Chamillionaire Is Not Retiring…

…so that talk can stop right now. Was it really necessary for me to get 34 emails with “exclusive” news about him “retiring”? Especially when he NEVER said it to begin with! All he said before was that he wasn’t gonna put out Venom, nor anymore Mixtape Messiah mixtapes (after #7). Here’s some audio and a statement (after the jump) he made about the whole thing.


Several days ago, I did a live broadcast from my site, Chamillionaire.com, to let fans know where I am right now and what my intentions are musically for the future. Instead of clearing things up, the broadcast unintentionally spawned rumors of my retirement from music. Since then, I have been bombarded with emails and phone calls regarding my so-called retirement and the reasons behind me not dropping the promised “Venom” album.

It was definitely not my intention to mislead anyone into thinking that I plan to completely retire from music. I love making music and will continue to do so. What I am retiring is the “Mixtape Messiah” part of my career. This means no more jacking beats and no more underground mixtapes. I have been making and putting them out for over a decade and I feel like it is time to step to another level. The upcoming installment of the “Mixtape Messiah” series, “Mixtape Messiah 7″, will be the final one. Moving forward, a large majority of the music I release will be on original beats.

Additionally, even though I don’t plan on releasing any of the original material that I had wanted to call “Venom”, I will definitely be releasing a third Chamillionaire album with Universal. I am confident that my true fans will have plenty of fresh, new music to be as excited about as I am and I look forward to supplying their demand for new music.

I hope that my fans will understand that over time, you grow as a person and this means you will evolve as an artist. The experiences that you encounter throughout your life all contribute to those changes and that is bound to affect the music an artist feels like making at any given time. I love that my fans feel so deeply about the work I have done in the mixtape scene or the “Get Ya Mind Correct” era of my career, but at this time I want to focus 100% of my studio time on perfecting the commercial music I will release in the future.

Thanks for understanding.

Chamillionaire

Spread the word:
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • MySpace
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Global Grind

~ by Shake on June 5, 2009.

Hip Hop, Misc., News

Tags:

16 Responses to “Chamillionaire Is Not Retiring…”

  1. I knew he wasn’t retiring, but I’m sure a lot of people started hating on Cham for what he said…but, he did clearly say he was not retiring. Or pulling a stunt for that matter. He also said things would get clearer, and they are gradually.

    I’m sure he probably did this also to separate the real from the fake. He knew his true fans would stay with him.

    ADSix said this on June 5th, 2009 at 3:56 pm

  2. 34 ppl actually cared? interesting…

    Tommy said this on June 5th, 2009 at 3:58 pm

  3. I wonder what happens to all music from Venom

    Turner said this on June 5th, 2009 at 3:59 pm

  4. Time will tell when he comes back. He also said no more mixtapes period. I guess he’s gonna try and release future albums on his own label. If he does then it’ll be a good look on him cuz he won’t have to worry about the politics on what to put out and what not to. He can do what HE wants.

    Shady Universe said this on June 5th, 2009 at 4:04 pm

  5. he even said during the live stream “i’m not retiring”

    1dopeboy said this on June 5th, 2009 at 4:10 pm

  6. people like tommy jam and actually think prom queen went hard.. fuck outta here hatin bitch..

    texas raised said this on June 5th, 2009 at 4:16 pm

  7. attention whore much smh

    421 said this on June 5th, 2009 at 4:34 pm

  8. [...] Chamillionaire Is Not Retiring… 2dopeboyz [...]

    !!!!DAiLy LinkAge!!!!! « CONCEPT CITY MUSIC said this on June 5th, 2009 at 4:49 pm

  9. I figured he wouldn’t retire… Hopefully he releases the content of Venom on something else, unreleased music is a waste…

    Starks said this on June 5th, 2009 at 4:54 pm

  10. hearing about rappers retiring is a joke…makes me feel better chamillionaire never actually said it, because when i first read the post i couldnt remember one album hes even put out

    Ja. said this on June 5th, 2009 at 4:58 pm

  11. http://www.zshare.net/audio/60993432d96e9f58/http://www.zshare.net/audio/60993432d96e9f58/http://www.zshare.net/audio/60993432d96e9f58/http://www.zshare.net/audio/60993432d96e9f58/

    willyblunt said this on June 5th, 2009 at 5:44 pm

  12. see i was right

    FinMan said this on June 6th, 2009 at 3:03 am

  13. [...] Quelle Weiterempfehlen: [...]

    Chamillionaire geht doch nicht in den Ruhestand | HipHopHolic said this on June 6th, 2009 at 3:45 am

  14. wouldve been disappointed had he retired.

    Brandon said this on June 6th, 2009 at 4:48 am

  15. [...] http://2dopeboyz.okayplayer.com/2009/06/05/chamillionaire-is-not-retiring/ [...]

    Ben’s Blog » News: Chamillionaire is not retiring… said this on June 9th, 2009 at 1:53 am

  16. Good Thing He Ain’t. One Of The Best Lyrical Rappers Out There.

    TeckNikz said this on June 9th, 2009 at 10:40 am

Leave a Reply