Rappers that have been blackballed by the industry.

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Sagat said:
Why nikkas forget he was on Def Jam in 2003?

He went at Hov on the pump it up remix and he was like :scusthov:not today nikka.

Budden has never been mainstream or close to it since.
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That doesn't mean he's blackballed, he's just not that type of artist. Mood Muzik etc was popular just not mainstream, not everything is mainstream and not everything needs to be.
 
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The God Poster said:
That's on him...If you can name songs that deserved to get mainstream appeal/pop off I may agree.

We gone act like he ain't drop that garbage song with Busta:heh:
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If I'm not mistaken, Budden had a a feature on a Nick Cannon record and a Marques Houston record. The Nick Cannon record should've been a Joe Budden song, because it was kind of a waste of a Just Blaze beat otherwise. I don't think he was black balled. His sophomore Def Jam album The Growth did get shelved though.
 
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Screwface Exchange said:
He wasnt in jail till 2000-2001. He his early joints in 1992/93 then vanished for years. Black balled.
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What was the reason for him getting blackballed? Just because someone doesn't keep having smash records or releasing albums doesn't mean they were blackballed. Sometimes they don't make any more good music, sometimes they have writers block and can't get anywhere, sometimes they take too long to record again and the label doesn't have the time, money or will to push them as if they were a new artist again.
 
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Gucci Mane was blackballed early during the Jeezy beef but fought thru it with Chicken Talk.

Three 6 has infamously blackballed Yo Gotti and other Memphis rapper back in the day.

Danny Boy, Outlawz and pretty much all of the Death Row acts outside of Snoop once Suge got locked up.

Shawty Lo got it when he beefed with TI and because his management taxed promoters for shows when his album dropped.

Master P shut down lots of stuff for Pastor Troy.

Clipse had to do the We Got It 4 Cheap series because of Jive gave them the cold shoulder.

Roscoe Dash caught it after complaining about writing credits for Wale & Kanye.

50 was post-Columbia until he started dropping mixtapes. He somewhat blackballed now musically but he has money from other ventures so they can't shut him down.

Murder Inc got blackballed after the 50 beef and the FBI raid. Lyor nem made sure they didn't get the number one record with Lloyd by messing with the numbers.

Cam & Dipset caught it from Jay and got his album delayed.

Jay also blocked Chris Brown after the Rihanna incident.

Kerri Hilson after dissing Beyonce.

Amerie caught it to make way for Beyonce.

French Montana was because of the DVDs and had to come to Atlanta to pop off.

August Alsina after the 106 & Park incident. Same with Webbie.

Ras Kass because of Priority.

Eazy E because of going against Dr. Dre and in turn Bryan Turner & Jimmy Iovine.

Mannie Fresh after he left Cash Money.

Master P has been since the 00's.

It's some more but these off the top of my head. It was really prevalent in the pre-digital age. Piss off the wrong person and you'll go thru hell.
 
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When Joe replied to Jay's freestyle he effectively got the shaft by his labelmate. Jay's always been close to the YT execs like Lyor.
 
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