Irv Gotti Responds To Lloyd's Request For Freedom

Murder Inc. head Irv Gotti has officially responded to Lloyd's request to split from the label and the commercial failure of his last album.

Although he said he is unclear about why Lloyd wants the separation, Irv says he will take his request "into consideration."

"He is still signed with Murder Inc. and I will make a decision shortly on what I am gonna do with him," Gotti wrote in a statement. "His last record didn't sell well at all. And, once again, he had his CREATIVE freedom to do whatever he wanted to do. But for some reason the people did not respond to the album or to him. But I will decide what I wanna do! As always when it comes to me, it's Murder For Life! And anyone who doesn't wanna be apart of that, I will take into consideration."

Yo! Raps previously reported on Lloyd's plea for a change late last week.

"I'm ready for a change," he said in a statement. "There's no bad blood. I just feel I need to take more control over my career and get a fresh start. Hopefully Irv can understand that."

R&B Singer Lloyd Leaves The Inc

In spite of his plans to bring The Inc out of the relevancy grave, Irv Gotti is seeing another one of his artists asking to be let out of their obligations to the label.
Although proven to be The Inc's most loyal artist, R&B singer Lloyd has decided to part ways with his home for the past five years.

"I'm ready for a change," he said in a press release. "There's no bad blood. I just feel I need to take more control over my career and get a fresh start. Hopefully Irv can understand my position."

Lloyd's decision comes in sharp contrast to the image portrayed on Gotti's VH1 reality show, which the singer has been featured on.

A seperate statement released by Lloyd's manager went into detail about the singer's motivation to leave saying, "We find ourselves in limbo for the second time in three years. It's frustrating to know that opportunities to advance Lloyd's career are out there but we can't exploit them due to our current situation. Even though Lloyd is very appreciative of the opportunity that has been afforded him by the Inc, he feels it's time for him to move on and seek opportunities that will allow him to build and enhance his brand."

Despite his situation, Lloyd is said to be working on his fourth album.

As of now, Gotti had issued no statement on Lloyd's decision to leave the label.