlanta-bred rhymer, who is currently signed to Atlantic, then referred to himself as the contract killer. I call it like contract killer like, you give me the contract, Im gonna kill it, and then in another contract, its my terms and conditions now. A post shared by Rap by RAPTV (@rap) Elsewhere in the episode, Gunna spoke about how Rick Rosss 2014 purchase of Evander Holyfields 109-room mansion in Atlanta was what inspired him to start taking his money-making ventures seriously. That house, right, is like a monument to me because I stayed in Pointer Ridge, Gunna said, adding that the distance between his old neighborhood and Rozays new crib was only a few minutes drive, and that hed drive by the house every other day. Read more