Ramirez left G59 Records in 2025 to bet on himself. He stepped away on good terms, talked it through with Ruby and Scrim directly, and built his own imprint, Velvet Note Records, through EMPIRE. No beef. No fallout. Just a man outgrowing the chair he was sitting in.
In May 2025, fans started asking questions. Ramirez had quietly vanished from the artist roster on the G59 Records website. His new music was no longer being promoted by G59 channels, and his social bios started pointing at Velvet Note Records instead of G59.
Nobody from the camp said anything at first. For weeks the only evidence was what fans could see with their own eyes: the roster change, the missing promo, and a new label name sitting where G59 used to be.
On June 23, 2025, G59 Records confirmed the split with a public statement. Read the words they chose, because labels pick these words carefully.
Labels do not write statements like that about an artist they are fighting with. The tone was respect from start to finish, and Ramirez has never aired out any grievance with Ruby or Scrim in public since.
Ramirez never did a tell all interview about the exit, but the picture around it is consistent. He is older now, with kids and a family life that looks nothing like the early Grey Day years. He spoke with Ruby and Scrim directly about it, a better opportunity opened up, and he decided to bet on himself instead of staying comfortable.
His music was also changing. The newer Ramirez sound leans on live instruments, West Coast bounce and player energy, a long way from the dark horrorcore style he came in with. An artist heading that direction has every reason to want his own house to release it from.
The new house is Velvet Note Records, his own imprint, running through EMPIRE distribution. That setup gives him ownership of the operation and a major distribution pipeline at the same time, which is exactly the kind of move an artist makes when the goal is building something of his own.
The work rate since the split backs that up. Tha Playa$ Manual II landed in 2025, and in November 2026 he dropped Velvet Playas, a joint project with Soulzay released under Velvet Note Records. Whatever anyone thinks of the decision, nobody can call it a retirement.
Nothing is announced, and fans should not hold their breath for a date. But the door is clearly not slammed. The split was handled with public respect on both sides, the history between them runs back to the very start of G59, and in this scene, artists who leave on good terms tend to cross paths again when the moment is right.