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Jon Connor joins a long list of talented emcees who have signed with Dr. Dre's Aftermath label. He follows Eve, Joell Ortiz, 50 Cent, Eminem, Rakim, The Game, Busta Rhymes and others.
The signing happened several weeks ago. After mentioning it during his cypher at the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards on Tuesday, October 15, Jon is finally able to speak about it.
"The music was there, he liked the music and he liked what I was doing, he respected what I was doing. It was just at that point going in the studio, seeing if we had chemistry and vibing out as people," Connor told MTV. "You can be the greatest artist in the world, but if you a d--k ain't nobody gonna wanna work with you. It don't matter how good you are. That's what sealed the deal, us being in the studio, vibing out. It was the chemistry musically and the chemistry as two good people."
Connor added that at the end of the day neither he or Dre is driven by money. They both see the bigger picture concerning the culture.
"The thing that drives me and Dre are one and the same. I'm not a dude that's driven by the money. I'm driven by the craft, I'm driven by the message, I'm driven by what I can do to help people and how I can influence people and that's Dre," he said. "Dre is all about the culture, the influence. He's not a dude that's like, 'Yo, let me sign this artist because of what he can do for me financially.' Because Dre ain't tripping financially, we all know that."
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