Jay-Z News: Jay-Z Talks Ditching Def Jam, New Deals: “I’m an Entrepreneur”
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“Roc Nation " we’re experts in marketing and making records. But we do distribution deals,” Jay-Z told Billboard. “On this one [Blueprint 3], we’re working directly with the Atlantic staff… For the rest of the Roc Nation artists, we did a distribution deal with Sony.” Jay-Z has ties with both labels: Atlantic Records is under the jurisdiction of Warner Music CEO Lyon Cohen, who worked with Jay at Def Jam and also appears in the rapper’s new “D.O.A.” video. Over at Sony Music, subsidiary Epic Records is run by Amanda Ghost, who is also managed by Roc Nation. Plus,...
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