Already present in 03 countries, the Def Jam Africa label has entered French-speaking Africa and rapper Tenor is the torchbearer in Cameroon. Def Jam Africa is a component of Universal Music Africa.
It is therefore a migration that the Cameroonian rapper is making by signing to Def Jam Africa which is a pole specializing in hip-hop, afrotrap and afrobeat. The original version of this label was born in 1984 in the United States and has recently been remastered to settle in French-speaking Africa.
“We are happy and proud to launch Def Jam Africa in Ivory Coast, Senegal and Cameroon. With three incredible torchbearer talents of the movement in the sub-region: Tenor, Suspect 95 and Omzo dollar, ”reads the official statement from Universal Music Africa.
This new label will compete with 237 producers, mainly in the hip-hop universe.
Irène COULIBALY
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