Billboard<\/em><\/a>, Pusha T\u2019s longtime manager, Steven Victor, revealed he and Clipse weren\u2019t dropped by Def Jam\u2014they had to pay their way out.<\/p>\n\u201c\u2018Find another deal, and let\u2019s figure out a business,’\u201d Victor said they were told. \u201cThey didn\u2019t drop us. They were like, \u2018Pay us this money\u2019\u2014 which was an exorbitant amount of money, a s\u2014t ton of money \u2014 \u2018and we\u2019ll let you out the deal.\u2019 That\u2019s what happened. We paid them the money, an insane amount of money. It wasn\u2019t, like, $200,000. It was a lot of money for an artist to come up with. They bought themselves out of the deal.\u201d<\/p>\n