Jay Z's 'Discovering New Talent' In Nigeria

Jay Z confirms that he's sent his cousin and Roc Nation director of mobile strategies to scout for 'new talent' in Nigeria.

Yesterday afternoon Jay Z took to his twitter to defend the status and building process of his new streaming service Tidal, which launched last month. In between a string of #TidalFacts that focused on the company's long-term goals, Mr. Carter revealed that his cousin's "just moved to Nigeria to discover new talent." Several outlets have noted that the cousin Jay refers to is Briant “Bee-High” Biggs, Roc Nation's current director of mobile strategies. Instagram shows that he's been hanging out at Mavin Records' headquarters, where he's met label songstress Di'Ja and presumably other artists. It makes sense now that fellow Roc Nation signee Jay Electronica is currently in Nigeria as well. We know Jay Z's already met Ice Prince. Who else do you think he's scouting for Roc Nation?

My cousin just moved to Nigeria to discover new talent. Tidal is a global company.
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) April 26, 2015

#tidalfacts Jay Z's cousin and rocnation exec Briant Biggs discovering @aphrodija at Mavin HQ in Lagos, Nigeria . #Tidal X #Mavin
A video posted by Mavin Records (@mavinrecordshq) on Apr 26, 2015 at 12:39pm PDT

#tidalfacts Jay Z's #rocnation discovering Mavin Talent at Mavin HQ in Lagos, Nigeria . #Tidal X #Mavin. Shout out to Rocnation exec Briant Biggs for coming to Mavin Hq
A video posted by Mavin Records (@mavinrecordshq) on Apr 26, 2015 at 11:38am PDT

Yesterday we had a wonderful meeting with Briant BeeHigh Biggs of roc nation. Talking business music and partnerships!! Cc @lowla360 #chocbois #chocboynation #rocnation

A photo posted by mi_abaga (@mi_abaga) on Apr 28, 2015 at 9:11am PDT

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