Kanye West drops Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun as he prepares for new album release

Kanye West has split with his management in a bid to take his work in a different direction [GC Images]

Kanye West has reportedly split from manager, Scooter Braun – who is also famous for working with Justin Bieber. 

The Stronger hit-maker announced that he was leaving his manager in the run up to his next album release, just a month after parting ways with long-term manager, Ivor 'Izzy' Zivkovic - who co-managed Kim Kardashian-West's husband alongside Scooter from 2016 onwards. 

But according to Billboard, Scooter has now also parted ways with Kanye, due to his desire to "leave the traditional music business". 

Scooter Braun and Kanye West have worked together since 2016 [Getty]
 

It is reported that Kanye will still be working with both Izzy an Scooter in other professional aspects. 

The rapper allegedly plans to work "in-house," and has invited Scooter and his team to join him full time. 

However, the manager declined due to other business commitments he had which conflicted. 

Lamar Odom joins Kanye West and the Kardashian/Jenners at the Yeezy show at New York Fashion Week [Getty]

Kanye West and his wife kim Kardashian welcomed a host of stars to his latest fashion show, including a healthy Lamar Odom, Gigi Hadid and 50 Cent.

Scooter Braun is best known for working with Justin Bieber [Getty]

TMZ added that the split was amicable, with a source claiming that Kanye was "still on good terms with Braun" – however, an insider added that his new career move comes as his behaviour "seems a little erratic". 

Scooter is best known for discovering Baby singer, Justin Bieber at the age of 12, and reigniting his career following his arrest. 

The manager also managed several other huge stars, including David Guetta and Ariana Grande. 

Scooter Braun also works alongside Ariana Grande [Getty]

Kanye is reportedly still on good terms with Braun [Instagram]

Despite Kanye's plans to go solo, Billboard reported that the outspoken star is still signed to labels, Def Jam and Sony. 

The rapper recently announced that he had five new albums in the works, telling his 18.2m followers that he would be returning to music alongside, Nas, Pusha T, Teyana Taylor and Kid Cudi over the next two months. 

His new work will follow chart topping album 'The Life of Pablo,' which he released in 2016. 

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