Statik Selektah Talks Roc Nation Deal & Collaboration Album with 2 Chainz

Statik Selektah x The Roc

This weekend, Statik Selektah formally confirmed with Billboard Magazine, that he inked a management deal with Roc Nation. After taking part in helping Joey Badass with his acclaimed All-Amerikkkan Badass project earlier this year, he has a late summer album of his own on the way, entitled 8. He soon touched on how having a close relationship with The Lox, and how knowing people at JAY Z’s imprint, helped land him the career builder opportunity.

The esteemed producer and DJ is now looking to build his production resume, citing that he’s worked more recently with Nas and his recent Mass Appeal signed artist, Fashawn. While he wouldn’t share any information on the pending project from the Queens icon, he did reveal that he and 2 Chainz were working on collaboration album. With Tity planning to release his Pretty Girls Like Trap Music album on June 16th, hopefully details emerge for their joint effort later this summer.

Take a look at excerpts from the interview below.

How Statik Selektah landed a deal with The Roc.
I’ve known [Roc Nation management rep] Kristi [Clifford] over there for a long time and she had mentioned my name. 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.

On working with 2 Chainz and their pending project.
He’s been killing features and his own records for a long time. When you hear these records, it’s just so different. No one has ever done what he did with this project. First of all, he’s rapping like he’s from Brooklyn. It’s just very New York. Basically, a down South guy made a New York album, so I’m excited for that. We got a name, but I gotta let Chainz announce that one.

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