M.I.A parts ways with Jay Z's Roc Nation
02 January 2014, 10:36
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
(News)
M.I.A has started the new year by announcing that she’s left Roc Nation, the company owned by Jay Z.
The news comes following building tension between both the singer and her management at the company in the lead up to recent album Matangi.
Roc Nation themselves recently penned a management deal with Grimes. You can check out M.I.A announcing the move in her tweet beneath:
2013 i dlted old tweet to bring u this. im leaving @RocNation . Thank to everyone who supported the M.I.A #MATANGI LP. HAPPY NEW YEAR | 2014
— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) December 31, 2013
[via The 405]
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