Burna Boy set to leave Aristokrat record label

Burna Boy has been confirmed to be leaving his Aristocrat record label by the end of 2013 and will be becoming his own boss

The dancehall star (real name Damini Ogulu) who signed with the record label in 2011 is looking at launching his own company at the start of 2014. Burna has made this clear with Aristokrat even though the news of his departure has not reached the public.

The problem started when his debut album ‘L.I.F.E’ dropped in August 2013. Burna Boy wasn’t pleased with the way the label handled the marketing and release of the album.
Contrary to reports earlier published, Burna did NOT get a N10m upfront payment for the album. The artiste feels the label should have done better – probably with a high budget album launch, major campaign
etc.
‘He can’t be told anything to do, he’s a big boy right now. He won’t just listen anymore, the label are frustrated with his actions’.
NET has discovered that Burna has moved out of the house provided for him by the label in Lekki Phase 1 and relocated to house in Chevron Estate also in Lekki, Lagos. He has extricated himself from them and now handles his career with a former label employee who now only answers to him (Burna).
A rep for the label confirms that there is an on-going rift but insists both parties are still in an agreement. ‘His contract expires in 2014 but what he thinks is of his own. The label has provided everything for him’.