Production collective Working On Dying has issued a statement.
Last night, as the matter was coming to the surface, Working On Dying CEO Brandon Finessin shared a statement on Instagram explaining his side of the story. “In no way shape or form does Working On Dying support leaking music of any sort,” explains . “There’s a lot of things to this, so it’s very complex. I just want to get in front of this and say Working On Dying as a collective isn’t involved in shit. It was one person who is a part of our collective that decided to do some dumbass shit, and there are consequences to that. Even before the internets decided to have their opinions, we took action first. We discipline our own before the world is going to do it.”
The statement continues, and the honesty and realness with which Finessin delivers it remains appreciated. “We have love and respect for Vert, so we let him handle it the best way he felt that he wanted to handle it,” he continues. “But thoroughly speaking, we don’t support any type of shit like that. It’s rough for us too…It’s really easy for the internet to drag a whole company down over the actions of one person. It was some shit we didn’t even know as a collective.”
“We took action first,” he confirms. “We removed him from our collective first. We already disciplined him first. Me as CEO of this company, when I found out I took action immediately. Apparently Uzi found out and took action as well…When you find out heavy accusations you don’t be quick to take action, you gotta figure it out. You have to gather the evidence, and we did. It’s a hard decision we had to make.”
While Forza’s disturbing claims of self-harm have yet to be addressed by the collective, they did reiterate that their relationship with Uzi and his camp has indeed been salvaged. You can learn more about the situation by checking out Finessin’s statement, as well as the collective’s own, below.
workingondying@workingondyingWOD’s relationship with Lil Uzi Vert and camp is still strongly in tact. We have taken the necessary steps to resolve the issues surrounding the security of his art.
workingondying@workingondyingThis is a very serious matter and it’s important to note that the individual in question acted alone and this is not a reflection of the artistic integrity here at WOD. #EA coming soon.
