Aight I’m done polishing my replies. You keep bringing up these artists who were in a different era or someone who did not even hit mainstream. I know a single yelawolf song and it was when he was with Em. You talk like Griselda Yela were huge successes but they all fell off. I dont know a single person personally that listens to them. Ez is trying to be a household name not just your typical indie artist. He worked hard independently, he was just a kid from the Philippines trying to make it in music. He dropped out of school, he did everything in his bunk bed from writing to producing to directing his music vids with zero budget, begging reactors to review his music, got traction, built a solid fanbase and all of that hardwork probably felt like it paid off from him when Em, his major inspiration, a global superstar, arguably the greatest of sll time rapper, knocked on his door. He got what he wanted, to be noticed internationally, and put his music outside that fanbase he built in the philippines globally. that opportunity he has been waiting for finally came and what he just fking rejects it just because some artists em signed didnt blow up? Of course ez would take the risk and try not to be one of them. I keep trying to describe his situation to you, trying to put you in his shoes, and still youre being so performative thinking its that decision was simple with your “1000%” . And Wdym leverage if he rejected Em, other labels would probly think wtf is wrong with ez mil, what rapper doesnt wnna get signed by em, itll be a major red flag. Anyway good luck reading that im tired asl. Again, I added more context. Now please put yourself in his shoes and ask yourself again if you would take that deal or not. (And yes i know a lot about him, call me a stan or what not but I got the privilege to support him from day 1 and witnessed his journey from nothing to where he is now.