A Timeline of Lil Uzi Vert’s Struggles With His Record Label

After putting out four mixtapes under Drama and Cannon’s Generation Now imprint, Wiz Khalifa announces Uzi is Taylor Gang during a show in Philadelphia, leading to confusion. Uzi even appears to cosign the gesture on social media.

A few days later, Drama and Cannon set the record straight via Twitter.

"Due to any confusion or contrary belief, Lil Uzi Vert is only 'Signed' to Generation Now, LLC!" Drama posts.

Cannon echoes the statement on Twitter, posting, "Respectfully, we have alotta of love for Taylor Gang and Wiz, but Lil Uzi Vert is signed to Generation Now. Here is your answer."

Upset over his Luv Is Rage 2 album being delayed, Uzi hops on social media to vent.

"Can I honestly tell y'all why this album ain't drop," he posts. "It's because of a Old Person who doesn't Understand what's going on right now......Can You Guess Who?"

Several people in the comments speculate DJ Drama is the unnamed source of Uzi ire. He later deletes the tweets. Several days later, Don Cannon explains that mixing and mastering is contributing to LIR2 holdups.

Uzi has another moment of frustration that he lets out via Twitter. During a string of tweets, he posts, “If y’all do sign ... sign 2 a major Dont sign 2 a rapper or a Dj ........Its Just Easier When The Time Come For That Fake Shit.”

A few days later, he randomly adds, “Don cannon real as fuck .... fuck the rest of them niggas .”

Lil Uzi provides an assist on Shabazz PBG's new song “Shells” and rhymes about splitting with his label spitting, "Tryna figure out how I'm gonna get out my deal/I'm a bad boy, a reverend, I feel like I'm Ma$e/Your bitch with me but she got to leave by eight."

The lines come six months after he teased his sophomore album Eternal Atake, which has yet to receive a release date.

Uzi announces to the world that he is giving up music altogether via Instagram story.

“I wanna take the time out to say I thank each and every one of my supporters but I’m done with music,” Uzi writes. “I deleted everything. I wanna be normal … I wanna wake up in 2013.”

The “XO Tour Liif3” rapper hops on Instagram Live to tell fans his label situation is stopping him from dropping new music. He also compares signing a record deal to snitching.

"And that goes for the streets too. You ain't supposed to sign no muthafuckin' paper in the streets because that's ratting," he says. "How the fuck I even sign this shit? I set myself up!"

Uzi seems saddened by the fact that he can’t hit up the studio after claiming he was done making music for good. He reminisces on Instagram, captioning a photo, "Wish I could still go to the studio. Just reminiscing."