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Joe Budden Reacts To Rod Wave Saying He Feels Like He Sold His Soul

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3 years ago

January 26, 2022

Peter Dredd

Joe Budden Reacts To Rod Wave’s Retirement Plan

Joe Budden has weighed in on Rod Wave’s recent comments about retiring and selling his soul.

“At 22-years-old, his interpretation of the music industry is probably different from what he’s experiencing now and he’s a primary act. Which means he’s being exposed to quite a bit and [the label is] leaning on him quite a lot,” he said.

“The weight could get heavy. We just saw Yung Bleu go through it. He dropped, didn’t put on a bad show, then said ‘I’m depressed’ and put out a project that said ‘I’m depressed.’ We saw someone else come out publicly recently and speak to just not being okay.”

Joe continued, “Mental health has been a thing for artists for the past few years. Big Sean. we can go on and on. But for a newer act… Rod Wave hasn’t been around for so long… for a newer act to pick all this up and feel this way so early.”

“I wonder if he means when he says he’s only here for a little minute as Rod Wave that he’s already trying to figure out a way to get from underneath that,” he added.

On Instagram Live, Rod Wave told fans he dropped “Cold December” to honor the terms of his $15 million contract with Alamo Records and Sony Music Entertainment.

“I was in a $15 million deal contract that I was trying to close on and they was like, ‘They need that song.’ That’s the only reason why I dropped that sh*t. But I wasn’t never gon’ drop that sh*t if you want to be technical,” he said.

“I’m only here for a little longer and when I say that as in Rod Wave,” he continued. “I’m only here for a little money. I’ll leave y’all straight though. I gave y’all straight crack. Nobody was f*cking with me with that pen.”