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Rakim And Dr. Dre Part Ways
07/19/2003 7:00 AM, Yahoo! Music
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(7/19/03, 7 a.m. ET) -- Legendary rapper Rakim has left Dr. Dre's Aftermath Records, according to the label's website. Rakim joined the label three years ago but never released his long awaited album, Oh My God.
Rakim's manager Zach Katz made the following statement: "He's already shopping a new deal. He's left Aftermath. They mutually decided to go their separate ways. There are reasons, but I really can't get into them, just basically creative differences. And he's already talking to other people. So that's really what it is."
Rakim's departure from Aftermath comes as a surprise because just two weeks ago the rapper told MTV that things were moving along, saying, "Me and Dre, we about to do full-steam on it and hopefully we should have a single out towards the end of summer and the album will follow shortly after that. We finally got everything on track like we wanted."
Rakim and his former partner Eric B. released the hip-hop classic Paid In Full in 1987. The duo parted ways in 1992 and since then Rakim released two solo efforts, 1997's the 18th Letter, and 1999's the Master.
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