Jermaine Dupri Signs DVSN To So So Def & HYBE

Status Ain't Hood Staff
June 3, 2025

Nearly three years after the release of their last album, Working On My Karma, R&B duo dvsn has finally revealed the reason behind their musical hiatus. On Monday (June 2), members Daniel Daley and Nineteen85 announced via Twitter/X that they have signed with Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Recordings, which has partnered with HYBE AMERICA for worldwide distribution.


In the post, they reassured fans that new music is on the way, writing, “4 Everyone that’s been wondering what’s been going on and where’s the new music… It’s otw.”

Under this new deal, So So Def will lead the group’s creative direction and handle releases, while HYBE AMERICA will oversee global distribution. The move marks a new chapter for dvsn, who previously released four studio albums—SEPT 5TH (2016), Morning After (2017), A Muse In Her Feelings (2020), and Working On My Karma (2022)—under Drake’s OVO Sound in partnership with Warner Records. They also dropped a deluxe project, Amusing Her Feelings, and a collaborative EP with Ty Dolla $ign titled Cheers to the Best Memories in 2021.


Jermaine Dupri, who co-produced dvsn’s 2022 single “If I Get Caught” alongside Bryan-Michael Cox and Nineteen85, expressed his enthusiasm about officially bringing the group into the So So Def fold. “After working with the group on their last album, 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,” Dupri said in a statement to VIBE. “dvsn is my first signing at So So Def/HYBE.”



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