Overview

• Lonely at the Top remains without a new release date after Columbia Records allegedly blocked its planned August 1 drop despite the project being finished and cleared.
• Joey Bada$$ set a Monday ultimatum for the label to approve the album or face his plan to upload the full project independently on YouTube.
• Throughout 2025 he has released new singles and diss tracks on YouTube to avoid label hold-ups, emphasizing his independent-minded approach.
• Columbia Records has not issued any public response to the rapper’s accusations or his impending deadline.
• The standoff highlights growing tensions between artists seeking rollout control and traditional labels managing scheduled releases.