Death Grips Dropped by Epic Records

Published Nov 01, 2012

Sacramento doom-rappers Death Grips have been sabotaging their relationship with Epic Records as of late, first by spontaneously releasing their album No Love Deep Web as a free digital download and, most recently, sharing the angry letter that they had received from the label. It comes as no surprise, then, that Epic is in the process of dropping the group from its roster.The label explained the decision with the following statement [via Pitchfork ]:This is probably a good choice for everyone involved. After all, Death Grips are clearly determined to do things their own way and not let a major label control their renegade approach to self-promotion. As for Epic, the label wrote in a recently leaked email to the band, "Epic will not be pay [sic] for an album that thousands of people have already downloaded." Now they won't have to.In other words, nobody is about to force Death Grips to takeoffline. Get it for free below.