Dvsn Signs to Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Recordings

Dvsn has found a new label home. The R&B duo, consisting of vocalist Daniel Daley and producer Nineteen85, has signed a multi-album deal with Jermaine Dupri‘s So So Def Recordings under its new worldwide distribution partnership with HYBE AMERICA.

Dvsn is the first act to sign to So So Def since relaunching under a new structure headed by its founder, Dupri. 

“After working with the group on their last album and going to their shows, seeing how much their fans love them, and then when I heard they had just become free agents, I had to sign them and make Dvsn my first signing at So So Def/HYBE,” says Dupri. 

Dvsn went to X (formerly Twitter), stating, “4 Everyone that’s been wondering what’s been going on and where’s the new music… It’s otw ➗.”

As part of Dvsn’s deal, HYBE AMERICA will handle worldwide distribution and So So Def will oversee all creative direction and releases. According to press materials, the duo’s new single is set to arrive this summer. 

Dvsn was previously signed to Drake‘s OVO Sound under a partnership with Warner Records.

They joined the rapper’s label in 2016 and released four studio albums: SEPT 5TH (2016), Morning After (2017), A Muse In Her Feelings (2020) and Working On My Karma (2022). They also joined forces with Ty Dolla $ign for their joint mixtape, Cheers to the Best Memories, released in 2021. 

Dvsn worked closely with Dupri on their final album under OVO Sound, Working On My Karma. The album included the viral single “If I Get Caught,” which sparked all sorts of discourse on social media for its toxic message.

Dupri, who co-produced it with Bryan-Michael Cox and Nineteen85, addressed critics who were slamming the song for its toxicity, claiming they “never listened to blues and if you never listened to blues, then you’re musically blind.”

The legendary producer clarified his tweet in an interview with Rated R&B. “What I meant was in the blues, they express their feelings. They talk about getting drunk and what happens in that process. All the songs in the blues would always express feeling.”

He continued, “I was also saying blues in a way, too, like old Negro hymns. They used to make songs about that moment. One person would start singing, and it becomes something everybody would start chanting. That’s all I was trying to say.”

More details about Dvsn’s new music will be shared soon.