A post shared by Atlantic Records (@atlanticrecords) on Ironically, Atlantic Records was one of many labels that felt compelled to go dark last week in support of #BlackOutTuesday, which was organized by two Black music executives “in observance of the long-standing racism and inequality that exists from the boardroom to the boulevard.” Since then however, many deem Atlanta Record’s post, and many other companies’ posts, as “performative” and hollow.
This isn’t the first time Gucci Mane got into beef with his label, either. The rapper, who signed to Atlantic Records in 2007, was dropped for a period of time in 2013 after tweeting insults towards the label and its representatives.
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