This is the first African Artist to be signed by Def Jam's Big American Label

The US-based Def Jam Records label has officially announced the signing of South African Rapper Nasty C.

The label's announcement was made by interim CEO Jeff Harleston who has named Nasty C as an exceptional and wide-ranging artist as a frontrunner for new Rap Generation artists that emerged in Africa in recent times.

Nasty C has also stated that he has received it very strongly as part of Def Jam Records, a label that has shaped the lives of many artists he has been watching.

Def Jam co-founded by Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons have signed to Nasty C through their Universal Music Africa branch and they will officially begin their new dance track "There They Go" which is announced today Exclusive via Ebro Darden's Apple Music Beats 1.

You will be a witness, under the rule of the Jay-Z label, which featured Rihanna and Ne-Yo, the current world champions.

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