The Kid Laroi Slams Scooter Braun, Calls Working With the Manager a ‘Mistake’
usmagazine.comNot mincing his words. The Kid Laroi has something to say about his former manager, Scooter Braun, and he isn’t holding back.The “Stay” singer, 18, blatantly called his prior deal with the music exec, 40, a “mistake” via TikTok on Wednesday, April 13.“Show me ur last mistake.
Use this sound,” the Australia native captioned his most recent video, promoting his upcoming song “Thousand Miles.” As the track plays — “Here goes another mistake / I know I’m gonna make, I know I’m gonna make / I know I’m gonna make tonight,” Laroi sings on the chorus — photos of Braun pop up.The “Without You” singer originally signed with Braun’s SB Projects in June 2021, but left the management team just four months later.
While Laroi — who has since signed with Lil Nas X’s manager, Adam Leber — hasn’t spoken publicly about the reason why he left SB Projects, Billboard reported that the artist allegedly thought Braun would be more “directly involved” in his career. (The outlet also claimed that Laroi was having issues with Allison Kaye, the president of SB Projects.)For his part, the Schoolboy Records founder — who has managed Justin Bieber for over a decade — told Billboard: “Laroi is a brilliant artist, and I wish him and his family nothing but the best.
I’m proud of the historic success we had together in our short time — I am rooting for him always, and he knows that.” (The Kid Laroi was nominated for two Grammys this year: Best New Artist and Album of the Year for Bieber’s Justice, on which he was featured on “Stay”.)This is not the first time Braun — who also manages artists like Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato and more — has been called out by artists in the industry.Taylor Swift first slammed the New York native in June 2019 when she learned
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