Sorry fellas, the answers are :


At the peak of their fame:

1: Both of their contracts with their original labels were up. <--the one I thought no one would guess.
2: Both of them told their label that they did NOT want to renew their deal <--fatal mistake #1
3: Both of them told their label that they were going to start their own thing, which puts their new label in direct competition with their old label <---fatal mistake #2

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