Freeway Signs With Roc Nation
The former Roc-A-Fella Records MC has reunited with his longtime mentor Jay Z through a new joint venture deal with Roc Nation and his own Newrothchilds imprint. Speaking to Billboard, the State Property rapper explained how the deal came together.
“We’ve always maintained a good relationship with Jay and everybody over there,” he said. “We did the “B-Sides” concert with him — I think that was probably like two years ago. When I was there with him, I gave him some music, just continuing the grind and everything. He was fucking with the music, and everything was all good. So then when I saw him again backstage at the Beyoncé concert in Philly, I was like, ‘Man listen, Jay. I need this. I’m ready! I need this.’ He was like, ‘It’s nothing. Let’s get it done!’ And that’s it!”
Now, Freeway says he’s finishing a new album with “incredible music” that he’s been recording independently and fans should expect some big names on it. “I got some crazy features on my first project,” he said. “I got [Lil] Wayne on there, I got Lil Uzi [Vert] on there, and it’s a couple other features that I’m trying to pull together.”
