Tate Kobang

Tate Kobang Combines with Why Not Duce for New Single “The DMV”

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Tate Kobang, a Baltimore native and in-house songwriter/producer for Nicki Minaj, collaborates with Why Not Duce, a Pusha T signee from Virginia, on the song “The DMV.” The braggadocious single, which is supported by some incredible production by YG! Beats, is the follow-up to his well-received solo release “Im Up Text” from back in March. It also acts as a celebration piece in honor of his several scheduled appearances at this weekend’s Something In The Water event, which Pharrell hosts.

“Pusha set up studio time for us a while back and we ended up creating an entire EP in like 8 hours,” W.N.D. says. “This song always stuck out to us though, so we decided to run it as a Summer single.”

The 26-year-old performer Why Not Duce comes from Waverly, a small town in the Commonwealth. Pusha T, a Grammy-nominated recording artist, was alerted to the significant buzz the local burglar entertainer was creating and subsequently signed him to his Heir Wave Music Group brand.

You can hear his single below.

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Nicki Minaj Shared The Roster (But Not The Name) Of Her Brand New Record Label

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Nicki Minaj had herself a weekend. Friday, March 3, brought fans “Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” her first single since her No. 1 smash “Super Freaky Girl.” Saturday, March 4, she manifested a full-circle moment by surprisingly joining Lil Wayne’s set at Rolling Loud California. (She was the first-ever woman rapper to headline last year’s Rolling Loud New York.)

Minaj perhaps unintentionally buried the lede, she also made a major announcement on the Friday episode of her Queen Radio.

“Well, I have a record label now,” Minaj confirmed on the latest episode (as noted by Complex). The diamond-certified rapper didn’t reveal the name of her record label yet, but Patty Lauren (aka Patty Duke) has been tapped as the A&R.

Complex additionally relayed that the roster includes Nana Fofie, London Hill, Rico Danna, and Tate Kobang.

Per Billboard, Minaj credited Republic co-president Wendy Goldstein with pushing her to create her own label — “I don’t want no little itty-bitty ting ting; I want to do it right”— and clarified that her artists will be diverse (“Don’t think my label is just rap or Black or anything”).

Fofie’s since-expired Instagram Story showed her and the rest of Minaj’s new roster toasting “to better days,” and Kobang also posted a celebratory Instagram. See the posts below.

ICYMI: Nicki Minaj Signs Tate Kobang As First Artist To Her New Record Label

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Nicki Minaj Says Her New Album is About Her Being "Genuinely Happy"

Nicki Minaj officially launched her own record label and just signed her first artist. Rapper and producer Tate Kobang took to social media to announce he signed with Nicki and couldn’t believe it.  

The “Anaconda” rapper announced earlier this year she was starting her own management and record company in an interview with podcaster Joe Budden. 

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“I am creating my own management company,” she revealed. “I’m also doing my record company. I have a couple of artists that I will start the record company with. I’ll speak on that closer to album time.”

 There’s no set in stone date yet for her new artist to debut. Kobang co-wrote 21 Savage and Metro Boomin’s “Mr Right Now” featuring Drake. The Baltimore native has been on the music scene since 2011 and broke out with his “Bank Rolls (Remix)” in 2015.

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