Def Jam Recordings have entered into an exclusive worldwide joint venture partnership with Lagos, Nigeria and British company NATIVE Records. The deal was announced Tuesday (September 20) by Tunji Balogun, chairman and CEO of Def Jam Recordings, and Seni “Chubbz” Saraki and Teni “Teezee” Zaccheaus, co-presidents and co-founders of NATIVE Networks. NATIVE Records is the music division of NATIVE Networks, the black-owned, multi-platform, multi-disciplinary media and content company dedicated to the discovery and development of young African artists and youth culture. NATIVE Networks was founded in 2016 by Seni Saraki, Teni Zaccheaus, Shola Fagbemi, Addy Edgal and Suleiman Shittu. Def Jam says that “NATIVE has built a track record of breaking boundaries and popularizing new sounds through the discovery and development of native artists from the community, with a particular focus on the burgeoning Afrobeats movement.” Def Jam also says that Zaccheaus and Fagbemi – in collaboration with Bal...
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