Our A&R source at Columbia Records tells TheYBF.com that rappers Bow Wow and Jim Jones have just been dropped from the label. We called the Columbia offices to get an official statement, but it was after hours. Columbia has, though, removed both artists from their website.
Looks like Bow Wow got his wish. He was complaining on Twitter for days recently about how bad he wanted out of his contract with Columbia because they weren’t treating him right. He also alluded to them not paying enough attention to him and made a point to say that Beyonce is also on Columbia. He later removed those particular Tweets but insisted that he wanted bigger and better things.
UPDATE: Bow Wow confirmed via Twitter that he and Columbia have parted ways:
bow wow’s official statement: thanx 2 my fans. i have not yet made any commitments 2 no 1. jus wanna take dis time to chill wit fam and luv 1s13 minutes ago from web
oh im gettn f*cked up 2nite! yo maaaaaack lets celebrate we family now nigga! about 3 hours ago from web
i guesses wishes do come true. now yall get ready for da new ME! its ova now. $ about 3 hours ago from web —
Mon, June 22, 2009 8:36 PM
so now they can sit home doing nothing. i wonder if they qualify for unemployment?
Mon, June 22, 2009 8:37 PM
or public assistance?
Mon, June 22, 2009 8:38 PM
Womp Womp Womp…thats what Bow Wow gets for being so cocky..
Mon, June 22, 2009 8:40 PM
Bow Wow is corny as hell!! Be careful what you wish for foo!
Mon, June 22, 2009 8:40 PM
LMAO! They both are lame to me anyway….Oh wells.
Mon, June 22, 2009 8:40 PM
Bow Wow is always complaining, I really wish he would enroll at a local community college. Education would really do him some good. I thought he was done with “Rapping” anyway?
Mon, June 22, 2009 8:44 PM
Haha, Bow wow is jealous of Bey just like the other homoerotic boys in the industry!
Mon, June 22, 2009 8:56 PM
Word….it’s like that.
Mon, June 22, 2009 8:58 PM
bow wow dont sell many records. when only 65,000 teenage girls go out and buy your album that’s not enough to pay the bills over at columbia.
Mon, June 22, 2009 9:02 PM
Guess Jim ain’t flyin so high anymore. *corny jokes out*
Mon, June 22, 2009 9:04 PM
For a BOY who Twitters more than there are first class HO’s located on each corner & a MAN who appears that he knows NO more than 5 letter words…how is it really a surprise. Please.
Mon, June 22, 2009 9:09 PM
Columbia would have paid him more attention if he were actually talented and popular….He’s an ass, so i don’t really feel for him
Mon, June 22, 2009 9:13 PM
Hmm, let’s see for Beyonce has talent, bow wow does what again?? I’m confused, is he really a rapper. Let’s see Columbia is a record company, bey is a talented singer, bow wow is what again?? They should have been dropped his b!tch @ss!
Jim Jones dropped??? Just when I thought he couldn’t look any stankier/dirtier ewww.
Mon, June 22, 2009 9:15 PM
Yeah possibly.
…and where Jim Jones is concerned, he has beef with Jay-Z so that may have a role in him being dropped from the label. IDK, Lol.
I could care less about Bow and Jim, they both need to disappear.
Mon, June 22, 2009 9:17 PM
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!
(and one more for good luck) HA!
Mon, June 22, 2009 9:19 PM
LMBAO, SO TRUE, SO TRUE
Mon, June 22, 2009 9:22 PM
u know u dont take cheap shots @ queen bee and get away with it (sarcasm) …smdh..
Mon, June 22, 2009 9:23 PM
Um….Bow Wow needed 2 b droped….he is way 2 cocky and he aint even doin that well he needs to take a sit down 2 figure out wat the hell he wanna do cus not 2 many labels r willin 2 put up with his ish.
Jim Jones needs rehab and a hot comb lmao
Mon, June 22, 2009 9:24 PM
Alluding he wanted a new contract; ….he saw this one coming. I wonder who told him. Although I’m not a fan of his music (he’s a better actor), I hope the little guy finds something productive to do in the future. (Hopefully, he can start by pulling his pants up.)
Mon, June 22, 2009 9:36 PM
Nigga been tweetin about a new contract when in actuality he knew he was gettin dropped…..
Mon, June 22, 2009 9:46 PM
Damn yall really hating on Bow Wow without truly knowing the situation.
Mon, June 22, 2009 9:47 PM
BOW WOW, IS A DUMB, FOOLISH LITTLE BOY WITH NO DIRECTION AND NOBODY SCHOOLIN HIM.
NOT ONCE, BUT AT LEAST TWICE HE HAS HAD CARS REPOD AND HE’S HAD HOMES FORECLOSED ON . WHEN HIS RECORD COMPANY ADVANCED HIM MONEY…WHAT DOES HE DO………..HE LEASES A LAMBO????????? SO HE CAN ‘APPEAR’ WEALTHY WHEN EVERYONE WITHIN THE INDUSTRY AND OUTSIDE OF IT, KNOWS HE’S STRAIGHT FRONTIN….HE’S BROKE.
Mon, June 22, 2009 9:59 PM
Little Bark Bark, was only cute as a little kid rapping. Now that he is older with a big mouth,the cuteness is gone.
Dirty Jones, comes out wit a record every what, 5 or 6yrs. Only one hit single to an album. These people spend more money than they make. Go figure.
Mon, June 22, 2009 10:03 PM
Here we go again with the B.I.O.B (blame it on Beyonce syndrome) as if his s@#t was selling any way.
Mon, June 22, 2009 10:20 PM
Damn, I cant even think of anything clever after reading the previous comments.. lol, ya’ll stupid….”dirty jones”..D.E.A. capitol D
Mon, June 22, 2009 10:21 PM
THIS AIN’T BEYONCE’S FAULT, AND PLEASE BELIEVE BY NO MEANS, AM I BEYONCE FAN. I CANNOT STAND HER GARBAGE MUSIC. I WOULD BE EMBARRASSED TO HAVE HER MUSIC BUMPIN IN MY CAR.
Mon, June 22, 2009 10:24 PM
who cares, they aint do a DAMN thing for Columbia..we all know who head bitch in charge @ columbia..yes Queen Bey :-)
Mon, June 22, 2009 10:58 PM
Yeah, that’s how I feel about him…str8 up…he seems to have too much time on his hands…he may need to get up on some college courses.
Mon, June 22, 2009 11:01 PM
Come on Bow! You shoulda known that phony “cockiness” wasn’t going to get you anywhere. You really think anybody else is going to want to sign you with all that garbage you “rap” about?
What a waste!
Mon, June 22, 2009 11:17 PM
Cry me a river Bitch Wow and Jim Hoe!
Mon, June 22, 2009 11:19 PM
LOL Basically!
Mon, June 22, 2009 11:20 PM
It’s gotta hurt to be Bow Wow. He’s considered a horrendous rapper, fake bravado, a wimpish, little boy. He will never live that down. Nobody takes him seriously and he tries so hard to appear hard, like a man and no body’s buying it. They see right through his ‘fake-ness’ (not a word). Maybe movies would his best option. He will forever play a sidekick to someone else though.
Mon, June 22, 2009 11:23 PM
I REALLY WISH PEOPLE COULD SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. MATHEW KNOWLES HAS MAD CONTROL AND CONNECTIONS IN THE INDUSTRY AND IT IS GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS GETTING OUT OF HAND. CAN’T YALL STOP BEING BLIND FOR A MINUTE AND NOTICE. WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY COMPLAINING ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT BEYONCE???? THIS ISN’T A HATER THING. BEYONCE IS TALENTED AND PRETTY, BUT SHE IS VERY OVERRATED. I MEAN PEOPLE ON BLOGS ARE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE LOOKING OVER WHAT SHE COPYIES AND THEN BLAMING OTHERS FOR SUPPOSEDLY COPYING HER. EVERYBODY IS LIKE PRAISING HER NOW BUT YET HER LAST CD WAS HER WORSE AND LESS SELLING THEN ON TOP OF THAT HER VIDEOS HAVE NO EFFORT ANYMORE. I MEAN HER TEAM IS REALLY GETTING OVER ON PEOPLE. THEY KNOW HER NAME WILL SELL THAT IS WHY THEY HELD REVIEWS FROM SHOWING FOR THAT MOVIE, THAT’S WHY SHE DOES QUICK VIDEOS. SHE IS TRYING SO HARD TO BE THIS ICON THAT SHE ISN’T EVEN MAKING IT ABOUT THE MUSIC ANYMORE BUT ABOUT HER NAME. AND I KNOW HALF OF YALL ARE GOING CALL ME A HATER AND PRAISE HER. BUT THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT. I MEAN IDRIS ELBA EVEN HAD SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT HER TEAM WHEN HE WAS WORKING WITH HER. I USED TO BE A BIG BEYONCE FAN BUT LATELY I HAVE BEEN NOTICING SOME THINGS. YEAH BOW WOW IS A COCKY ASSHOLE SO IT PROBABLY JUST CAME BACK ON HIM BUT BEYONCE BEING ON HIS LABEL HAS A LOT TO DO WITH LACK OF PROMO.
Mon, June 22, 2009 11:33 PM
Matthew Knowles does have a lot of control, doesn’t he? Hmmmmm…. regardless, if Bow had more promotion for this album or not he still would’ve got around the same amount of sells because people were slowly getting tired of the crap he raps about. Especially his cockiness. I wish him well cus right now he really sucks. His image sucks, I don’t want to wish bad on him.
He is a good actor, but if he EVER wants to reach the “Will Smith” status like he said in an interview, he has to be an all around awesome guy because Will Smith isn’t just a great actor, he’s a “people person”.
If Bow Wow could perfect that, he’ll be so much better and gain the respect he once had back.
Mon, June 22, 2009 11:35 PM
.. wow. you people are really stupid. I’m really laughing over here. Bow Wow was always with Columbia and has earned them massive bucks. It’s not that they didn’t care, it’s that they didn’t allow him to try new things. Like he stated. When he mentioned Beyonce he meant that they do everything to appeal to her. But not as much to him, seeing as though they are both big entities in different ways. Bow Wow was on Sony Urban and when that got cut, alot of “urban artists” lost the support that pushed them up.. They never got to regain it.
I highly doubt they would really drop him after he still sells out arena’s and has been with them for years. ‘
As far as Jim Jones.. I really dont think he even cares…
Mon, June 22, 2009 11:59 PM
Well, if Bow Wow is retiring like he said, why would he want a new contract? I think he should realize that his days of teeny bopper stans are over and he must move on to something other than music. Dude was average at best. I think he should take a page outta Romeo’s book and step his game up.
Tue, June 23, 2009 12:10 AM
You guys are so ignorant. Columbia is HELL for a rapper. Nas was unquestionably talented and failed there. Bow Wow’s management effed up. Critically his last album was better then a few of his previous which sold more. This album has Trey Songz, TI, Swizz Beats..it’s actually BETTER then his older stuff so it should’ve sold more.
And the PUBLIC ASSISTANCE jokes are disgusting. In actuality he’ll be on Hbo’s “Entourage” for another season and he has the Scream Tour this year. So despite your cruel wishes for a young black man to fail he’ll be okay. It’s tacky to mock those who are on welfare.
You call him cocky and have never met him. He obviously adopts a braggart style for jokes, even he said that when JD shows off it’s Bow Wow telling him to relax and not be arrogant. If Bow Wow was truly and a-hole no one in the industry would work with them. It’s no benefit for TI, Pimp C, Lil Wayne, R.Kelly, etc to work with him and they don’t need his money but they all have. If he was a spoiled jerk like you ASSUME he would have been embarrased from his peers and ex-fans like Yung Berg and Ja Rule.
Remind me not to read theybf comments again. They don’t represent the nice blog at all.
Tue, June 23, 2009 12:12 AM
You guys are so ignorant. Columbia is HELL for a rapper. Nas was unquestionably talented and failed there. Bow Wow’s management effed up. Critically his last album was better then a few of his previous which sold more. This album has Trey Songz, TI, Swizz Beats..it’s actually BETTER then his older stuff so it should’ve sold more.
And the PUBLIC ASSISTANCE jokes are disgusting. In actuality he’ll be on Hbo’s “Entourage” for another season and he has the Scream Tour this year. So despite your cruel wishes for a young black man to fail he’ll be okay. It’s tacky to mock those who are on welfare.
You call him cocky and have never met him. He obviously adopts a braggart style for jokes, even he said that when JD shows off it’s Bow Wow telling him to relax and not be arrogant. If Bow Wow was truly and a-hole no one in the industry would work with them. It’s no benefit for TI, Pimp C, Lil Wayne, R.Kelly, etc to work with him and they don’t need his money but they all have. If he was a spoiled jerk like you ASSUME he would have been embarrased from his peers and ex-fans like Yung Berg and Ja Rule.
Remind me not to read theybf comments again. They don’t represent the nice blog at all.
His game has been stepped up , to the last commenter. Stop ridin on the “it’s cool to detest Bow Wow” bandwagon. Think for yourself. You probably won’t hate his music as much as you think.
Tue, June 23, 2009 12:32 AM
i agree!
Tue, June 23, 2009 12:37 AM
UM THAT IS NOT TRUE MANY WORK WITH MATHEW KNOWLES CAUSE HE PAYS WELL AND HE IS DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH, PEOPLE AREN’T SPEAKING UP BUT SLOWLY SOME ARE. AND BOW WOW IS WAY COCKY AND IF YOU WATCH HIS INTERVIEWS, LIVE TV SHOW ON YOUTUBE, OR READ HIS TWITTER YOU WOULD KNOW THAT TO BE TRUE. HIS IS TALENTED BUT NOT HUMBLE AND KARMA BITES YOU IN THE BUTT SOMETIMES. WITH HIM ALWAYS BRAGGING ABOUT WHO HE IS AND STUFF.
Tue, June 23, 2009 12:48 AM
“little R&B groups that need my help, wish they had my style, wish they had my rep”
You can NOT tell me that isn’t cocky. It doesn’t matter whether he had more sales than those so-called “little R&B groups”, a modest person wouldn’t refer to anyone else as inferior to their own self. So noone’s ignorant here if they call Bow Wow cocky. They’re just telling it like it is.
If his management is entirely to blame, then he doesn’t need to keep the title of rapper. They must do all the work for him!
Rappers are supposed to be original and create their OWN work, not allow anybody else to take complete direction in their craft.
Noone’s trying to make “cruel wishes for a young black man”. Bow Wow I’m sure has been hearing peoples’ comments on his arrogant lyrics for years. EVEN HIS OWN FANS have said he bragged to much.
He’s a great actor, but when it comes to his lyrical content in his songs, he’s been “rapping” about the same things for the past five years. Even in hip hop magazines, Bow Wow was referred to as cocky and what else.
Tue, June 23, 2009 12:55 AM
Awwww. You must be his Mama. Ain’t nothin wrong with defending your baby. I would do the same thing too.
Tue, June 23, 2009 1:19 AM
You are a complete and utter idiot grow up.
Tue, June 23, 2009 1:42 AM
“little r&b groups” was just a line. He wasn’t referencing anyone. He’s never done a song with a r&b group aside from B5 years later. Hip Hop is about showy “I’m the best forget the rest” “no one does it like me ” lyrics.
And he’s a multiplatinum seller. He doesn’t depend on the label , but they should be there for him. This is his first underperforming label.
I didn’t say someone was ignorant for calling him cocky. Joking about people in need or assuming he’ll be broke is ignorant. If you don’t like don’t pay him attention.That’s all.
Tue, June 23, 2009 1:43 AM
That doesn’t even make since. You do realize he has fans don’t you. They didn’t all buy one album but he has people who support him. I hope someone supports you in life. You obviously don’t understand the term.
Tue, June 23, 2009 2:03 AM
Well, personally, I wish him well in whatever he does. I’d expect his songs would’ve changed over the years, somewhat. Whether I like the lyrics or not, most other people will buy a CD from any person who sings about their “rocks” and all that, but I just hope for more from Bow Wow.
I know he can become very much more successful as an actor than he already is. I hope he realizes he doesn’t need to carry that cocky persona in order to appeal to people because he’s made his mark in the music industry. Everybody obviously knows who he is.
I’m sure people would love to see a different, more mature Bow Wow. Someone who doesn’t necessarily brag about what he has and how much “better” he is than every other person.
Yes, it is ignorant when someone assumes he’s not going to have any money.
He may not always have a hit single in his future, but he definitely will draw audiences in many fields.
Who can easily forget the first hugely successful child rapper?
Tue, June 23, 2009 2:08 AM
THANK U!!!
Tue, June 23, 2009 2:16 AM
Girl, ain’t nobody buyin Bow’s CD’s. His last album FLOPPED and the one before with his booty buddy, Omaron FLOPPED. He was costin the label to much money and he is not worth it. GET OVER IT!!! Since there won’t be a bidding war to sign him, I’m sure if he is picked up, it’ll be some small ‘no name’ record company.
Tue, June 23, 2009 2:41 AM
Is anybody really surprise? Bow Wow should have spent more time writing rap lyrics instead of twittering on the internet and Jim Jones didn’t have a hit since Ballin…so let’s call a spade a spade here
Tue, June 23, 2009 3:23 AM
yeah…umm I posted earlier but n e way….I think yall should calm down….(the 1’s takin this ish seriously) I mean this is a media site not a drama site so save all your angers for wat other people have to say for your self..everyone is entitled to their own opinion…..save that drama 4 middle school..this ish isnt even that God damn serious lmao :D
Tue, June 23, 2009 3:31 AM
AWW POOR BOW WOW!
looks like there is only room for one diva at columbia :[
Tue, June 23, 2009 8:29 AM
thank god know there is room 4 more people who make sum real music
Tue, June 23, 2009 8:41 AM
Well here’s the difference Beyonce sells records YOU DON’T Lil Bow Wow. What’s the sense in having an artist who doesn’t bring in money but cost money? That’s not good businness little boy.
Tue, June 23, 2009 9:45 AM
now i kno da whole net saw me ASK to be let go so y r these stupidist ass reporters saying diff? swear they make up shit gnr they say wateva -www.twitter.com/bowwow614
Stop hatin’ on this dude man! Obviously the media is wrong! Now I love celebrity gossip just like y’all, but this is just horrible! He was not dropped! He asked to be let go! Point Blank Period. GNR!
Tue, June 23, 2009 9:55 AM
Bow Wow needs to sit his ass down. Columbia is not the reason he is no longer selling records. His fan base no longer caring about him is.
Tue, June 23, 2009 10:03 AM
Cue the Bow Wow stans that are gonna come in and try to convince us that Bow Wow is selling millions of records over seas. “We dont belive you. You need more people”
Tue, June 23, 2009 10:13 AM
The grammar in Bow Wow’s writings make my eyes cross. I dont care if it’s just on a social networking site, the guy writes on a 5th grade level.
Tue, June 23, 2009 10:57 AM
It’s cuz neither one of them make music worth listening to. Bow Wow is hanging onto his fame by a thread and JJ was ever relevant, we can take or leave him.
Tue, June 23, 2009 11:09 AM
Who would have ever thought Bow Wow would grow up to be such an arrogant @$$hole?
Tue, June 23, 2009 11:24 AM
see? now bow wow can pursue his acting career *snickers* and jim jones can take a bath–it’s a win/win situation! :)
bow wow will be fine, omarion will comfort him through this rough time. *cackles*
jokes aside…womp.
Tue, June 23, 2009 12:39 PM
Ok, ummm, How old was he when he wrote many lyrics. How many Jay Z, Puffy, Biggie, YOU NAME IT RAPPER, has had braggadocious lyrics, it’s a part of hip hop. He started out as a kid, and is in what is commonly known as a “hard transitional period.”
He has to reinvent himself, that’s not uncommon.
Tue, June 23, 2009 2:38 PM
a gold album is not a flop. That is Face Off
And to the person who said to write music instead of twittering. His latest album came out way before he had a twitter.
Tue, June 23, 2009 2:43 PM
-He got a twitter way AFTER his album came out.
- “Face Off” w/ Omarion didn’t flop it went GOLD. And that’s good for a collaboration album..or any album really.
- Anyone who likes Bow Wow isn’t a stan.
- No one said anything about overseas not even “stans”. He’s sold 10 million in the states and that’s not good? Yeah right. It is being a hater to ignore FACTS.
- Bow Wow brought Columbia money , then they dropped the ball on “New Jack City 2″ it’s not like he wasn’t selling THENNN they decided to slack on NJC2…his last solo album was PLATINUM. So don’t say it’s because Beyonce makes them money. Beyonce sales aren’t drastically much better then his.
Tue, June 23, 2009 3:39 PM
DEAD @ I Am… Sasha Fierce being Beyonce’s fastest selling-album to date and being the 5th highest selling album in 2009. Get ya facts straight WTF Beyonce gotta do w/ Bow Wow’s flopping ass and #2 Beyonce’s album isnt bad its something that has to grow on you its different, ya’ll always complaining she sticks to the same she does something diff ya’ll still complaining
AND Beyonce prob does get special treatment though shes is Columbia records highest selling artist (AS OF NOW AND SINCE 2003, DONT TRY TO BRING MARIAH INTO THIS)
Tue, June 23, 2009 3:45 PM
But they are
DIL – 11 MILLION
B DAY – 6 MILLION
IASF – 4 MILLION (AND COUNTING)
Bow Wow aint touching those Numbers
AND DONT LET ME BRING DC IN THIS, BEY AND DC HAVE SOLD OVER 70 MILLION ALBUMS AND OVER 130 RECORDS FOR COLUMBIA DONT DO IT
Tue, June 23, 2009 10:10 PM
BOW WAS NOT DROP U IMBECILES HE MADE A VIDEO ASKING TO BE RELEASED FROM HIS CONTRACT HE EVEN HAD A SUPPORT PAGE ON TWITTER CALLED @COLUMBIAFREEBOW AND THERES A VIDEO WHERE HE IS ASKING FOR COLUMBIA TO RELEASE HIM.
DANG U PEOPLE R EFFIN IGNORANT
Wed, June 24, 2009 4:30 PM
I mean Beyonce industry wise calm down. Her numbers are close to Rihnanna and Alicia Keys and as a solo artist she has yet to touch Brandy , alone. You just support the claims that Beyonce gets all of Columbia’s attention. He’s a platinum seller , she’s a platinume seller. Drastically would be saying he doesn’t sell and she does when they BOTH sell. And you’re using worldwide numbers. Beyonce’s DIL is not 11 million in the US. We’re talking America. Someone brought up not going into overseas already.
Wed, June 24, 2009 4:34 PM
Agrees. They don’t know much of what they type about except gossip not industry talk (the comments not the blog itself). He’s not broke when an artist’s money comes from concerts. and he’s paid for the Scream Tour and he did UCP with Chris Brown. And like I said that’s ONE flop he had but it was underpromoted BEFORE it flopped.