Cee Lo Green covers the latest issue of JET magazine, he spoke on his attempt to get dropped by his label with “F**ck You”:

“The success of the song is completely ironic to me because I just wanted to be dropped from my label,” Green reveals. “Atlantic just didn’t understand me, even after I was signed. So I was like, ‘What’s the most ridiculous thing we can do?’ I couldn’t believe they liked the song. I was trying to offend them.”

He also spoke about his many endorsements with Pretzel M&M’s, Duracell and 7UP. The man is making money.