After being frustrated by Atlantic Records not readily accepting to release the latest version of his album, Lupe announced that he was going to drop a mixtape titled “Lost In The Atlantic (Ocean)”, referencing the issues he was having with the label.
15 minutes after he announced the mixtape, the post was removed from his Instagram page, which prompted the “Operation Free Lupe” division of Anonymous to tell Atlantic that they had a day to announce the release date of Tetsuo & Youth, and the label met their demands. The album finally dropped on January 20, 2015.