Rawkus
Records
is in the processof trying to land a P&D deal with Los Angeles based Priority
Records. The deal would give Rawkus a bigger audience. Most people
don’t know that Rawkus Records is backed by none other than the
billion dollar conglomerate News Corporation, which also happens
to own the Fox TV Network, among other media interests. The deal
is messy. Mos Def has a label of his own through MCA. MCA won’t
release anything unless he has Kweli with him Rawkus won’t get
their deal unless Mos and Kweli give up another album. Each act
owes Rawkus separate albums still. Headaches indeed. I caught
the tail end of Mos Def’s manager, and the owners of Rawkus the
other day, when I stopped into their Broadway office. We will
keep you posted!