Ellise Shafer Muni Long has signed to Def Jam Recordings through her SuperGiant Records label, Def Jam chairman and CEO Tunji Balogun announced on Monday.The rapper, whose platinum-certified song “Hrs and Hrs” became a smash hit in 2021, was previously independent.
She was signed by Capitol Records in 2009, but focused on writing music for other artists such as Rihanna, Ariana Grande and Fifth Harmony, until she revived her career as an artist in 2019.
In November 2021, she released the album “Public Displays of Affection.”“It has been a lifelong goal of mine to be able to bring my gifts to the world.
This alignment with Tunji and Def Jam for a global takeover is a literal dream come true,” Long said in a statement. “Supergiant Records started as an idea between myself and my husband Raysean in 2019 and over the course of the next two years we would invest, hire, strategize and create.
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