Compensation has fallen a new single, “Code,” featuring Moneybagg Yo via Motown Records. The song comes with a glossy music video directed by Claire Arnold that features an appearance by supermodel Bella Hadid.
In the clip, Offset and Moneybagg Yo trade verses (Offset’s best line: “I got so much knowledge I had to get off the streets”), while Hadid poses and looks on seductively. The trio, styled by SheShe Pendleton, wear head-to-toe Balenciaga.
“Code” follows Offset’s latest single “5 4 3 2 1,” which dropped last week. The song successfully marked the rapper’s first solo material in three years. Both tracks are headed to Offset’s next full-length solo effort. His latest LP, Father of 4fell in 2019.
Earlier this week, it emerged that Offset filed a lawsuit against his old label, Quality Control Music, accusing the label of trying to claim his solo career despite the rapper allegedly paying “millions” to the rights to his music. .
Offset has primarily released music with Quality Control, the Atlanta-based record label he and his Migos counterparts Quavo and Takeoff signed to in August 2013, putting the trio on the global stage with their debut album. Rich nation in 2015. The lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday and was brought by Rolling Stoneclaims that as part of Offset’s original contract with Quality Control, the label owned all rights to any music he made, plus 50 percent of all net advances, royalties, his musical compositions and publishing income.
“Offset now brings this action to vindicate his rights and make it clear to the world that Offset, not Quality Control, owns Offset’s music,” the lawsuit states, with his legal team seeking a declaratory judgment which finds that the label has no rights to it. Offset’s solo music.
It’s the latest apparent rift that Migos seems to be enduring, as the trio has been dodging rumors that they’ve split for months. The rap group unveiled their latest album, Culture IIIlast summer.
