Reggae act signs deal with the world's biggest reggae label VP Records

by Alex Alabi February 09, 2015 0 comments

The reigning king of dancehall music in Nigeria signs an international record deal with the world's leading music label for reggae and dancehall music.

Hot dancehall act Patoranking has reportedly signed a distribution deal with VP Records, which is the biggest reggae music imprint in the world.

The Foston Musik signee posted a picture of him signing the distribution deal with VP Records exec. The caption read "Foston Musik/Vp Records. God is great. Impossible is nothing#whayasay."

VP Records prides itself as the largest reggae music label in the world. The imprint founded in 1979 has over fifty four acts on its roster.

Some of these artistes include Sean Paul, Bounty Killer, Barrington Levy, Mad Cobra, Mr. Vegas, Shaggy and Maxi Priest.

Patoranking broke into the music industry in 2013 with the single 'Alubarika' featuring Timaya. He established his presence with the remix of his second single 'Girlie O' featuring Tiwa Savage in 2014.

In the same year, he won the coveted Rookie of the Year award at Headies.

Patoranking signed to Foston Musik in 2014 after being closely associated to Timaya the previous year.