Jay Z Sends His Cousin to Nigeria to Scout For Talent
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| Ice Prince, Jay Z |
A few weeks ago the American rapper and business mogul Jay Z launched a streaming service called Tidal. With the rapid growth of the new company just over a month since it was born, the rapper sees the need to expand its frontiers. Therefore, he has just sent his cousin Briant ‘Bee-High’ Biggs to Nigeria to scout for new talent.
According to the Net, for Bee-High this is his second trip to Nigeria following his presence at the 2014 edition of the Social Media week. However, this time he came in company of Roc Nation act, Jay Electronica, on a mission to look for new talent for Jay’z Tidal.
Jay Z confirmed Tidal’s trip to Nigeria in a tweet that has gone viral.
My cousin just moved to Nigeria to discover new talent. Tidal is a global company.
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) April 26, 2015
Surprisingly, this news triggered very mixed reactions among Nigerians. People mostly reacted with irony and skepticism.
Jay-Z couldn’t even find good talent in NYC how he gonna go to Nigeria for talent??
— The Black Jeremy Lin (@loserkid745) April 26, 2015
If you join Tidal, Jay Z’s cousin in Nigeria is going to personally call you and ask for your mother’s credit card information too.
— VICTOR (@VicBlakah) April 26, 2015
People here aren’t even paying for Tidal with some of the biggest US artists on it. So what exactly is Jay Z looking for in Nigeria? Oil???
— Tonte Bo Douglas (@TonteBoDouglas) April 26, 2015
Jay-Z’s tweet about sending his cousin to Nigeria for #Tidal is so confusing to me.
— IG: ericbiddines (@EricBiddines) April 26, 2015
Jay Z cousin moving to Nigeria to look for talent .. Upcoming artistes gone be at the airport waiting like pic.twitter.com/RkJbmdsbQn
— Nigerian God (@Echecrates) April 26, 2015
Meanwile, Bee-High, who is currently the director of mobile strategies at Roc Nation, has been spotted with Don Jazzy at the Mavin studios headquarters in Lagos.
A few weeks ago, the famous Nigerian rapper Ice Prince shared photos of himself with Jay Z and hinted that he was in talks with Roc Nation.
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Sources:naij.com/twitter.com