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# The Game Warns Rappers To Reject ‘Slave Deals,” Stay Indie
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/the-game-warns-rappers-to-reject-slave-deals-stay-indie/
- Published: 2020-02-26T14:44:38.000Z
- Updated: 2020-02-26T14:44:40.000Z
- Description: Outspoken rapper The Game is warning his peers to avoid signing “slave deals” with record labels. “The labels sign young artists to slave deals & their only concern is how. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2020/02/the-game-warns-rappers-to-reject-slave-deals-stay-indie.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Indie Music, Music Business, hip hop, rap, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:55

Outspoken rapper The Game is warning his peers to avoid signing “slave deals” with record labels.

“The labels sign young artists to slave deals & their only concern is how they can use you to make more money.” the rapper tweeted. “They don’t even advertise or market you no more, they let u do it yourself on IG while they sit back, steal & wait 4 the next you.”

“Stay INDEPENDENT. OWN your masters.” he continued. “Do the work yourself & the payoff will be worth it. Almost 20 years in music & not once did anyone tell me this. Shit, I’m still waiting on them to tell YOU.”

**Photo above:* By Eric Garcetti – The Game speaking at a press conference with LAPD Chief Beck, Mayor Garcetti, Snoop Dogg, and community members after the police ambush in Dallas, [CC BY 2.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51154823&ref=hypebot.com)*