Rapper Astro Signs With ‘X Factor’ Mentor L.A. Reid

Rapper Astro may have not taken home the crown on ‘X Factor’, but the 15-year-old scored big. According to MTV, the Brooklyn rapper signed a deal with L.A. Reid’s Epic Records. He will make the announcement live later today on MTV‘s RapFix Live.

Rapper Astro’s big deal

After Astro went home, there were rumors circulating where the rapper would end up. Reports that rapper Astro signed with Jay-z’s Roc Nation hit the internet, but in an interview with MTV the rapper shot the rumors down.

“I have never met anyone from Roc Nation. I’d love to, but I’m not signed right now to anyone,” he said during a December 5 interview. “Nobody ever hit me up about that — just go on the Internet and it’s up there. But I’m not signed, as far as I know.”

Though Hov is one of his favorite rappers, the Brooklyn whiz kid wasn’t necessarily looking to sign based off star power alone. “I just want to be in a place where I’m comfortable 100 percent. I just want to be able to release my music, do my movies, [and] everything is fair,” he told MTV News of his dream deal. “I just want to be able to have fun doing it. I don’t want music to be a job for me; I want it to be something I’m doing for fun. As long it’s not a job, then you’re straight.”

— MTV News