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Universal Music Group launches Def Jam Africa label
The label will sign up hip-hop, Afrobeats and trap artists.
Universal Music is launching Def Jam Africa which they say will represent the best of hip hop, Afrobeats and trap from the continent. We speak to South African rapper Nadia Nakai who joined the new label.
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(Photo: Nadia Nakai. Credit: Universal Music Group)
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Wed 27 May 202017:06GMT
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