Dubcnn: Jay Rock Officials Inks Deal With Tech N9ne's Strange Music!

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Official press release: Independent rap powerhouse Tech N9ne and his Strange Music cohorts have been scouring the country in search of tomorrow’s next big rap star… and they just found what they’ve been looking for. The Kansas City-based label just teamed up with Top Dawg Entertainment and Watts, California’s biggest hero Jay Rock for a multi-record deal.

“The opportunity to be a part of bringing the next wave of West Coast Hip Hop to the forefront is exciting to me,” says Strange Music CEO, Travis O’Guin. “I immersed myself in that music growing up and it is definitely a part of who I am. I feel like Jay Rock is one of the artists really reviving that West Coast scene and I’m ecstatic that he, along with Top Dawg Entertainment are a part of the Strange Music family.”

Top Dawg Entertainment’s CEO, Dude Dawg, had this to say about the deal, “As a label, Strange has more to offer than most majors out there. Together, Strange and TDE joining forces will mean the best of both worlds for Jay Rock and other artists to come. With their top-to-bottom label machine and our street expertise, there’s no stopping us.”

Jay Rock and TDE recently flew out to Strange’s Kansas City headquarters to seal the deal and XXL Magazine was on hand to capture all of the events of this historical day (link below). The highly respected Hip Hop magazine has been following Jay Rock’s career closely. The “new breed of hustler” was featured on XXL’s April 2010 cover showcasing its list of the Freshman Class of 2010. Other media outlets have also taken note of Jay Rock's undeniable talent: MTV named Jay Rock one of its Hottest Breakthrough MCs Of 2010.

Jay Rock says of his new venture, “Man, I'm excited about this. Tech and Strange approached us once I became a free agent and we went to KC to see first-hand what we had been missing and saw why they're the #1 independent rap label. The word had spread about me leaving Warner Bros. and I was getting offers left & right from majors wanting to sign me, but in the end, Dude Dawg and I had no doubts that Strange had the perfect situation for us."

And JAY ROCK is no stranger to Strange Music. On Sept. 15, he hit the road on “TECH N9NE’s Independent Grind Tour 2010” featuring some of the biggest names in independent Hip Hop, including E-40, Cash Money’s Glasses Malone and Strange Music cohorts Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun and Big Scoob. The tour will last six weeks and consists of 44 shows in 46 days.

Jay Rock also appeared on Tech N9ne’s latest collabos album, The Gates Mixed Plate, and will cameo, along with the rest of the tour players, on Tech N9ne’s upcoming mixtape with DJ Whoo Kid that hits streets later this fall.

For the past five years, Jay Rock and Top Dawg Entertainment have been holding Cali Hip Hop down. With his fellow label mates Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q, the foursome represent the Black Hippy Movement, and have been hailed as a modern-day version of N.W.A. meets the Pharcyde.

Jay Rock’s Strange Music full-length debut, Follow Me Home will feature appearances and production by a who’s who of hip-hop’s elite and is due sometime next Spring. "I was hyped when I got the news that Jay Rock and TDE decided to go with Strange instead of any of the other many labels that were tugging at them.” Says Tech N9ne. “I knew that Jay Rock, being the hardcore artist that he is would add another wonderful dimension to our Strange roster. Strange and TDE all day, baby!"

Watch XXL’s footage of Jay Rock signing his deal with Strange Music by clicking here.

Congratulations to Jay Rock!

[Get It Off Ya Chest]

so if the whole of TDE has been signed up to Strange Music, why is it Jay Rock that's been singled out?

regardless, congratulations to him/them

[Do Dirty]

Kendrick Lamar > Jay Rock

[D-Nice]

so if the whole of TDE has been signed up to Strange Music, why is it Jay Rock that's been singled out?

regardless, congratulations to him/them

Probably because he is the next big thing in line to drop a album on the label. No different with Glasses if he were to sign the entire Blu Division to say Hoo Bangin

[SGT x Tok3R]

I hope this equals an album but hopefully can keep it west coast and not with to many features like the hillbilly shit Tech N9ne be spitting. I know Tech a legend in his own right but his shit is hella country.

[OG Hack Wilson]

go Jay Rock

[SO PRUP]

hopefully kendrick and ab soul put out albums on strange to...

[D-Nice]

I hope this equals an album but hopefully can keep it west coast and not with to many features like the hillbilly shit Tech N9ne be spitting. I know Tech a legend in his own right but his shit is hella country.

I doubt it. Lynch's style of music did not change at all with his album so I believe Tech will allow Jay to do his thing.

[CHUCK KNOXXX]

hopefully kendrick and ab soul put out albums on strange to...

[Regime*Rida]

I hope this equals an album but hopefully can keep it west coast and not with to many features like the hillbilly shit Tech N9ne be spitting. I know Tech a legend in his own right but his shit is hella country.

Name 1 hillbilly country track Tech has ever done? anyway props to Jay i'm sure Tech will let him do his thang, good move.


Peace

[midwestryder]

I hope this equals an album but hopefully can keep it west coast and not with to many features like the hillbilly shit Tech N9ne be spitting. I know Tech a legend in his own right but his shit is hella country.

calling anything coutry makes you sound ignorant & stupid . you are just closeminded to what he is saying by calling it country when it is not country at all. tech n9ne is from a city called kansas city ,mo & kicks it in the bay area. so tech n9ne is not country .

[MarshColin]

Hopefully he can use the DJ Quik produced song (or songs) that was supposed to be on Follow Me Home.

[2euce 7even]

Jay Rock On Strange Music?
I Don´t Know What To Say, His Style Is So Much Different Than What Strange Music Is Pushin.IDK

[Maniac Marxxx]

This is a ggod move strange normally have good production on their albums so i think jay rock will benifit from this.