Jazmine Sullivan told the Philadelphia Inquirer in 2008 that being dropped from her label was a really low moment for her.
"That was a big blow. I was angry. Everybody was going off to school, and I had already decided I wasn't going to college because singing was going to be my career. They didn't know what to do with me. I was young and I didn't know what to do with my own self. I didn't know who I was, so I couldn't take control of my career and tell them what I wanted to do."
Later, Sullivan took a three-year break from the music industry entirely. In 2014, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that she announced her break on Twitter, writing, "I'm making an official announcement that I am taking a break from music. I promised myself when it wasn't fun anymore I wouldn't do it." And another: "I'm not saying I won't ever sing again in my life because I don't . . . believe that. But in this moment. . . right now. . . got some things to figure out"
