Stove God Cooks Says Babygrande Exit Would Have Cost $2.5 Million

Syracuse rapper Stove God Cooks announced on August 28 that he had renegotiated his Babygrande Records contract after a face-to-face meeting with founder and CEO Chuck Wilson. He said he had offered to return a $500,000 advance, the upfront payment against future royalties, to leave the label, and was told leaving would cost $2.5 million.