his latest single is copyrighted "The Real U" and was distributed by TuneCore
2 Chainz has been making moves the past year or so.
He partnered with Atlantic/Warner at the end of last year to put out a TRU label compilation with his artists: Skooly, Sleepy Rose, Worl & Hott LockedN.
Weirdly enough, Skooly is the only TRU artists that occasionally releases music through Atlantic. A bunch of his recent singles use TuneCore though. All the other artists on TRU have been using TuneCore, so I'm not entirely sure what's going on with the Atlantic/TRU deal.
Also, Def Jam/UMG released two 2 Chainz singles earlier this year. "Dead Man Walking w/ Future" and "No TV". I thought a new album might be on the way, however, these new singles ultimately landed on a 2 Chainz Greatest Hits project released back in May.
Usually, a label will drop a greatest hits preceding the departure of an artist
So in summary...