Erykah Badu and her tweets got the music industry buzzing earlier this weekafter she took it upon herself to announce that her record label Universal Motown is defunct!!
Erykah tweet “Motown folded,” to her 300,000+ followers on Wednesday. Since last month the label head, Sylvia Rhone, stepped down from her post in last post, the claim seems quite credible.
But of course Universal/Motown insiders are saying there is no truth to the singer’s tweet. “They are searching for someone to bring in a senior creative role,” a source told Billboard. “If it’s someone that’s really creative-oriented, then it might be a different title, but if they find someone creative with business qualifications, then it could be president.”
The singer later tried to back peddle via another tweet by saying, “There must have been a better verb I could have used. ‘folded’ seems a little …I don’t know, cowardly, huh? honest mistake”.
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