{"id":9849,"date":"2023-11-01T13:42:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T17:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/?p=9849"},"modified":"2023-11-01T13:45:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T17:45:24","slug":"hip-hop-afrobeats-artist-r-o-z-signs-with-sony-music-west-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/?p=9849","title":{"rendered":"Hip\u00a0Hop\u00a0&amp; Afrobeats Artist R.O.Z Signs With Sony Music West Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Hip\u00a0Hop\u00a0&amp; Afrobeats Artist R.O.Z<br>Signs Label Licensing and Distribution deal<br>with<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sony Music West Africa on behalf of EMB Inc<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto, On &#8211; Canadian Afrobeats\/\u00a0Hip\u00a0Hop\u00a0artist<strong>\u00a0R.O.Z (<\/strong>Ross Nyantakiy) has signed a label licensing and distribution deal with\u00a0<strong>Sony Music West Africa<\/strong>\u00a0on behalf of\u00a0<strong>EMB Inc. (Entertainment Money Business), the label founded by R.O.Z and his brothers in 2010.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0This comes on the heels of the artist\/ songwriter\u2019s hit single &amp; video,\u00a0<strong>\u201cNothing New\u201d Ft. Nigel Knight<\/strong>, produced by Tom French. The brothers have made\u00a0<strong>EMB\u00a0<\/strong>a thriving entertainment company with multiple artists, producers &amp; DJs\u201d  on its roster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The deal is the first of its kind for\u00a0Sony Music West Africa\u00a0with a North American Independent record label.\u00a0 With roots in Ghana, the\u00a0Sony Music\u00a0deal was a fit following the success of\u00a0R.O. Z\u2019s\u00a0chart-topping single \u2018Talking To Me\u2019 which reached #8 on Apple Music\u2019s top 100 charts in Ghana.\u00a0 Always in creative mode,\u00a0<strong>R.O.Z<\/strong>\u00a0began to mix different styles of music.\u00a0 It began with his first album \u201cZ International,\u201d a mix of\u00a0hip\u00a0hop\u00a0\/Afrobeat &amp; R&amp;B\u2026. and it worked.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>R.O.Z captured<\/strong>\u00a0the music world\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cNothing New\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0is proof positive\u00a0<strong>R.O.Z\u00a0<\/strong>has secured a place in the music industry.\u00a0 The hit single,\u00a0<strong>\u201cNothing New\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0is a blend of new school style and classic\u00a0hip-hop.\u00a0 From music videos to performing on stage,\u00a0<strong>R.O.Z\u00a0<\/strong>gives his fans what they want every time. \u00a0Having garnered much respect from fellow artists it\u2019s no surprise<strong>\u00a0R.O.Z<\/strong>\u00a0has performed with some of the best.\u00a0 NAS, J Cole, French Montana, Big Sean, Fabolous, Push T, PARTYNEXTDOOR. 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