RAP BEEF TIMELINE · 2014–2015
Birdman vs. Tyga
The Gold Album delay
ResolvedHeat index 3/5
Tyga publicly complains that Cash Money is delaying The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty and puts the frustration into “Make It Work.” The label conflict recedes after his eventual exit from the orbit.
THE RECORD
The moments
Music industry · disputed account
Tyga airs out album-delay frustration
Tyga publicly says his Gold Album is being held up by Cash Money and Young Money, moving an internal label issue into the open.
Read the receipt ↗Diss track
“Make It Work” makes the frustration musical
Tyga’s record carries label-directed tension while also serving another conflict. It becomes the era’s clearest public artifact of his Cash Money split.
▶ Find “Make It Work”Read the receipt ↗
THE RECEIPTS
Sources and listening
Cash Money field dossiers — public records and interviews ↗ARTIST LENSES