Tyga, Desiigner, Pusha T Sign With UTA: Exclusive

Desiigner's "Panda" was the most streamed song of 2016, which Nielsen placed at a whopping 1.1 billion on-demand streams across all platforms. He also sold 1.8 million digital songs and had three top 40 songs on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, including “Panda,” which spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Last month “Timmy Turner” was certified platinum by the RIAA.

Desiigner and Tyga both make cameos in the upcoming Jamie Foxx film, All-Star Weekend.

Virginia rapper and entrepreneur Pusha T has had 19 hits on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, including one No. 1: “Mercy” (Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz), according to Nielsen Music.  He first gained recognition as half of the hip hop duo, Clipse.  He signed to G.O.O.D. Music in 2010 and released his first solo mixtape Fear of God, in March 2011. In  2013, his debut album, My Name Is My Name debuted at No. 4 on The Billboard 200. In Nov.  2015, West appointed Pusha T to take over his role as president of G.O.O.D. Music. He's sold 326k albums, 887k digital songs sold and had 254.7 million on-demand streams.

Since acquiring The Agency Group in August of 2015, UTA has significantly expanded its music roster signing DJ Khaled, Chris Brown, Mariah Carey and Toby Keith among others. Its music clients now include Guns 'N Roses, who mounted one of the largest tours of 2016, along with Muse, G-Eazy, Rachel Platten, Paramore and X Ambassadors.  UTA has offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Nashville, Toronto, Miami and Malmo, Sweden.