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Diddy to end Warner partnership
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 28 September 2009
As speculated last week, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has confirmed he is to end his recording and business relationship with Warner Music.
Gossipers last week said delays in the release of Diddy’s own new album ‘Last Train To Paris’ had been caused by the hip hop mogul’s plans to enter into a new business deal with another major – most likely Universal’s Interscope – as his relationship with Warner reaches its completion.
The rapper told Billboard this weekend: “Now that the term of the Warner deal has ended, I have elected to accept an opportunity to move my recording career and future label ventures to another company”.
Warner’s relationship with Diddy covered his Bad Boy Records business as well as his own recordings. It’s thought, somewhat confusingly, existing Bad Boy artists and the label’s catalogue will stay within the Warner group, while any new Diddy signings will be part of whatever his next business venture is.
