Statik Selektah is the newest member of the Roc Nation family. The veteran DJ has signed a management deal with Jay Z’s company, joining a fast-growing roster that includes Fat Joe and Jim Jones.
In an interview with Billboard, Statik explained how Roc Nation management rep Kristi Clifford helped him land the deal. The producer behind the Joey Bada$$ cuts “SUPER PREDATOR” and “LEGENDARY” said his name first came up during a meeting about The LOX, who signed to Roc Nation last year.
“I’ve known Kristi over there for a long time and she had mentioned my name,” he said. “My name came up in a meeting when they were talking about The LOX. I wasn’t on the last LOX album and Kristi spoke up and said that [I’m] on the next one, so it kind of started a conversation and we started throwing out ideas with me coming up [to Roc Nation]. A lot of the people up there was familiar with what I was doing. I played some music and it just all came together really good. The whole staff up there is exactly what I need for my movement to go to the next level. I think I bring my own flavor of what I do as well.”
Statik’s first release under Roc Nation management will be his album titled 8, which is due out this summer. The LP will feature guest appearances by Joey Bada$$, Action Bronson, Termanology, Run the Jewels, The LOX, Wale, Black Thought, Raekwon, Freddie Gibbs, Westside Gunn, Conway, Royce Da 5’9 and the late Sean Price.
good for him. too bad roc is gay.
This is he first signee that I’m unsure of. Statik tends to make very generic beats at times. Maybe Just Blaze or Timbaland can help improve his beats. But if King HOV sees something in him, then I’ll stand by his decision. It’s the ROC!
You can’t buy time, but you can sell your soul, and the closest thing to heaven is to rock-n-roll
welcome to the masonic group of jay z
Dude needs help with his grammar first before he takes a high position like that.
Dope one the best producers around he done put out like 5 albums that people have slept on everyone of them has beats that could go on a classic album and he only works with real MC’s none that mumble bullshit