‘Billie Eilish’ Star Armani White Signs With Def Jam – Billboard

After doling out his viral hit “Billie Eilish” earlier this summer time, rising MC Armani White formally indicators with Def Jam Information.

“Armani is a dynamic artist who’s been effervescent underground for some time now and has caught lightning in a bottle with ‘Billie Eilish,’” says Def Jam chairman and CEO Tunji Balogun. “As infectious and pressing as ‘Billie’ is, Armani’s upcoming EP shows an brisk, three-dimensional artist with a novel perspective and an thrilling strategy to the sport. We’re all excited to assist him develop, join with a wider viewers, and change into the star he’s proven he may be.”

During the last two months, “Billie Eilish” morphed right into a streaming pressure incomes over 30 million streams globally and 38 billion streams on TikTok. The Tom Brady-cosigned track samples N.O.R.E.’s 2002 anthem “Nothin’,” produced by The Neptunes.

“Billie Eilish helped me end my 2022 want record in a month,” White tells Billboard. “The sky opened up, and issues I couldn’t have imagined fell in entrance of me.”

White’s new report “Diamond Dallas” drops Aug. 5, forward of his Rolling Loud New York efficiency, slated for September.

Earlier this yr, Def Jam added Muni Lengthy to their roster after the success of her single “Hrs and Hrs.” Lengthy — who signed a partnership take care of her Supergiant Imprint — shared her pleasure about becoming a member of Def Jam in an announcement final March. “It has been a lifelong purpose of mine to have the ability to deliver my presents to the world,” mentioned Lengthy after turning into Balogun’s first signee underneath his regime. “This alignment with Tunji and Def Jam for a world takeover is a literal dream come true.”