When Artists Switch Crews

Game is hardly the first star to change affiliations.

Game – G-Unit to Cash Money - This past weekend it was announced that Game became the latest signee of Cash Money Records. And, with that, the Compton-bred MC not only found a label but a secure hip hop crew to back him up... Something he didn't have with G-Unit after a fallout with 50 Cent. But jumping from crew to crew is nothing new. A number of hip hop stars have switched affiliations. Click on to see who else has migrated to another musical fam.(Photo: 247PapsTV / Splash News)
Triple Up: Artists Who Have Released Trilogy Albums - The story is about to continue for 2 Chainz. Early Tuesday morning, the rapper tweeted, "Workin on B.O.A.T.S 3." Though details remain scarce, the announcement suggests that the Atlanta rapper is readying a follow up to his first two albums, Based on a T.R.U. Story and B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time. There's a precedent for some big-name artists delivering not just sequels, but trilogies to previous albums — with typically strong, though ocassionally mixed results. 2 Chainz, take notice. (Photo: Scott Cunningham/Getty Images for Giuseppe Zanotti)
Snoop Dogg – Death Row to No Limit - In the late '90s, the once powerful hip hop music label Death Row was on life support (with Tupac dead and many of its stars having left the label). And Snoop was the last man on the Row, and begrugdingly so... That is until he got out of his contract in order to sign with Master P's company, No Limit Records, in 1998.   (Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images for SXSW)Shawnna – DTP to Nappy Boy - Another defector from the Disturbin' Tha Peace crew was Shawnna. The femcee wasn't just signed to Luda's label, but appeared on hit Ludacris singles like "Stand Up."  After releasing two LPs for DTP, Shawnna jetted to T-Pain's Nappy Boy Entertainement in 2009.    (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Game – G-Unit to Cash Money - This past weekend it was announced that Game became the latest signee of Cash Money Records. And, with that, the Compton-bred MC not only found a label but a secure hip hop crew to back him up... Something he didn't have with G-Unit after a fallout with 50 Cent. But jumping from crew to crew is nothing new. A number of hip hop stars have switched affiliations. Click on to see who else has migrated to another musical fam.(Photo: 247PapsTV / Splash News)

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