In the first quarter of 2011, Maryland rapper Wax (now based in Los Angeles) celebrated as he signed a deal with Def Jam Records, after garnering a buzz online and racking up more than 12 million Youtube views.

A year later, the deal just hasn’t worked out. In a clip, released on his Youtube channel on Friday (August 24), the rap newcomer revealed that he’s since split from Def Jam… and explains why.

Wax points to creative differences with label executives, songwriters, producers, and everyone in between during the creation of what would be his major label debut… after which, he became so un-inspired, he requested a release and it’s been granted.

“After a while, everything you do, is so put under a microscope. All the songs that you make are put under a microscope by 20 people,” the rapper explains. “The point is, after a while, you second guess yourself to the point where you don’t trust your own instinct anymore. Your instinct is really what gets you to that place in the first place.

“I was kinda feeling like I was making sacrifices that I didn’t really wanna make,” Wax continued.

Despite the setback, Wax says he’s happy that he can, once again, control his own destiny, specifically the direction of his music… and will release his next album “sometime around Halloween.”

Further details were unknown at press time. For more info, visit his official website at WaxDotCom.com.

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