{"id":731,"date":"2009-07-02T00:20:03","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T00:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.dropcents.com\/blog\/?p=731"},"modified":"2009-07-02T04:41:16","modified_gmt":"2009-07-02T04:41:16","slug":"jay-z-brings-new-label-roc-nation-to-sony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dropcents.com\/blog\/jay-z-brings-new-label-roc-nation-to-sony\/","title":{"rendered":"JAY-Z BRINGS NEW LABEL, ROC NATION, TO SONY."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Superstar rapper\/mogul Jay-Z has officially signed a new distribution deal with Sony for his new label Roc Nation.
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\nAccording to Billboard, the rapper\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new solo album The Blueprint 3 will be distributed by Atlantic, although that deal is only for the third installment of releases.<\/p>\n

Jay-Z offered to have the Roc Nation imprint be distributed through his longtime home Def Jam over four years ago.<\/p>\n

Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJ) also distributes Jay-Z\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Roc-A-Fella imprint, which has such superstar artists as Kanye West, Jadakiss, Beanie Sigel and others.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You have to figure, this is like four years ago, and to them it was just like, ‘Are you crazy? No! Make a song,’ ” said the mogul, who bought his way out of his Def Jam contract for an estimated $5 million.<\/p>\n

The rapper also revealed that executives at IDJ were not fully capitalizing on Jay-Z\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s entrepreneurial abilities.<\/p>\n

“To me it was like, I’ve sold companies for huge amounts of money. I’m an entrepreneur – that’s what I’ve been all my life,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Jay-Z told Billboard. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I can’t just sit here and make records and not do anything else. Why wouldn’t you want to do this with me? I felt under-utilized.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

On the management side, Roc Nation handles the careers of Wale, Melanie Fiona, Mickey Factz and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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