Travis Scott Inks Publishing Deal With Universal

Congratulations are in order for Travis Scott. The 24-year-old artist has signed a new deal with Grand Hustle Publishing/Universal Music Publishing Group, according to Billboard. The deal enables UPMG to represent his entire catalog.

UMPG chairman and CEO Jody Gerson tells Billboard, "I’ve been chasing Travis Scott for years. His talent and ambitions are limitless. He’s a rock star, as well as being a brilliant writer/producer."

Universal tells XXL, "It becomes a partnership and working relationship where the publisher represents the songwriters and helps support their career."

The publishing deal will include La Flame's latest project, Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, which just earned the top album spot on Billboard's 200 chart, as well as the rest of his catalog. The G.O.O.D. Music rapper’s second solo album release clocked in 88,000 equivalent album sales (53,000 traditional album sales) in its first week out. The project was released exclusively through the Apple Music streaming service, making it the sixth Apple Music exclusive to hit No. 1. It garnered 50.2 millions streams in week one. The album features guest appearances from Kid Cudi, Cassie, Young Thug, Blac Youngsta, Andre 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Quavo, The Weeknd and others.

Scott has a chance to be part of another No. 1 record in the first quarter of 2017. According to him, G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Winter compilation is due out in February – and he's executive producing the project, too. Travis tells Hot 97, “Every G.O.O.D. Music artist is involved. It’s amazing. And we got our illest friends. It’s gonna be one of the illest projects. One thing I can say about this project is it’ll be very youthful. Straight to the point. It’s just the best album.”

He added, “I would say we have a lot of songs done. How many songs I’ll pick? I’ll only say like a handful. We have a lot of songs done, but we just gotta sit down and lock in all the way.”

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