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Who owns CDNZA Records? Fans think the new label is GOT7 Jay B's own company

Fans are sure the newly-launched 'CDNZA Records' label is owned by Jay B himself considering he is the first artist under the company

Just as fans were hoping for a collab of the century by the Korean R&B and hip-hop label H1GHR Music, there has been some confusing news to grapple with. Recently, it was announced that the label was going to host a huge artist collab with Jay Park coming together with other artists from H1GHR Music. This included GOT7's Jay B who started his solo career with H1GHR Music as he is friends with Jay Park, who was the CEO of H1GHR Music at the time. But earlier this year, rapper-songwriter and producer Jay Park announced he will be stepping down as CEO, shocking fans. 

Now, in a new update, it has been revealed that singer-songwriter Jay B and rapper Sik-K are both exiting the label after their contracts expired, leaving fans confused. It has been reported that GOT7's Jay B had only signed a 1-year contract under H1GHR Music which had expired as of March 2022 but the singer still continued with the label for their recent projects over the last four months. As Jay B joins a new label CDNZA Records as its first artist, there have been a lot of questions about who owns the new label. Fans have already started speculating, drawing their own conclusions.

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What is BRB by H1GHR Music?

On July 25, the label, H1GHR Music made an announcement on their Twitter handle with the caption, "H1GHR Music will be right back" as they teased a blurry photo with some artists under the label with the words "BRB D-2" The post featured names of artists like Big Naughty, Jay B, Jay Park, Cha Cha Malone, Haon, Sik-K, GroovyRoom, TRADE L, pH-1, and Park Hyeon-jin. Since this announcement featured most of the artists under the label, fans were sure that the collab was going to be huge but now it seems like 'BRB' is not a collab after all. 

Now as Jay B and Sik-K leave H1GHR Music followed by Jay Park who had already left the label months ago, it is being rumored that the new label could be a new home to the artists involved in the 'BRB' project. Among the other artists, pH-1 has raised suspicions amongst fans by deleting all of his Instagram posts. Jay B and Sik-K leaving H1GHR Music all of a sudden without relevant clarifications have fans recalling that the label has been undergoing a "reshuffling of its artists" over the last few years after it was acquired by the Entertainment company, CJENM.

Who owns CDNZA Records?

As there is not much that has been revealed about the new label, fans think Jay B is the new owner of CDNZA Records. Jay B recently made the news as he became CEO of his own label - 528Hz, when he acquired the rights to GOT7 members' subunits - Jus2 (made up of Jay B and Yugyeom) as well as JJProject (made up of Jay B and Jinyoung). As CDNZA announced Jay B as their first and only artist so far, fans are sure that the new label is owned by Jay B too, who will promote his solo career under the new label as well as the future of GOT7's activities with CDNZA Records. However, it seems like fans could have gotten it completely wrong — there is a possibility that all the artists from H1GHR Music are being moved to a new label, one after the other.

'Jay B would suit the role of a CEO'

Fans are sharing their shock about Jay B being signed under a brand new label as one fan said, "Cdnza records ?????? jayb’s new company???? WHO OWNS THIS WHAT EVERYTHING’S HAPPENING SO QUICKLY." Another fan said, "Jayb #CDNZA what's this bestiee?? Please enlighten are you the producer or do you own this? Anyway, congrats to your new journey." One more fan said, "CDNZA…did JayB start his own label?" One fan said, "Me thinks jayb started cdnza as his own label." One fan listed, "list of kpop group leaders starting their own labels is growing jay park aomg hanbin 131 kang daniel konnect jayb cdnza."

Another fan said, "I got you jayb and minsik didn’t renew but jayb signed with cdnza (rumours that it might be his own company) and ph1 might possibly leave too don’t know where he’s going." One fan said, "I always felt like jayb would eventually leave and establish his own label bcs he'd suit the role of a CEO more. does he own cdnza btw? minsik and ph1 are the very few artists i expected least to leave h1ghr, tho we still don't know what's going on with ph1 :(( this is sooo." One fan said, "If it is really his label, another Jaebeom big brain move."