He was part of a few groups that tend to populate Social Media; Grammy Award Winner/ Christian (back then)/ Hip Hop and Rap/
All of those groups do a lot of chattering online.
They often buy products based on what certain ‘Influencers’ are now using. Or say that they are using.
He probably has a lot of ‘followers’ and may have wanted to state what was going on himself before a follower started rumors about it.
which they absolutely woudl do if he were to stop making music because of his conflicts- folks would surmise all sorts of reasons why- (Christians aint perfect- they gossip too- and start rumors etc- it’s just a fact of life- Christians are just saved sinners, not perfect sinless saints)
like you said- he’s likely getting out ahead of the rumors-