In May 2014, it was announced that Rihanna had left Def Jam Recordings to sign fully with her manager Jay-Z's company Roc Nation, and later revealed she had acquired the masters to all her recordings and would be releasing her eighth studio album jointly through her own record label Westbury Road and Roc Nation. On February 8, 2015, during his Grammy Awards red carpet interview, American rapper Kanye West announced that he will be the executive producer of "Anti". However, in January 2016, in a Twitter reply message to a fan, Rihanna wrote that West is no longer executive producer of the album and both of them are working on different projects. Instead, Rihanna herself served as the executive producer of "Anti" and worked with several producers.