Pusha T and Malice had to drop a seven-figure sum to get out of their deal with Def Jam.

According to an interview Billboard published on Tuesday, June 3, Push's manager, Steven Victor, explained how the Virginia rappers were able to make the move from their longtime record label to Roc Nation amid issues Def Jam's parent company, UMG, had with Clipse's upcoming collaboration with Kendrick Lamar . Following Def Jam's decision to cut ties with the duo, Push and Malice ended up paying "an insane amount of money" to get out of their deal and Push's solo deal.

"They said, 'Find another deal, and let’s figure out a business,'" Victor explained. "They didn’t drop us. They were like, 'Pay us this money' — which was an exorbitant amount of money, a s**t ton of money — 'and we

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