Jermaine Dupri and his So So Def Recordings label have introduced a partnership with HYBE America at this time.
The partnership marks a very full-circle second for Scooter Braun, CEO of HYBE America, who started his profession underneath Dupri’s mentorship at So So Def. The deal provides So So Def “entry to HYBE America’s full distribution and advertising infrastructure, empowering the label to reintroduce its highly effective catalog and launch new artists, similar to DVSN and extra, with a contemporary international attain.”
“All the pieces I discovered in regards to the music enterprise began with Jermaine,” mentioned Braun. “He gave me my first shot once I was only a child with a dream. I used to be blessed to witness genius up shut — and now, years later, it’s an honor to return to the place all of it started and stand beside him as a accomplice.”
“This isn’t only a enterprise transfer — that is household,” mentioned Jermaine Dupri. “Watching Scooter construct what he has constructed has made me extremely proud. He discovered the sport inside So So Def, and now he’s able to open doorways the best way I as soon as opened them for him. That’s what legacy is about.”
As everyone knows, Jermaine Dupri helped form the sound of the 90’s and early 2000s with iconic work backing Usher, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Nelly, Bow Wow, Da Brat, Jagged Edge, Xscape, and most lately the Grammy®-winning viral sensation Muni Lengthy.
Scooter was a 19-year previous membership promoter and advertising government who labored underneath Dupri and discovered the ins and outs of the music trade.
“Jermaine Dupri isn’t only a legend — he’s one of many biggest producers and executives of all time,” Braun added. “He modified the sound of a era. This deal is about giving him the trendy instruments and attain his legacy deserves, and ensuring the following era hears what the final one already is aware of: Jermaine Dupri is a huge.”
