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Jessi ends contract with Psy's P Nation after three years, fans say 'she knows her worth'

Jebbies who have been with rapper Jessi from Day 1 are happy about the soloist not renewing her contract with P Nation after it expired

Over the last few years, fans of K-pop have been putting a lot of attention toward the label P Nation which was formed by K-pop idol-turned-CEO Psy. After his legendary success with 'Gangnam Style', Psy left YG Entertainment, his former label, and started his own company, calling it P Nation. The first artist that the new company signed on was soloist and rapper Jessi. Over the years, Jessi has now become a fan favorite for her 'no-filter' attitude that fans love seeing in the conservative K-pop world. 

P Nation slowly became a second home to many artists who were not able to make it in many big labels due to their restrictive contracts and hellish work schedules. For instance, P Nation welcomed artists like Hyuna and Dawn who were wrongfully kicked out of their labels after they were found dating. By welcoming artists like Jessi, Hyuna, and Dawn, who had controversial pasts, Psy's label came to be called a redemption label for misunderstood artists. Now the news of Jessi leaving P Nation is leaving many of her new fans shocked while her old fans are congratulating the rapper for her moving forward.

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Jessi terminates contract with P Nation

On July 6, it was reported from P Nation's side that their exclusive contract with Jessi had ended. The label also shared their statement about what Jessi's future plans with the label looked like. In their announcement, P Nation said, "We would like to express our deep gratitude to all of you who have given Jessi a lot of love and attention." The announcement added that Jessi's exclusive contract with P Nation had recently expired. The statement continued, "As the first artist of P Nation, Jessi has been with P Nation from the beginning to the present."

The label stated that now Jessi has established herself as an artist and is loved by more fans through her passion and unremitting efforts. Being around Jessi was a positive and enjoyable stimulus for the members of the label too. The label ended its statement by saying, "We will support Jessi's artist career in the future, and we will continue to support her various activities." The statement, in particular, came as a shock to many fans who expected the singer to stay with P Nation for way longer due to her bond with CEO Psy. But, Jebbies (fans of Jessi) who have followed her journey from Day 1 share how this move was long overdue as her music career was being mismanaged by the label.

'Why are y'all surprised?'

Fans are sharing how leaving the label now was the best decision for Jessi. One fan asked, "Huh? she was doing so great with p nation." One fan replied, "She actually wasn't. She's their first artist but has yet to have a full album, her comebacks are always rushed, and I swear there's barely any promos except her going on variety shows. So yeah, this was not unexpected at all." One fan clarified, "Why are y'all surprised??? pnation is doing nothing for their artist lately and jebbies knew she would left. Well done, Jessi, you deserve better. Please if you're not a Jebbie and don't know what Jessi's been going through, don't come to me trying to giving me lessons. She has attended to a dozen of events that we only have noticed because she promote them HERSELF. She never had a full album, the promotion of her music." One fan said, "Replies saying this is random Girl did the right thing, her contract ended and chose not to stay because girl knows her worth."

One fan said, "I wish Jessi would start her own company she has such tremendous wisdom about the industry, whenever she gives advice to someone she knows what she’s talking about, she could promote herself better, her talent and skill are top tier whatever she does she will be successful!" One fan said, "Wait a whole minute!! this was so sudden wtf, I legit thought she would renew her contract with P’nation, they seem so good tho." Another responded, "They are not actually, they did her bad tbh, always giving her bad promotion, cb are rushed and everything.. im glad she is free." One more fan said, "This wasn't really as surprising as I thought it would be, they treat her pretty bad in terms of effort and cb promotions, it was only a matter of time."