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Is Doechii an Industry Plant? Her Label Certainly Doesn’t Think So

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The internet dictates a lot of the new superstars in music today. However, the problem is that people find all of it to be deeply inorganic and dishonest. Labels will push an artist at a rapid pace, and it becomes incredibly disorienting for fans. Consequently, new artists get labeled “industry plants” accordingly. Then, all of the love rising stars receive slowly wanes because they find everything to be fake. It puts artists like Doechii in a bad position, where people question the legitimacy of her music.

If nothing else, her label is firmly behind her, and they’re even defending her from all of the industry plant allegations. On a recent installment of the Joe Budden Podcast, Punch, president of Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), made it a point to lay out Doechii’s career. How could she possibly be an industry plant if she laid out her........

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