4. A New CTE
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Not only is Young Jeezy the Senior Vice President of A&R over at Atlantic Records, he also has a joint venture with them for his own label CTE World. He stated he was wiping the slate clean and starting over with a brand new wave of artists. Gary, Indina emcee Freddie Gibbs left the CTE label in late 2012. Another former CTE artist Scrilla, also moved on around the same time. Atlanta native Slick Pulla, who was with Jeezy from the start of his career and also featured in the CTE signed group USDA, has been absent for the past two mixtapes. On #ItsThaWorld new artists rep under the CTE banner. Detroit based group – Doughboyz Cashout, a young collective of rappers who represent all different parts of The D. Compton California artist YG, a member of the 2011 XXL Freshmen class has his own label Pushaz Ink which is distributed through Def Jam. YG is rumored to have signed to CTE and Young Jeezy is Executive Producer of his Def Jam debut album, “‘Im 4rm Bompton” coming later this year. This mixtape seems to be a preview of things to come regarding new talent from CTE World.