Don't let it get you negative and so pessimistic, because that's what's going to happen if you think that way. And there's going to be a million things trying to stop you from working towards it. “Like, you just gotta not let the bullshit beat you down and just try to stay as positive as possible and just, whatever you have as a goal - work towards it, work towards it, works towards it. Still, the business side of the music industry doesn't come without its struggles. Rittz notes that he's grateful for everything he learned from Strange Music, but he's ready to go out alone with his own label. “As far as business, I’m ready to be on my own, do my own thing, start my own brand.” You know, I signed in 2012 and learned a lot from, but I’ve been rapping so long, I just wanted to get a bigger piece of the pie and be my own boss,” he says. Lately, he has been working on launching his own company. I officially got out August 1.”īut his career is far from over. So, yeah, it's been eight months, and I finally got out of it.
"Under contract, you have a grace period to get out of the contract.
“As far as Strange goes, my last album, Last Call, was the last album I had to give them under my contract as a full album deal," he says. This week the artist explained to Westword why that 2017 tour would be his last with Tech N9ne's label. The last time Rittz was in town, he was promoting his most recent album, 2017's Last Call. With catchy beats and a rapid style, he garnered critical attention starting in 2014 with some of his most popular songs yet, like “In My Zone ft.
Rittz first broke into the national hip-hop scene with help from Tech N9ne's independent music label Strange Music back in 2013, when he dropped his debut album, The Life and Times of Jonny Valiant, and the song “Switch Lanes ft. Rittz, an unforgettable performer who plays Cervantes' on Friday, November 2, is named after the Nabisco cracker, a self-deprecating jab at himself for being a white rapper and also his outstanding long, curly Ritz-colored hair and beard.